Galah's first build - TLA-1F

[Galah]

Greetings from Central Vic Goldfields!

New build, hopefully a sexy Galahburst!
Pink is not normally a colour I'd even contemplate, but my little buddy pulls it off so well, let's hope it's not a disaster.
Grey for the outside, again not sure if I'm going to love or hate it; but I guess that's what solid colours are for, heh.

Let's see if I can post a pic or two...


Beautiful! There's the package, and my little buddy Pippio, who'll be accompanying us on the journey of course.



The Tele I already own has a belly cut, so I will happily ignore tradition, and add the very comfy mod. I suspect the finished guitar will have some heft to it, so shaving a few grams off won't hurt either.

Cheers.

[Galah]

I'd already done a bit before first posting, so I'll show you my first two coats (stains).


Here's the back after the first coat.
And the front...

Not as even as I'd hoped, but more even than I expected, given my experience.
The stain I got was "Liming Pink", so I knew it would lighten the wood up, which is AND isn't a problem. The top of Pippio's head is very light, so I do need it, but I don't want the grain hidden by too much. The second stain has some red dye added.

Second stain; back -


And front -


Second coat drying now. Seems I brought a can of (liming) grey which includes varnish. Not sure if I want to apply it until after the pinks are done; but that will reduce my blending options.

Cheers.

[Andy40]

Looks like some glue spots on the flame maple veneer mate. you might need goof off to get rid of it

[McCreed]

Looks like some glue spots on the flame maple veneer mate. you might need goof off to get rid of it

Maybe it's Galah poop...

[Simon Barden]

Hi and welcome.

You'd do better moving/continuing this over in the Build Diary section as you'll get more viewers.

[Galah]

Ok. https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ad.php?t=10134

Is the new location!

[Brendan]

Ok. https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ad.php?t=10134

Is the new location!

I've actually collapsed them all into one thread under the Build Diary for simplicity and completeness sake.

Welcome along Galah - one of the previous mods and resident luthiers is now heavily involved in bird rescues here in Perth - so you're in good company as a builder.

[Simon Barden]

Great! All the best with the build.

[Galah]

Thanks Brendan.

Funnily enough, Pippio was a W.A. bird rescue. Over a decade ago now, I was living with a geologist who collected a juvenile galah on the front of his landy a few hours north of Kal. Fauna rescue told us to look after him for a week, then come back. It was an ordeal (many bloody fingers), but I earned his trust, nursed him back to health and at the end of the week we took him back. They told us he was too tame to release!
Victorian Galahs have a very slightly deeper pink plumage and colouration around the eyes.

As to the glue issues, and Simon's point, I've looked into it, and I will try and apply a small amount of orange-peel based solvent.
If it doesn't work, I'm considering an inlay over the most obvious spot.
McCreed's joke is actually a really interesting idea - and bird poop would be greatly humorous to me, even if others won't get/like it.

Cheers.

[McCreed]

As to the glue issues, and Simon's point, I've looked into it, and I will try and apply a small amount of orange-peel based solvent.

DON'T DO IT!
That orange based stuff is citrus OIL based. If you get that into the timber, you will have great difficulty getting it to take stain again.

I have more to add, but wanted to get the above message out before you followed through.