Good morning everyone,
And here's an idea how the guitar looks with sunlight... I'll take more pictures outside later.
Kind Regards,
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Type: Posts; User: rjmc
Good morning everyone,
And here's an idea how the guitar looks with sunlight... I'll take more pictures outside later.
Kind Regards,
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Hi everyone,
It's been almost two years. I still haven't finished this kit (ankle injury, covid, etc).
Trying to get back on track. I managed to finally resolve the crack. And guess what, the...
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I've been buying pots, caps, etc from Six String Supplies over the last two years. They're amazing, high quality and customer support is fantastic.
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Thank you all for your advices. I also noticed that the fretboard has a lot of scratches along the fretboard and some kind of straight mark (machine marks perhaps?)... In order to deliver this guitar...
After oil in the fretboard....
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Taking a better look....
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So... Am I doomed, or there's any way to repair this, or I don't have to worry? I only spotted this detail by using...
And after oiling the fretboard as suggested, this looks more severe....
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And... more pictures.... Found also a damaged fret...
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Somewhere next week I'll move on to finish the guitar. However, today I took some time to clean the fretboard (didn't mask it, huge mistake)... But after some cleaning, I noticed some cracks...
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Thank you for your kind words. Working on an Ikea module and on this workbench... two different worlds....
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Thank you so much for so kind words. It's been, yes, I've repeated it over the last responses, but it was indeed a hell of a journey that is not completed. Learned so much, and somewhere in...
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Thank you so much for your words. It's been a hell of a battle... I've described the whole process not only to let you know in detail what I did, but also to have the community feedback /...
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Thank you so much. That wow make my day.
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Thank you for your kind words,
It's been a hell of a battle. I think that the best way to know that someone is pleased with your work (my friend only has seen pictures and videos) is when...
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Thank you for your kind words. This has been a huge battle. I've learned a lot. I've taken note of your and all other members previous solutions, and I will experiment them all in future...
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Thank you for your feedback.
First I applied *SS black, then * SS cherry red and *SS crimson red. And finally ** SSS cherry red and **SSS crimson red.
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Thank you for your feedback.
I have been messing around with Crimson Guitars range of products (see notes below). Explaining the process, well, after applying the grainfiller, I've used...
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Good morning...
I've added one more coat of oil, but this time, took some pictures with a better camera.... with/without natural light
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And, for those who have followed this from ther beginning...
Remember the flaws on the kit?
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How the flaws are currently
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Starting to put some coats of Crimson's High Build Guitar Finishing Oil. However, even without 0 experience, and with the issues previously discussed on the body, I think I got a fair...
Hi everyone,
Staining done, time for some Crimson Guitars Penetrating oil... Currently finishing the third coat...
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Thank you for your kind feedback... I used a bit of grainfiller to fill a tiny gap in the neck pocket. The grainfiller I use can be applied to fill tinny gaps. It is stainable and doesn't...
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The Explorer Ash kit is indeed more suitable for staining. However, it is possible to stain the EX1-M, but in my case, the body came with a terrible joint (see on page two), so there were only...
After the three black coats, time to play with crimson red and cherry red. I'm using Crimson Guitars Stunning Stains and Stain Shots for this atempt to make it at least ok comparing to it's initial...
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So, I think now I'm almost reaching the point of no return....
After granifilled the best I could/know, sanded it to 320 grit. Started to stain it in black, three coats, sanding in...