I thought the headstock looked a little booring. So bought a thin 2 mm maple veneer on amazon. stil under development but the result so far is OK! no idee for a logo as for now unfortunatly...
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I thought the headstock looked a little booring. So bought a thin 2 mm maple veneer on amazon. stil under development but the result so far is OK! no idee for a logo as for now unfortunatly...
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there is still a long way to go. but finnish i s ready on the body. i might have to oil very thin, one or two layers when i do some sanding and polish. i did the oiling in my garage, i might have...
first layer on the back and neck with Crimson penetrating oil is on .
https://i.imgur.com/3RmyR22.jpg?1
I finally manage to stain the guitar. its a pretty intensive session with high heart rate and alot of aahhh and ooohhhs. its not so easy to stain a burst and work on a large area and get smooth and...
Thanks for everyones good advices!
for finnishing i have the following plan.
1-2 coats of this
then alot of coats with this:
the goal is a high gloss finnish.
so before i even get...
Hi
This weekend i managed to stain my ES gt1 guitar. I like the final result but i would like to hear what you think, did i made the wrong decision?
here is the result...
I bought the guitar in the beginning of may this year, then waited for almost two month for it to get to sweden, that was a long wait! very eager to start the build as fast as possible. Then did a...
didnt like the stainjob.. so i sanded the front down and redid the stain. dont know if it went better, but i decided to oil the guitar after that.
here is pictures of the new stain and oil...
i think i found 3 pieces in the body. but they are pretty similar in colour and grain pattern.
this is where i am today. will i go with tru oil or poly? i have not started with the neck...
The idea right now is too use amber on the bottom and neck. then on the top i try to make a blend using amber, brown and cherry red.
first time im doing this, but here is try #1
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so i had a great idea to stain the top black and then sand it down so will the grain pop-up... not a great idea. but the black looks good :)
https://i.imgur.com/CvogITj.jpg
later i sanded it...
the delivery
https://i.imgur.com/NxGG9IB.jpg
then i made a mock-build, its my first build so i have a hard time finding things that wrong, it will come later in the progress :)...
So i bought a Prs clone Harley Benton from Thomann. its Basswood with no veneer.
the idea was to stain the basswood or if i was lucky i could find some veneer and try to glue that on the top. but...
the ES-1F is stuck in Perth waiting for departure :)
And yes, Opeth is great :)
Hello
I am waiting and waiting for my ES-1F. Been stuck in Perth for a couple of weeks. It will be my first or second build :) I have just started to assemble an Harley-benton PRS clone and we...
Mine been stuck in Perth since may 6th :(