Zandit's First Build Thread

[Zandit75]

There is a trick to it, but I can't remember what it is now. I was struggling to keep up enough as it was. I had played the majority of songs played at the concert in the past, but there was a couple of newbies there that we didn't even cover in the practice session, so I was sight reading during the concert!! Luckily we were double, and sometimes tripled up on parts as we had over 50 players on stage. There were 3 Bass trom players, 8 troms in total. It was an awesome sound!

[wazkelly]

Would have been a very fat sounding bottom end and with 50 players on stage too hard to pick exactly who was out of tune or not on the right note.

[Zandit75]

Yeah, it was certainly a big sound. The age of the players ranged from 7 to 83!!

[wazkelly]

Hopefully you are nearer to 7 than 83.

Mind you, 83 is a top effort for someone to still get up on stage and belt out some tunes, particularly for 2 hours or so.

[Zandit75]

I'm borderline at 41!

[wazkelly]

Halfway mark then compared to the older dude.

[Zandit75]

Change of plans #ivelostcounthowmanytimesivechangemymind...

So I had a crack at using the black DT stain in the airbrush. That failed miserably on my test piece of timber, and I filled the shed up with this oily mist that hung around for a while until I opened up the rollerdoor. I played a little with rubbing a burst on my test piece, but that's going to have to wait for another project. I couldn't wait any longer so I just went with straight clear DT on the front......








I'm pretty disappointed.....NOT!!!!

[Zandit75]

That Flame and Spalt is awesome!!!
Thank you Dingo and Andy for helping me out with my inquiries, and while it took awhile to get here(Thanks Aussie Post!!) the results are fantastic!

[wokkaboy]

looks unreal Zandit, thought you were going a natural top from the start. You certainly scored a top quality veneer spalt and flame

[Zandit75]

looks unreal Zandit, thought you were going a natural top from the start. You certainly scored a top quality veneer spalt and flame

I was tossing up between two ideas, but originally the plan was for the green shown on that PRS earlier in the thread, but I changed my mind there because I didn't want to lose any of the figuring and flame. The last plan I had was for a very light burst, but I'm extremely happy with how this is already looking.
I'll have a crack at the green on the next build.