Tony's Coranado style

Bought a Coranado style kit a while ago and now building for my cousin

Really happy with the grain and had originally thought of a vintage amber with subtle tobacco burst but blue is what we are going with.
Missed a glue spot on back that will have to fix and give the front a steelwool to polish a bit before cleanup and clear.

Probably Silver Hardware (as not going to be dark enough top pull off gold) and have some Wilkinson PAF style pickups to fit for a bit of vintage vibe.
Will upgrade to Gotoh bridge and Electronics and probably Gotoh locking tuners.

The wiring is a pretty long loom that will need to be fitted through the f holes so will require a bit of planning and a few more beers in the fridge when it comes time to fit.

And the front

Hi Tony, what are you using for stain? Looks like officeworks ink pad blue that someone has been used on Tele recently?

I am currently hunting for a cherry red finish on ash J Bass body and seeking ideas/inspiration as most colours seem to be too much orangey red or too much darker mahogany red.

Hi Waz is a colortone blue. The cherry red they make is pretty good and gives really nice color. Not sure were you can buy the colortone dye unmixed in Oz.

Dont know if it helps but quick mix of cherry red adding additional drops. Photos dont pop as much as the real colour.

Nice Blue Tony. I can see this being another ripper build.
Will the sides be a cherry red mix? Should look cool

No woks all blue, just an attempt at colour demo for waz.

Hey Tony, as I said on FB - great kit! I'm loving the blue. Gonna be another suerb build from you. Excited to see how she turns out.

cheers,
Gav.

Thanks Gav,
not sure what to clear it with, my love affair with TO seems to be over. Last few have been a pain to finish to a good standard and heaps of rework.

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Thanks Gav,
not sure what to clear it with, my love affair with TO seems to be over. Last few have been a pain to finish to a good standard and heaps of rework.

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Hi Tony, Thanks for the Cherry Red samples. Do they come up like the colour on a cherry burst LP?

The heat seems to be affecting TO for me at present as it is almost drying as soon as you wipe it on. Agree that it is hard to know what to use for a good easy clear finish.

Edit....forgot to mention that is a wicked looking blue.

So thought I would have a crack at doing a coloured inlay on the headstock. So printed off in word and superglued on as a template. Probably not what I would do next time, the paper didn't cut clean and sort of frayed and actually made it a bit harder to see what was going on.
Second photo shows the "Oh my god, what have I done" stage, before I managed to clean it up a fair bit and is now about 85% complete with just needing to round off some of the edges to make it neater.

If you stand 20 feet away, close one eye and poke yourself with a stick in the other, I reckon its pretty well bang on the stencil.

So now to experiment with some colortone and epoxy to see if I can make up a decent colour mix and will practice on some scrap for filling and how it sands back.

Hope Barry likes it.

What did you use to cut the lettering out with - dremel, chisel, ??? Looks pretty darn good if you free-handed it.

Hi Peter with a Dremel with a router base , but didn't have a small enough router bit so did it with a bur. Might have to invest in some proper inlay bits.

Double (at least) the expected drying time of your epoxy, just to be safe. The inside of fills like that can stay soft for days even though the surface is rock hard. Also, in my experiments I found the epoxy contracts way more than you expect when it hardens, so you can't just fill level with the surface or you'll get a dip. It needs to be mounded over the fill area and then sanded down level.

I used black powdered pigments in my tests, it went really black with just an infinitesimal amount.


Edit: Don't let DB see you using epoxy ;)

If at first you dont succeed - use veneer.

Sanded back the headstock after applying the epoxy and letting dry for several weeks. Not entirely happy with the result as looks pretty rough. May look at putting on a veneer to cover it. But lesson learnt -You'll never know unless you have a go I suppose. Have ordered some proper inlay routing bits for the Ozito, for the next guitar.

I love seeing these Experiments because I know in the next iteration of this process we are going to see a builder pull off something truly Schmick. Keep at it mate.
Are you using the Stew Mac thing as a router base or a specific Dremel fitting?

Thanks FW, have the stemac base but was using burring bits so a lot a lot of hand clean up of the routes. Next one will be on the money.

Managed to get a first coat of TO on the body. Liking the way the colour is coming up.

Fair few coats in now and looking at what hardware to fit. Originally though that silver would match the colour over gold due to the shade of blue, but thinking the gold sets it off more. Few more coats of TO and think the body will be ready to polish and start assembling.

The gold works.

yup, I like the gold too

nice, and a big yes to the gold

Gold looks like the winner as the chrome is a bit too much of a stark contrast whereas gold is more vibrant.

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/8c/8c7d0...8319127bd8.jpg

ja ze gold, it makes it look noice and tight!

So finally enough coats of TO and sat for 30 odd days to dry was time to fit the neck.
Have to get off my butt and finish some of these builds.

Looking good Tony, very stylish guitar

Started to assemble the guitar on the weekend and did the wiring loom and installed. Got the one of the apprentices to assist with the neck setup and it now has nice low action.
So now is complete bar final clean and check of neck and intonation after a few days.

Final Specs:
bone nut
Gotoh bridge
Gotoh Locking tuners
Wilkinson vintage pickups
Switchcraft 3 way and jack
Sprague caps and fidelity upgrades

That is top shelf.

Guitar looks great!

magpies are great apprentices until they crap on wet paint or oil LOL She also likes to pick up small tools or parts and throw them on the ground
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One would be nice.

Not so many issues with tools but they tend to steal and try and eat the natural beeswax/citrus fretboard conditioner

Love this build Tony! Great colour, and love the gold hardware. All 335s should have a 6 in a row headstock. Amazing job!

cheers,
Gav.

Very nice!

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One would be nice.

Not so many issues with tools but they tend to steal and try and eat the natural beeswax/citrus fretboard conditioner

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oh gawd! I only have 3 and that will drop to 2 when she weans the current chick. Rather territorial my 2

top looking build Tony well done, I saw it on Facebook too