That Paul fella knows a thing or two. This is really what these kits are missing imho.
That Paul fella knows a thing or two. This is really what these kits are missing imho.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
Nice one Wokks, got a photo? No polish today, got my peddi tomorrow arvo.
Pabs yeah very true, as well as the full carved top but for $175 I'm not gonna complain.
Oh yeah, if there was a full carve version I'd be on it like stink on a hippy.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
hey Andrew,
this was actually a DIY Guitars kit - but its a flame maple cap, not spalted so not really applicable to you. I popped the grain with black stain and went around with sort of a black edge. The bright red on the scallops really highlighted them.
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
Question for you guys, do you grain fill the cap before staining to pop the grain. I did on the lp and it turned out great but some of the spalt lines were fainter afterwards. Only thing I'm worried about is the veneer has some voids in it from the fungus eating the wood and any stain that gets in them will just show up as black blobs.
That looks mint wokks!
cheers Andrew, I've never grain filled a spalted cap in fear of hiding any grain, but in your case could be worth a really light grain fill. I like the natural rough surface of the spalted caps
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
That's what I thought. I'm using the natural timber mate. Last time was ebony. I'm going to tru oil the neck, but what are good finishes for the body? Want something that is satin, not high gloss, that is easy enough to apply, so no French polishing, but sets pretty hard and thin. Sticking with fw gear, how does Danish oil, or even some of the flooring varnishes go?
sounds like a good plan bro.
I've never tried this so can't really comment, this comes in satin and gloss so you would apply it like TO.
http://www.feastwatson.com.au/consum...t-details/1512
another option is to try Dingotone clear coat, sure that would come up nice
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
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