Taylor (LP-1M)

[Brendan]

Nice job on the headstock though -
Apparently you can use some shellite to reconstitute the Tru-Oil and given there seems to have been a run on it (in Perth at least), it may be worthwhile looking at that. Alternatively it may be worth hanging out for some DingoTone, which I gather is not all that far away.

What are the plans for the first build?

[surfmusic]

ok, when I set it up I measured the neck to 12 fret, 12 fret to bridge, they were close enough to even and Intonation is almost perfect. I should have moved the neck back a bit but wasn't really thinking.
I plan to either move the neck up by about 4mm, or move the bridge down by the same amount. If I move the bridge it will give me a better break over angle. What ever is done I will still need to move the "T" on the high strings to stop the "after ping". (I am deaf and ever since I got hearing aids I hear stuff
other people dont, all no good, but still cant hear speech.

While I'm here, here is a pic I just took of Taylor headstock, THIS IS JUST AN IDEA, as I'm not sure what I'll do yet. I still need to give it another coat of stain, not exactly happy with it.

Rickmo (oops surfmusic)

[surfmusic]

Ok! Been a little slack lately, didn't even look at it to day. Yesterday I thought i'd glue the neck on.....UUuuMmmm.
Left it clamped today so tomorrow I'll see what it looks like, maybe I could have used a little more glue but a fair bit squeezed out so hope it will be ok. Next time I will be a little more generous with the glue.

Here is a few pics'.

[surfmusic]

Brendon, that tru-oil I had was old, I used it to "do up" a few rifles and when I did the last guitar I "thinned it with turps, NEVER DO THIS NEVER.
Should be able to get some, although last time I was at shooters supplies I asked them but they were out, hopefully they will have some by now.
Could find out the formulae from the net and make some but not worth it . Taylor wont be finished for a little while so maybe dingo oil might be the go.

[lawry]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from maxaxe on April 24, 2014, 20:23
Should be pelagic magic and not end up tragic . . . .

Hehehe. Only you could say something like that, Max. Considering your build.

[wokkaboy]

Rickmo why do you say never thin tru oil with turps ? I've had good success with this method and it leaves less streaks in the finish.
Also gluing the neck so early in the build, are you just going to apply the finish one side at a time or do you have a jig or method of working on both sides ?

[gavinturner]

Rickmo - a great tip from Gav (the other one. ie. the one with skills). If your Tru-oil is old and cruddy, bring it back to life with some Shellite. It works wonders!!!

cheers,
Gav.

[surfmusic]

Wokkaboy, when I thinned with turps, it worked so good, BUT the next time I went to use it (a day or two later) there was a hard thin skin on top and nothing (absolutely nothing under it). Maybe it usually works but the remainder gets translated.

Why did I glue the neck, ok, I really had nothing else to do, and I always coat one side at a time. I started to coat the face of the guitar this afternoon. In this case I'll finish the face before I start on the back and neck, which will be the same.

So the guitar will have a black headstock face, a red face on the body, and a back which I'm not to sure about yet, may be a mahogany stain (the back is already mahogany but it should high light it, while the maple neck might look a little like mahogany.

Here are the pics', first pic one coat second coat two coats. The silly stuff said to apply second coat between 1 hour - to - two hours or wait four days. I didn't want to wait four days for a second coat. I want to have the face finished in a week.

Anyway it's something to do.

Rick

[wokkaboy]

looks great the red top Rickmo, fair enough if you coat back and front on different days.
Thanks for the thinning TO tips, also DB posted some info today and said the thinners can eat into coats below. I won't be using this method again.
Good luck with the next stage of your build !

what paint are you using a red spray can ?

[surfmusic]

HI,
didn't do too much today. Sanded it back lightly, with 240, and gave it another coat.
It is starting to get better. while sanding I noticed that it is a very light coat as it went back to the wood in a few places, I'll use 600 tomorrow.

I would like to show a photo of the head stock face, after I took those stickers off I sanded it with 600 and gave it a last coat (I was getting sick of it, had black stain every where, cleans up with metho so my hands cleaned up ok. But it is covered with masking so it will have to wait.

Here is another pic, the third coat this time. Notice the spray tin in 1st pic.

Rick.