tonyw JR-1M Comprehensive Build Diary

[tonyw]

If you do, I don't suppose you could do a bit of a tute to see whats involved?

Can do mate too easy

[tonyw]

I hear you Tony !

A lot of those 50's / 60's guitar were good, but not that good, you had some horror guitars as well.

How anybody can play a Strat with a 57 'V' neck is beyond me, and the body on those era Strats were chaffered so thin they dug into your ribs.

What is considered 'General Knowledge ' concerning both guitar setup and guitar upkeep was generally unknown back then, a lot of those guitars from that era suffered from that ignorance, as you probably know....god I've come across some horror guitars that people want a fortune for just because of their age.

I remember Jimmy Barnes buying a 52 Tele that had a neck on it that was so narrow even KEEF would had trouble using it as a 5 string... horrible, plus the fretboard was all dried out, and he had it re- finished in some thick poly Gun Metal gray.

Martin Plaza from the Mentals had a 68 Paisely Tele thinline that's neck was so bowed... well if you threw it away I think it would have come back as it was like a boomerang.

Funny stuff muso's put up with back then

I learnt very early, if doesnt feel right dont bother, the rest can be fixed

[wazkelly]

The stain so far has been decided on as Outback Sunset

Hi Tony, OS is a quite darkish orange colour hence why I mixed up a lighter brew for my EX-5. Just thought I would let you know as colour samples for OS on this forum are scarce and not necessarily a true or close representation not to mention the impact that slight variances in batches may have too.

[tonyw]

Hi Woz Fender have a Sunset Orange transparent that i am hoping its like, i also want it a bit darker, so i think i am in the ball park. I will test it on some timber and see, this is a beta test on the finish, and hey i dont have a dark orange guitar

Fender Sunset Orange

[wazkelly]

Hi Tony, OS is more like the tele only a few shades darker. If the timber has any colour that will also add towards a darker colour too.

[tonyw]

hey waz thats going to be bang on what i was looking for then....

[wazkelly]

Hope so for your sake as I experienced differences in 2 batches of CG where colours differed a fair bit.

[tonyw]

Hope so for your sake as I experienced differences in 2 batches of CG where colours differed a fair bit.

That would be a real PIA

[wazkelly]

Took some shots of my DT OS that was mixed 1 part to 4 parts CG for the EX-5 in last shot. To the naked eye OS is around 3 to 4 shades darker than colour shown on the Bass. Hope this helps. If too dark, don't know how you can dilute it as the stuff has a watery oily viscosity and may not mix with water. That was one experiment I did not conduct and think I already know the outcome....Fail due to oil based nature of the product.

[tonyw]

Well its a beta 2 test, so hopefully thats all sorted, or the 80 grit sander will have a party, then its off to my mates spray booth and turn it TV yellow