335ish 12 string Clone from closing down sale

[tonyw]

More work, have the neck stained how i want it now, still working on that heel but i think i have it sorted



Dragged out my 2 slabs of Ancient Kauri i have had in the shed for the last 10years, (geez it 45000 yrs old so 10 yrs dont matter), i am going to make tele bodies out of the stuff over winter, i will do it all by hand, the necks are undecided, the nuts i have here are woolly mammoth ivory 10,000-50,000 yrs old so it goes with the theme of the guitars, maybe get a pair of special necks made i dont know.

[dingobass]

Dribbles and hyperventilates then starts foaming at the mouth..... Nice score on the Kauri Tony

[tonyw]

Dribbles and hyperventilates then starts foaming at the mouth..... Nice score on the Kauri Tony

It looks like a bushfire, i think i paid $120 for 2 slabs, it probably cost a bit more now.

This is where i got it mate
http://www.ancientkauri.co.nz/zealan...amp_kauri_wood

Heres the other piece.


I reckon it needs to sit in the rack for awhile, its been in a bog forever.

[tonyw]

Back to the stain, a bit of cherry red shows the blemishes on the body but nothing like the back, i can cope with this easy, lots of sanding and tooling marks popping through.

I will go darker on this and may do a burst....... maybe

[wazkelly]

Big contrast between Top, sides and back. Liking the red on top and agree a little bit darker will look awesome.

[tonyw]

Yeh at the moment there is, i didnt have much choice with the back. Sides are going to be black the top a much darker cherry fading to a black, i think

[wazkelly]

Sounds like a very traditional look for the top and hope it works out for you as planned.

[stan]

Looking good now, the cherry to black sounds very nice

[Swanny]

That's going to be an awesome looking top, Tony! A darker cherry will look great.

Is that just red stain so far on the front?

[tonyw]

@wazkelly and stan thanks guys, hoping i can pull this one off, i have only ever shot a burst not dyed one.

@Swanny its just a bit of diluted colortone cherry red, a little trick i learnt on the back was if i to a light coat in shows up the flaws, then i can get at the glue and the sanding/machine marks and do some more filling then get stuck about the colour depth