Andy40's LP-1SS

[Swanny]

I went to Jaycar and bought a $25 weather station - it shows the temperature and humidity. I find it handy to tell me whether to spray or not to spray in the humid Brizzy environment. Plus I love electronic gadgets!

[Andy40]

I went to Jaycar and bought a $25 weather station - it shows the temperature and humidity. I find it handy to tell me whether to spray or not to spray in the humid Brizzy environment. Plus I love electronic gadgets!

Swanny, you are a life saver...I've been looking for an affordable one of these for ages. I even went to Jaycar to get my soldering station..how did i miss this!

[Andy40]

What a morning! finished my sanding prep. donned the Nitrile gloves, ripped out my 5x5 100% cotton cloth and a fine bottle of Karijini Red.

It all went pretty fast, the rag was wet and red, there was a lot of rubbing involved...pretty sure I pitched a tent somewhere in there, but in the end one coat of Karijini Red was applied to the entire body and neck.

I think because of the ebony timbermate The spalted maple is about as dark as i want it, I'd like the mahogany a bit darker so I might apply another coat on just the mahogany parts.
Do I have to wait until its cured or can I apply the next stain coat whenever?

[wokkaboy]

nice one Andy that looks unreal. You got to be happy with that !
If you applied the stain coat pretty heavy, DB normally says you should wait 2-3 days for the first coat to cure.
It's usually ok to re-apply within an hour or 2 if it went on fairly lightly. On the safe side I'd let it cure.
Can we please have an above photo of that lovely spalt cap ?

[pablopepper]

Oh my. Tent pitchingly good.

[andrewdosborne]

Very, very nice.

[Andy40]

Very happy indeed. Its gone a bit darker since leaving it. I did apply the dingotone stain very well so i think i will wait for it to cure properly and decide if i want to go darker on the mahogany. Here's some more photos (sorry I had to use the flash as the room was dark).

[wokkaboy]

looks excellent Andy. Worth being patient with DT and wait 3 days if you can between coats. You might consider a dark brown stain for back and sides of the body, I did that on my build and it gave a nice contrast with the karijini on the cap.

How nice is the smell of DT ?

You will find the colour will deepen as it cures so wait and see how it looks in a couple of days.

Was that the back of the neck you have applied karijini ? Was thinking if the neck will be clear you could do a fret level. Was it you that we discussed this with this week about either getting the tools or getting DB to do a fret level?

Thats why you need more than one build on the go so you can work on the other while this cures hahha it's called GAS !

[Andy40]

Yup, I'll wait for it to cure...I'm in no rush.

Tell me about the GAS! I already had 8 guitars before I started with Pitbull (and I got rid of 2 before that)! Now I'm even more addicted, I think it may take a little convincing the wife before I can have two on the go

DT smells great, I felt like i got my daily dose of vitamin C

Yeah the build was always going to be Karijini all over, it sounds a little simple but I wanted it to be about the spalted maple through Karijini and the gold hardware. not so busy, you know.

The necks done as well, so i'll have to wait. It wasn't me regarding the fret level query. I did my ST-1 with a Pabs signature notched straight edge, Stanley knife blades as a rocker, a dead straight aluminium beam with double sided tape and good quality sandpaper, some small files for crowning, wet and dry, 000 steel wool, metal polish and a bucket load of time. It may not be a professional job, but I was proud of it and there's no fret buzz.

[wazkelly]

I went to Jaycar and bought a $25 weather station - it shows the temperature and humidity. I find it handy to tell me whether to spray or not to spray in the humid Brizzy environment. Plus I love electronic gadgets!

Yep, I bought one a couple of weeks ago too as this spring humidity was driving me nuts with figuring out curing time using DT.