rob's TL--1 - Lyn #10

[Nickosaurus]

Happy accidents are what make art mate

[andrewdosborne]

I would keep going with this. I'm liking what I see from the pictures you have posted - to be honest the veneer is the eye catching feature for me.

[robin]

@ Nick
lol mate, that would make most of my guitars "art" of some sort.

@ Andrew
Thanks mate, yeah I do like the veneer, but I am a bit concerned at its deterioration.

Cheers guys

[vh2580]

Pity about the splitting but I actually really like the finish its very custom shop" Matt black hardware and black pickup covers and that would be one sexy beast

[kimball492]

Do you know what Robin people pay thousands for a relic' guitar yours looks like it's been around a few years . Once hardwares on it'll look a treat. Dont relic the hardware and it'll look fantastic . I'm kinda liking it

[robin]

Pity about the splitting but I actually really like the finish its very custom shop" Matt black hardware and black pickup covers and that would be one sexy beast

Hey Tony,
Thanks mate, unfortunately I have already bought a chrome Gotoh Bridge. I have also bought black and cream P90 covers, so I will decide which of those to use later.

cheers mate

[robin]

@Kim
Thanks mate, hmmmm thousands of bucks huh? Couldn't do it again if I tried. lol.

It's nothing like I had planned but I am kinda digging the beat up look myself now.

cheers mate

[ihasmario]

Go steampunk or whatever the cool word is for guitar. Relic? I dunno. It looks interesting.

How did it happen exactly, I didn't quite get your posts (probably too tired)

[robin]

Go steampunk or whatever the cool word is for guitar. Relic? I dunno. It looks interesting.

How did it happen exactly, I didn't quite get your posts (probably too tired)

Hi Mario,

If you are wondering how it turned out like it did, I can tell you that it was a combination of not enough knowledge, bad workmanship and an incredible amount of blind good luck.

Not Enough Knowledge:
Probably chose the wrong veneer. I wanted a light blue guitar and I think the veneer I chose was too dark to give me that finish.

To keep the colour as light as possible I only used one coat of blue dye which gave me the colour concentration I wanted, but I guess that the natural colour of the veneer soaked through the dye and turned it an uneven blotchy browny/bluey/green colour. I think that a second coat of dye would have held the colour better but that would have given me a dark blue colour, which I was not after. By contrast the back of the guitar being a light basswood took the dye perfectly to give me the actual colour I originally wanted.

Bad Workmanship:
I had problems gluing the veneer to the body. That caused a gap in the two pieces of veneer. My efforts to try and draw the pieces together resulted in a few tears in the veneer.

The veneer bubbled (blistered) because of my bad gluing technique

After applying 4 coats of Poly I accidentally sanded through them in places and into the stain giving the uneven faded “stone washed” appearance.

Blind Good Luck: (and pig headedness)
That it has ended up looking like it does.

When it was all going wrong a sensible person would have given up on this one, it really was looking that bad. But I had put so much time and effort into it and I was too stubborn to give in and wanted to see how it would turn out. So I kept going.

I would still like to do a light blue/black burst sometime, and although nothing like I had originally planned I wouldn’t change this one for quids.

cheers mate
rob

[stan]

without seeing it in person or close up, it looks really good! Black hardware would look killer on this