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Hello. Just ordered a LP kit and can't wait to get started. This will be my first guitar build. My dad got me interested in trying it out. I've been poking around a lot on the forums here and was blown away by the results you folks are getting and in the extremely friendly and helpful atmosphere. Can't wait to have something to contribute!
G'day Ken, welcome aboard.
I'm sure you will have lots of fun with the build. Start a build diary and keep us posted, and ask as many questions as you need. We all had to start with our first build so we all know how you are feeling right now.
Cheers
rob
Welcome Kenfu, enjoy your build take your time,ask lots of questions.. But most importantly have fun
Best Wishes
Kimball
Welcome Kenfu,
great to have another USA builder on board the forum.
Start planning stain colours you may want to use and when the kit arrives do a mock build to make sure all the parts are there and it all fits together and start a build diary
Welcome Kenfu!
Welcome Kenfu! Hope you enjoy your interaction with our great community.
Welcome along Kenfu - the LPs are nice so hopefully you'll have a ball!
Welcome to the mad house Kenfu.
welcome and enjoy!
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!
Wokka, I've been kind of experimenting with a couple of different chemical stains. I'm thinking about going for an aged wood look. Long story short, I live in an old mill converted into apartments. The whole building is industrial, and we have awesome 15' ceilings with exposed timber and beams. All of our stuff is antique/vintage/industrial, and we have been working on a couple things with driftwood. I love the look of old weathered wood, and I've been on the fence about going with a vintage sunburst or trying out the chemical stain to age the wood. I decided to try out a couple of different approaches on some test wood, and I absolutely love the effect with the vinegar/steel wool and tea method. With mahogany, it can turn it jet black. Kind of crazy. I was planning on doing a black lacquer back anyway, so I might try it. It is a little iffy on maple though, and I'm a bit nervous abut trying it on the spalted top, but figure the worst that can happen is I mess everything up and just do a classic sunburst paint or a jet black lacquer and count it lesson learned!
Sounds very interesting Ken the wood ageing. Good luck!
If you're interested... This is from a test (just on some scrap pine) just to see how different tannin bases affect the process. In the picture : tea (T), coffee (C), Red wine (R), white wine (w), and no base (X). (The "no base" section has some weird shading in it because it wasn't doing much, so I tested to see what would happen if I put tea on *after* the vinegar. A little change, but not much. ) Then the vinegar solution went on... it was pretty cool to watch. The second picture shows the tea and coffee bases next to a board that I just washed with india ink/water. In that photo, the tea base looks pretty splotchy because I wiped it in the center with some water to see if I could stop the process or if it would just keep going. It did stop. There is also a streak in it because I put a brush of the vinegar solution to see if it would kick back in. It did.
The real crazy thing is that you can reverse the process. In the third picture, you can see where I wiped it with lemon juice (all my limes were victims of margaritas...). So I figure worst comes to worst I can "erase" it and try something new!
that's avery cool effect Ken and something I've never seen.
Not many 'undo' processes you get to do on any part of the build so that's a bonus you can erase it if you don't like the colour
Last pic about the aging stuff, promise. I wanted to test my hand at doing something with a large surface area to see if there were any tricks or traps. So my lady friend let me try on a couple of wine crates she had that she has been wanting to stain or make look aged anyway. The picture doesn't really do it justice. It just looks kind of gray and splotchy with my stupid camera. In person, it is awesome. It really does look aged (since I guess it really is oxidizing the wood, not just staining it - same thing that really does happen to real wood) and it has a lot of character.
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