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New kit arrived end of last week. Not normally a great fan of pointy guitars but this is one of those exceptions. Gonna be finished in Emerald Isles Wudtone and so far everything else stock. We?l that is the plan for now anyway.
http://i.imgur.com/qxGXYIu.jpg
Hey man. Good to see another green guitar hit the builds. Not enough of them.
Actually ordered the colour before the kit. But yeah green guitars are cool.
Nice kit Looney! I'm very interested to see this come together. Personally I love the shape, but have never seen the bass version. Pretty keen to see what you do with it!
cheers,
Gav.
awesome beast - this will be cool
look forward to this build Looney, don't think I've seen an FVB built, should look cool, love the name of it the Hulk.
If it turns out as good as your RC-4 it will be a winner !
Name seemed to fit being green and a beast. Funny though as I ordered the colour well before actually having a kit and this one just seemed to be the right fit.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from wokkaboy on August 11, 2014, 11:58
look forward to this build Looney, don't think I've seen an FVB built, should look cool, love the name of it the Hulk.
If it turns out as good as your RC-4 it will be a winner !
It's beginning to get angry
http://i.imgur.com/8NA0Lu2.jpg
Love it.
Are you staining the neck as well?
WOW that emerald isles is very green - love it !
Nah neck will be natural.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from barrylicious on August 25, 2014, 16:14
Are you staining the neck as well?
Wow Looney, that green looks amazing! Top work. How many coats of Emerald Isles is that??
cheers,
Gav.
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/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from gavinturner on August 25, 2014, 20:33
Wow Looney, that green looks amazing! Top work. How many coats of Emerald Isles is that??
cheers,
Gav.
Just the deep colour and one base so far. Happy with the shade and hopefully it will build some depth from here.
Been a while for this one, had to go back 4 pages to find it. You guys build way too many guitars lol.
Attached the neck and bridge as well as the tuners tonight. Finish came up ok and I learned a lot. Almost blew through the colour in a couple of spots just on the edge when sanding and polishing but not going to go all the way back and starting again.
http://i.imgur.com/9UQav4G.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CJeo413.jpg
Love it. Bass and Green perfect combo :)
Wow that looks awesome. The contrast between the rosewood fingerboard and the green really pops out at you...loving it
Cool! I also am a fan of the green bass combo.
looks very cool Looney, that green does bounce well. Don't think many have built this model so be good to see it finished. Black hardware on the green will be awesome
Looking great Looney. Looking forward to seeing this one put together! The green and black is gonna look killer...
Cheers,
Gav.
Been thinking about darkening the fretboard, maybe even going black. Any ideas on what to use to do this?
The StewMac method, the local variant, and other possibilities.
Thanks too easy.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from WeirdBits on October 2, 2014, 22:07
The StewMac method, the local variant, and other possibilities.
Now just need to hurry up and wait for another delivery damn!
Damn the stewmac one cant deliver outside the us.
That's why I included the link for the 'local variant', it's the same stuff just labelled slightly differently. Tim used it to stain the fretboard on his 'Midnight' YB-4... but beware, it will stain anything and everything it touches.
All good mate, was just gonna order a few other items through stewmac at the same time if I was putting an order in through them. Pet peeve when I can't just get it all in one delivery lolQuote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from WeirdBits on October 2, 2014, 22:55
That's why I included the link for the 'local variant', it's the same stuff just labelled slightly differently. Tim used it to stain the fretboard on his 'Midnight' YB-4... but beware, it will stain anything and everything it touches.
I got my stain through an online leather supply store in oz
fiebings professional oildye .
works great
And Tim just realized that Weirdbits has already got it sorted.
lol. Cheers anyway ;)Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Tim on October 3, 2014, 19:46
And Tim just realized that Weirdbits has already got it sorted.
Ok the Hulk is done. Funny though I might need to change the name. This thing with the stock pups is as sweet and tame as a bag of puppies lol. Don't get me wrong it sounds good but it's more supertramp than sex pistols.
http://i.imgur.com/In9JZyn.jpg
posted more images in the photo forum.
All pretty much stock except for the 3 way switch and dunlop straploks.
Colour is wudtone emerald isles but topcoats are tru oil. Neck is tru oil and fingerboard is stained black.
Got a couple of small blowouts in the colour in a few spots on the edges from over sanding and polishing but not worried about it. Too many hours in to go back now but I'll know better for next time.
Now I just need to finish the other kit and look for my next project lol.
looks excellent Looney. Maybe you can upgrade the pups to get the sound you are after
Cheers mate. Not actually that fussed about the sound as it is quite sweet. More than likely change them at some point if I can score something cheap.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from wokkaboy on October 6, 2014, 13:54
looks excellent Looney. Maybe you can upgrade the pups to get the sound you are after
Was more that you expect it to sound one way and it is something else again lol