Swanny's ES-12G

[Swanny]

Thanks Gav, the back does look best, I reckon!

After a bit of filing I had the pickup seated properly and the body stained black. I spent a few hours sanding, the top is a worry, you don't want to go to far with a thin veneer, but you never know how far that limit is! It's interesting what the black stain brings out of the veneer, though.





Once I'd got that far, I couldn't resist putting a bit of colour down. I might have to build it up a bit in spots where it didn't soak into the timber as well in some spots.





That should do for today.

[wokkaboy]

well done Swanny that looks awesome. Parts of the grain on the back look like distant shots of the earth !

[Swanny]

Yes, it's a shame its hidden on the back!

The front halves look like they are a bit mirror imaged, cut from the same piece.

[wokkaboy]

unless you do a Hendrix and play with your teeth Swanny then everyone will see the back of the axe haha

that's how the flame maple veneers work that are cut from the same piece and bookmatched to line up

[Swanny]

Cheers, Wokka! I've got a lot to learn about about all this... and now how to play like Hendrix!

[wokkaboy]

haha you will need about 100 lifetimes to learn how to play like Hendrix and I think that wouldn't be enough

[gavinturner]

Wow Swanny, that colour is amazing! Not sure I've ever seen a blue as deep as that. What are you using?

cheers,
Gav.

[Swanny]

Gav,
I saw the idea somewhere on the internet when I first found out about Pitbull Guitars. It's pretty expensive, at $5.63 for a small bottle of stamp pad refill ink, from Office Works!

[Crusader]

Yes, I concur, that is a really nice colour.

[johnc]

wow, nice colour swanny, I was thinking about putting a black stain down first too but wasnt sure how it'd turn out.
Cant wait to see how that looks with a clear coat