Whoops thought I had started a thread on this....
back, side and neck about done...
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Whoops thought I had started a thread on this....
back, side and neck about done...
Checked the top for glue marks yet?
3 times Simon.... and will do another try before staining, 1st one showed up a tiny bit near the neck pocket, the binding there had come away slightly too so had to re stick that back using gorilla glue. Fingers crossed.....
The join line down the middle seems to be a prime contender for showing up light after staining.
tbh there does look a slight delve there to the eye but after wiping it with meths nothing shows
Grrrrr, checked it again before staining...think i need new specs!!!
Hopefully when the stain is dried the gum remover stuff I had will work a bit then a top up with the stain
I really like the colour scheme on this project. In the end it should be a pretty one.
Don't worry too much about the glue on the straight bit by the neck pocket as that will be covered by the neck. But the marks near the binding on the curved part of the cutaway will need a bit of attention - though they don't look too bad compared to a lot of other stained tops I've seen here. In fact the stain seems to have taken pretty well - it just seems a bit shinier where there's a bit of glue, which will probably be even less noticeable when you put the clear finish on.
There is a few more very small spots around where the knobs go but I'm not worried about them, as you say it seems to have taken a bit of dye, so may do another deep colour coat tomorrow night then see.....
My first glue on neck, easier than what I thought, left it in the clamps for 24 hours just to be sure will let it rest now as probably wont finish the wiring till the weekend and string it up
i love that shade of blue what sort of dye is it? will look pretty darn nice when its got its clear or finishing coats
Wudtone Azure blue.... its got 4 coats of their satin finish on already.. one day I'm hoping to find a matching gloss for Wudtones dyes.. need to experiment when i get some spare wood one day, their own gloss isn't much different from the satin, although that said I do like the ease of Wudtones productsQuote:
Originally Posted by phrozin
Hey Chrissy looks great. I hope Wudtone have sorted out their stains, I did an axe in azure lagoon few years ago and its faded pretty bad, to more of a green colour, It's not the first wudtone stain I've had fade.
I'm hoping it doesn't fade... the other 2 kits I used their dyes on haven'y faded at all, but its only a few months....
Hopefully not Chrissy, I'm talking about builds 3-4 years ago. I think they were skimping on the dye to save money. Hopefully that's a thing of the past.
I just had a look on the UK Wudtone site and saw about 6 of DB's builds in the gallery
I'm currently trying one of Crimsons stains and the oil, stain was ok, but the oil soaks like hell into the basswood, turned the stain a very dark colour on the end grain... gotta put up with it now and hope... lol. Not too sure what to do on the next build, want to try the tru oil but need to determine a dye to go under it we can easily get in the UK
all these guitars are new to me and a learning curve each and every one, in a year or two hopefully I'll be turning one out like you experienced gents. I'm just happy doing them at the mo and learning
Thats a beautiful colour, I wish we got Wudtone in Oz
me to andy i am not a blue guy but i love that shade cant wait to see it finished
I thought Wudtone had a reseller in Aus, maybe that was a while ago via Adam dunno... want me try and check it out for you? I almost passing Wudtones place next weekendQuote:
Originally Posted by Andy40
This is attached to the main Wudtone website but looks like they will ship direct.
http://www.wudtone.com/australia/?page_id=4
Nice Simon, I will check them out.......and have a go!
So big a learning curve this guitar building, soldered everything up this afternoon, tried to plug it into the amp before screwing the pick ups etc in properly to test it, neck pick up worked fine tapping with a screwdriver, could not get the bridge pick up working at all. turned it over and checked and checked the wiring, could not work it out.... then it hit me...... the 3 way switch.... dohhhhhhh, what a wally!!
Lesson learnt now, put damn brain in gear first....
Probably time you put some strings on it before you realise that strumming doesn't make any noise either. ;)
Haha... the good news is your advice on the pick up wiring was correct.... I might put the 2 e strings on later to line up the pick ups...
Done almost, neck is dead straight now, no adjustment needed, the strings under tension sorted it, however it will definitely need the frets doing..a first for me... 2 of the pot threads stick through the body too far so the knobs don't sit down on them as far as I would like, noticed when I was putting it together in the cavity 2 were countersunk 2 were not.... the neck tone pot hasn't much change from 0 -10 so might need look into that also
Looks great. Just fit some washers on the pot shafts before re-fiitting the pots. I know it's 3/8" for full-size CTS pots, though the kit pots might be a very slightly smaller metric size.
I'll be in the fitters store on Monday at work..... a spare pot will accompany me to ensure the right size...
Looking very nice!
Nice shade of blue.
Damn... forgot about this thread, was "finished" ages ago, when time allows it does need properly setting up, but all works
Woah! Looks great