PRS-1Q by AxeMurderer

[G-Axe]

Love that pickguard. Aside from how awesome the grain looks, I love the way it looks with the 3 ply edge.

[stan]

nice progress, and love that pickguard

[andrewdosborne]

Nice work. For the belly cut I would personally go a bit deeper (I have a pot belly...) I suppose it all depends on your personal body contour and what feels comfortable

[Muzza]

My PRS-1Q kit arrived today and I'm very excited to get started. Seems like mine is the first build diary for this kit.

Nope...
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=4956

You'll probably finish yours before me tho'...

[Muzza]

Next step was to sand a belly curve in the back similar to the PRS Custom 22 that this is modeled on.
Not sure if it is deep enough. Thoughts?

Have a look at my build thread - bottom of page 7.
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=4956&page=7

[AxeMurderer]

I figured I'd start with staining the back. That way if I needed to sand back to wood as I learn how to use the stain I could. I did and I did.

The original idea for the colour scheme was to be purple on the sides transitioning to red on the back with yellow in the middle as a red to yellow burst.

I started with a coating of a colour called cedar to highlight the grain under the red and yellow. Sanded that back and it had highlighted the grain as I wanted. Next, I applied the purple, red and yellow. I wasn't happy with the way the end grain soaked up the purple and was very dark, the colour of the purple or the blend from purple to red.

[AxeMurderer]

the purple had to go.

After sanding as much of the purple off as I could - there are still dark patches in the end grain - I started again with a more simple red to yellow burst.

[AxeMurderer]

Although it's not a professional job, I'm not completely unhappy with the outcome given I am still learning how this stuff works. The grain has certainly been highlighted.

No on to the front/top...

[FrankenWashie]

OOOOOO I like where you're going with this! I can see what you mean about the colour transition, could you do a dilute wash across the transition bands to even it up?

Keep at it mate, this will look fantastic when you're done!

[AxeMurderer]

The front starts with a coat of green/black for grain popping. I seem to have found the small amount of glue which I will attempt to scrap off.