Hi everyone. Got my first kit that I have started , so I thought I might break the ice by showing a few pics. Not actually my first build as such though. I purchased a 2nd hand guitar some months ago and stripped it, replaced most of the components, got it painted and reassembled it. Cheers.the unboxing
colouring/dying the front
after sanding and setting the neck
Looking great so far!
Current builds:
GPB-4B: https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...548#post184548
Nice grain showing through. What colour is the stain, looks to have a purple tinge to it, nice.
Fender electric Fat Strat mim. (Bought)
Maton Electric Acoustic EM325C
Pitbull Guitars ST-1 ( finished) http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5970
Pitbull Guitars SG-2 ( Finished) http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6124
Pitbull Guitars JM-1 (Finished. 2018 June GOTM))http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=7150
Pitbull Guitars TL-1 (In production) [url]https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=8676
Yeah Nitro it does have a purple look too. I used Rit black clothing dye.
Thanks Brendon
Hi Ozo, looking good. Looks like you have oversanded some of the dye so you will lose a bit of the lovely flame. Looks like you used an orbital sander. If you have the patience I would rub more black dye over to pop more of the flame, then carefully sand back with a sanding block, then apply your stain colour.
You can see the areas around the F holes and some patches are back to bare timber
Last edited by wokkaboy; 29-11-2017 at 09:06 AM.
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Yeah that's correct Wokka, decided to have some highlights here and there. Cheers Steve
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