Second build! :O

[SIMpleONe89]

I really like the burst on the back of the headstock. It's different, which in my world is a good thing.

If it was mine, I'd extend the dark brown onto the neck like you've done at the heel end. It would make the burst look less out-of-place.

It does extend to the neck just below the first fret. The more I look at it the more I feel like just making it entirely brown behind. Maybe I'll test fit some hardware first.

[Nickosaurus]

Looks great mate. The UBeaut dyes are some of my favourite products to work with.

[Muzza]

It does extend to the neck just below the first fret. The more I look at it the more I feel like just making it entirely brown behind. Maybe I'll test fit some hardware first.

I meant extend it slightly further up the neck. Another inch or so to match the heel end.

[SIMpleONe89]

Finally gotten down to dyeing the body. I first sprayed 2 coats of lacquer to seal the faux binding, then grain filled, then sprayed another 2 sealer coats over the faux binding. I'm not sure if the first 2 sealer coats were necessary in hindsight because when sanding off the timbermate grain filler I took off a bit of the sealer. But then again I didn't want the faux binding to be stained by the grain filler so I didn't take any chances. Sealing the faux binding, however, was necessary to prevent any dye from colouring it.

I decided to pop the amazing figure with some brown dye.


Then sanded back till my arms and thumbs were sore.


And also dyed the mahogany brown.

[SIMpleONe89]

Then I put some yellow over the top and did a brown burst. I filmed the entire process and I'll post the video once it's done. However the top horns didn't receive the dye as well as the others so I couldn't get it very dark. I ended up sanding back the whole thing the next day after drying and tried again.

Picture without flash:


With flash:

[SIMpleONe89]

To do the faux binding, I sanded and scraped the edges to get it round over. The sealer coats helped prevent any dye from getting on to it.

[SIMpleONe89]

The headstock burst looks a bit darker compared to the body, but I can't get the body to get any darker so i may have to lightly sand the headstock.



The colour on the back of the body and neck seem to match pretty well so I'll leave them alone.

[FrankenWashie]

Excelling yourself again Si. Are you sure its just not an illusion of the headstock being darker as it's right next to that ebony fretboard? I look at the burst around the upper bout and the upper cutaway and it looks very close?

[SIMpleONe89]

Excelling yourself again Si. Are you sure its just not an illusion of the headstock being darker as it's right next to that ebony fretboard? I look at the burst around the upper bout and the upper cutaway and it looks very close?

It may actually be the flames causing the illusions in different lighting. Maybe after spraying some clear coats they will look normal. The lighting in the garage isn't great and it's gloomy outside now.

[FrankenWashie]

Yeah bro, it all depends on the strength and angle of light in the shots i guess. Great work though man, that is going to come up a treat with a high gloss finish on it. Totally jealous here.