ozgordys First Build - DJT1 to Meteora (style)

[Trevor Davies]

Hi Ozgordy, I found the FW stains good to work with too. They go on quite dark. Looking forward to the silver highlights.

[ozgordy]

yep I have 2-3 coats on and only used 1/2 a bottle. its looking very nice.

[ozgordy]

ok front of guitar after rubbing in the rub and buff silverleaf into the body.



to get this coverage just use your finger, put a drop on the guitar body or finger and rub in well to the body.

The only downside is getting silver finger prints everyone that you have to clean off.

next stage leave i to dry. minimum 2-3 hours. I left mine overnight.

Then its time to rub it off. I followed a process I saw online and rubbed off using boiled linseed oil.

here's what it came out like.



looks ok but here are the downsides i faced.

1. it took a huge number of rags to clean the silver off. At least 40 small rags (cut up a sheet) to clean the body.
2. the smell of linseed oil.
3. I don't think the guitar body is as black as it was. perhaps there has been some bleed between the silver and the black stain. Perhaps its just that there is a lot of grain that has taken on the highlights.

I think next time I will give the body a light coat of paint as the undercoat. (black and gold or black and orange. how about red body with black highlights. I think a tele body next) Hang on I haven't finished this one yet..

ok quick question.

I thinking black pickguard and bridge etc but I'm undecided on if I should stain the neck black to match the body and just have an oil finish. Its a maple neck so I don't think that will work so I will have to procure another one from Pitbull unless I can find a nice used one locally.

I have decided to use a spare fender player bridge pick up (thanks son) and put it will a Tonerider alnico 2 neck humbucker.

I think that would make a nice pairing.

next pickguard design and cutting out.