Hey Segway,I have used FW prooftint stains and had good success with them. Walnut is a nice shade of brown. Have never tried the weathered look with vinegar and steel wool. Maybe you could do the whole body in the FW and just sand back the top a bit to make it look weathered. For the final coat you could use DT final coat if you have any left. Otherwise (DB will shoot me for this haha) tru oil or FW do a wipe on poly, otherwise a rattle can clear coat.
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
So I think I'm going to go with feast Watson black for the top. I want to darken the fretboard a bit what due would be best for this and is there anything to worry about with the inlays (triangular ones btw)?
If you want a darker board, then unless you want it really black, I'd first try wiping it with lemon oil. It's the standard oil for conditioning rosewood boards. Wipe some on, and depending on how dry the board it, it may soak in over a few minutes or a few hours. Once it's dry, apply some more oil. Keep applying it until the board stops soaking it up, then wipe off the excess. It should now be considerably darker. Lemon oil won't affect the inlays at all.
If you want it a lot darker, then some people here have used leather dye pens. This can stain the markers (though it should polish off if there aren't any small cracks in the markers), but it's best to try and mask them if possible. Probably easiest to do by covering them with clear tape and then cut round the markers with a sharp craft knife or scalpel. The tape will probably leave some sticky residue (unlike masking tape) but you can easily clear that off.
Got some more stuff for the kit today
What would be the best way to cut the headstock? was thinking kind of like a strat headstock.
This works well for meOriginally Posted by S.W.A.M
As long as it has a sharp blade.This works well for me
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
I used a jigsaw for my telecaster shaped headstock for a rough cut, then a ton of hand filing and sanding.
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