Les sPa(u)lted LP-1SS

[keloooe]

Quote from dingobass on March 1, 2013, 17:54
Hey Weirdbits,

That is a beautiful spalted cap.

I would be really tempted to go for the Honey Wudtone.

The glue will disappear with some diligent sanding, and then some more sanding!

Ya don't say!!! Haha!!!

[WeirdBits]

Quote from dingobass on March 1, 2013, 17:54
That is a beautiful spalted cap.

I would be really tempted to go for the Honey Wudtone.

The glue will disappear with some diligent sanding, and then some more sanding!

Hey DB,

Yeah, decisions, decisions... I was all set for the two-tone burst finish until I spent some time staring at that beautiful cap, now I'm not so sure. I may stick with the burst or do a single colour Goldenrod top, or Honey or even colourless *sigh*

Then again, that's what my Teleburster project is for... to give me some experience with Wudtone and let me experiment with the finish. I may even spend some more time in GIMP and see if I can produce some semi-realistic Wudtone-esque alternative virtual finishes that do a better job of showing off that beautiful spalted cap.

Oh well, lots of sanding to do before I start to make a mess with the Wudtone anyway.

[pablopepper]

Wow! That is definitely the best top I've seen on these spalted kits. It looks like it's got fangs. Great mock ups!

[WeirdBits]

Seeing Glenn's Goldenrod Tele inspired me to fire up GIMP again and try to produce some more realistic Wudtone-y virtual finishes for my LP. At least, what I imagine it would look like with said Wudtone finishes.

The results may be a little too vivid, but are much closer to what I originally envisioned. This time I've done both a burst and, given the reaction to the maple cap, a Goldenrod only version.

[GlennGP]

They both look great - if it weren't for the grain I'd go the burst, but don't forget that, with Wudtone, the grain won't disappear under a dark colour. At the very least you'll still be able to see it in relief, particularly if you use the high gloss top coat. Also, I'm flattered my pics have inspired a run on Goldenrod!

Quote from WeirdBits on March 2, 2013, 21:47
Seeing Glenn's Goldenrod Tele inspired me to fire up GIMP again and try to produce some more realistic Wudtone-y virtual finishes for my LP. At least, what I imagine it would look like with said Wudtone finishes.

The results may be a little too vivid, but are much closer to what I originally envisioned. This time I've done both a burst and, given the reaction to the maple cap, a Goldenrod only version.

Hi There, if you stick to the dye only kits you can have colour but you won't lose any of the grain or character. These kits will also blend nicely so you can quite easily have say a Goldenrod centre ( or Saffron if you want it to look a little more old burst like, see pic) around the front you could for example lightly blend with some burning sun ( or mahogany if you want a bit more contrast) ( we have a new in between these two, shade coming too). Also suggestion for back sides neck etc on LP type project, if you want a classic look is the new Cherry Flamenco here http://www.wudtone.com/shop/?wpsc-pr...herry-flamenco is works by getting a good Carmine Gypsy colour fixed and then a 3rd base coat with Mahognay added to give a deeper cherry look.

[keloooe]

Quote from andypwudtone on March 3, 2013, 08:36

Quote from WeirdBits on March 2, 2013, 21:47
Seeing Glenn's Goldenrod Tele inspired me to fire up GIMP again and try to produce some more realistic Wudtone-y virtual finishes for my LP. At least, what I imagine it would look like with said Wudtone finishes.

The results may be a little too vivid, but are much closer to what I originally envisioned. This time I've done both a burst and, given the reaction to the maple cap, a Goldenrod only version.

Hi There, if you stick to the dye only kits you can have colour but you won't lose any of the grain or character. These kits will also blend nicely so you can quite easily have say a Goldenrod centre ( or Saffron if you want it to look a little more old burst like, see pic) around the front you could for example lightly blend with some burning sun ( or mahogany if you want a bit more contrast) ( we have a new in between these two, shade coming too). Also suggestion for back sides neck etc on LP type project, if you want a classic look is the new Cherry Flamenco here http://www.wudtone.com/shop/?wpsc-pr...herry-flamenco is works by getting a good Carmine Gypsy colour fixed and then a 3rd base coat with Mahognay added to give a deeper cherry look.

I love it how half of the Wudtone colours are actually mixes of other Wudtone finishes...

[WeirdBits]

I've been focused on the Teleburster for so long, I think my beautiful LP was feeling a little abandoned... so, while the Tele is 'busy' drying after the last deep colour coat, I thought I'd give spalty some love. Thus, I am sitting here happily sanding away while listening to the Beano album (motivation, inspiration and relaxation)... not a bad way to spend an 'arvo.

[dingobass]

Hi Weirdy,

Either finish will look super sexy on that top....

[WeirdBits]

So… while the G-special is curing, my good ol' spalty LP has finally made it back onto the workbench. It's been a while.

Still planning on doing the Black Magic Woman and Goldenrod burst… but I'm stubborn like that

Doing a test fit of some of the parts I discovered a couple of things:
1) The post holes for the bridge and tailpiece are too big for my aftermarket hardware (very loose fit), even the stock bushings are loose in the holes.
2) The tailpiece holes are slightly misaligned, with the bass side hole a couple of mm's further back than the treble side.

The tailpiece skew is pretty obvious to the naked eye with the hardware sitting in place, but not so much in photos. So, I've added some lines on the last image to hopefully highlight the angle.







As the holes were going to be too loose for the hardware I wanted to use anyway, the best option was going to be to plug and re-drill them.