Meh, it kind of defeats the purpose of wanting a handcrafted one in the first place.Originally Posted by keloooe
Meh, it kind of defeats the purpose of wanting a handcrafted one in the first place.
Hey Barge, jack plate colour looks cool but I agree with the others too much contrast. I'd sink it with a dremel and leave it chrome or try and replicate the natural colour and match the binding line
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I think it's fine Barge. But a bit too big.
I'd make it smaller to fit within the natural wood and not cross the binding, then decide if I wanted to recess it or not...
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@Wokka, yeah sinking the plate would look hella cool man, but see as I've already laid down finish I'd rather not start playing round with it and have to start doing little patch ups. Next build's definitely gonna have a recessed jackplate;-)
@Stan, I'm hearing ya bro, truth is I got a bit too carried away with the size of the hole for the jack, hence the need for the plate the size it is. I'll call it a little learning exercise and bear it in mind next time round:-)
Anyway, after a bit of confirmation from the dudes on here I decided to scrub the blue jackplate and run with this idea.
I'm 100% happier with this look.
And a couple more angles...
Looks awesome Barge. Almost disappears into the finish
Tony
Spot on, definitely worth the effort.
Scott.
a neat solution, looks good Bargie
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Seamless! Looks great Barge.
Cheers @Tony, Weirdy, Stan,Crundes
So after another quick read through Weirdy's thread regarding removing fret dots, out they came, without incident.
Unfortunately the factory holes a quite a bit deeper than my 1.3mm replacement Paua dots so I'm going to have to pack them out, or fill them, not sure yet...Ideas welcome.
Also de-fretted while I was at it. Got a fair bit of chip out in the ebony. It doesn't matter how careful you go, it just seems to be unavoidable.
I guess I'll get the new dots in, sand, then see how the chips look. May have to do some filling, idk, again ideas welcomed:-)
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