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[abutton]

good stuff Alan there's heaps of encouragement and inspiration in the forum.
Have you ordered 2 stain colours and are going to attempt a burst ?
this takes a bit of practice but sure with a practice on some scrap wood you can pull a nice burst off

I have only ordered the Outback Sunset at this stage - I think this is going to be too light and not sure if extra coates will bring it up like yours.

Yours seems to be lighter in the middle and darker outside and I am a little nervous choosing a darker color because I dont think DT have a darker color except a really 'blacky' sort of color which I don't think will work??

I would definitely like to try the burst but could you suggest a darker stain to use??

I have ordered the intensifier and finishing varnish (?) as well - hopefully you just put these over the stains creating the burst??

What is the wood that I would have to get to do a trial?? - sorry lots of questions......

Its exciting and scary at the same time.

Cheers,

Alan

[abutton]

Good luck and welcome along Alan, I promise you (however many reservations you have regarding building guitars) if you keep up a build diary and make good use of the people that inhabit this forum, you can't (and won't) go wrong.
Looking forward to seeing your progress mate.

Thanks bargeloobs,

Really appreciate your words of re-assurance and I admire the little quote - I keep thinking I have bitten off more than I can chew with trying to learn the guitar and then build one as well.

The logical thing would be to learn the guitar properly and then progress to building one if I actually succeed in becoming a competent guitar player!!

All you guys seem so genuinely nice and helpful too - which blows me away - hopefully I can achieve both and maybe one will compliment the other??

I think I need to practice soldering too - somewhere along the line I think someone said there were 40 soldering joints in an SG1F guitar - that scares the hell out of me as well

Ah well one step at a time I guess

Thanks again bargeloobs

Cheers,

Alan

[DrNomis_44]

@abutton,

If it's any consolation, I'm a newbie at building guitars too so you're not the only one, by the way, welcome to the forum.

[andrewdosborne]

G'day Alan, worth a practice on the soldering. I used various tutorials see the Pit Bull Guitar site, "Wiring the Pick-ups" see
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/videos/ plus some assistance from YouTube tutorials and my father who demoed the techniques on a Tele rebuild.

The thing that caused me tremendous grief was getting the soldering iron 'tinned' correctly. At one point it was as if I had taken up production in small ball-bearings (you'll know what I mean if this happens!). Solved this problem by using a tip cleaner such as the below, after which it was all quite straightforward.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=TS1512

You'll find the soldering process a breeze with some practice and very rewarding once job done!

cheers

[pablopepper]

"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew like hell." Peter Brock.

We were all beginners at one point.

[wokkaboy]

Hey Alan,
I think one of the darker red stains or the brown nullabor ochre would look good in a burst. At the time I did mine I used wudtone cherry flamenco (darker red) in the centre and Black magic woman on the back and sides and the outside burst, which wasn't really a dark black. With Dingotone you start with the stain coat so you will start the burst with these in both colours. Then you go over with the intensifying coat, then once happy with the depth and blend you put clear coats on.
Not that important what wood to practice a burst on, even some pine would be ok to give you an idea how to blend the colours. That way you will see how the 2 colours you chose will look together.
As the others have said have a practice solder, if you shield the control cavity that eliminates a few solder joins to each pot as they will all be earthed making contact with the copper shielding tape.

[abutton]

@abutton,

If it's any consolation, I'm a newbie at building guitars too so you're not the only one, by the way, welcome to the forum.

Thanks DrNomis - it definitely helps to know there are others like me.

I am a bit under confident at the best of times so this is really stretching my coping skills!

I am having to force myself to even touch the guitar and still really haven't done anything to it..

Thanks again,

Alan

[abutton]

G'day Alan, worth a practice on the soldering. I used various tutorials see the Pit Bull Guitar site, "Wiring the Pick-ups" see
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/videos/ plus some assistance from YouTube tutorials and my father who demoed the techniques on a Tele rebuild.

The thing that caused me tremendous grief was getting the soldering iron 'tinned' correctly. At one point it was as if I had taken up production in small ball-bearings (you'll know what I mean if this happens!). Solved this problem by using a tip cleaner such as the below, after which it was all quite straightforward.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=TS1512

You'll find the soldering process a breeze with some practice and very rewarding once job done!

cheers

Thanks Andrew,

I will definitely take your advice.

I am just trying to take one step at a time but all of this advice is sinking in and I will bebetter for it when I get to that stage.

Haven't soldered anything since Form 3 Metal Work Class at High School so no doubt it will present a challenge!

Thanks again for your encouragement and identifying little traps

Alan

[wokkaboy]

Alan don't worry if you make a mistake, I'm sure it can be fixed or a work around. If I made a list of all the mistakes I've made it would be a very large document. Mistakes make you a better builder as you will try a different method next time !
I'd just jump in and start sanding mate !

[abutton]

"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew like hell." Peter Brock.

We were all beginners at one point.

Thanks Pablo,

I actually really love the guitar I am building and don't want to ruin it but I will try and chew like hell!

Hopefully I don't choke.

Cheers,

Alan