Gr-1sf

[Gunut75]

Starting to look like what I have in my mind. Going red on this one. Mixed up some dye this evening and had at it. Came out beautiful. Let's see how it dries. Maybe chardonnay red stain on the sides and back.

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[Gunut75]

The pic looks a bit brown. It is very red, with a slight bit of blue in it to tint it towards crimson. Almost a blood red. To bad the camera doesn't pick up the true color.

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[Gunut75]

Uh-oh! It dried to pink! Not regular pink, but HOT pink!

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[JimC]

Uh-oh! It dried to pink! Not regular pink, but HOT pink!

I had that problem with my 66 build. I was using Fiebings leather dye and the don't seem to do a decent red red, they all seem to tend to a bluish cast for something I would call nearer pink or mauve. I forget what I ended up using, but it was a UK manufacturer.

[Gunut75]

Makes a great base color for a very purple burgundy color. I just can't do a pink guitar. It was done with black, oil based stain over the pink.

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[Simon Barden]

Possibly an artefact of the surface reflecting a lot of white light back. I’m sure it will look a lot redder with a finish on it. But maybe not quite the red you wanted. Try another application of the stain?

Edit: I see I missed an over the page post.

That looks good.

[Gunut75]

Waiting for the black to dry so I can sand it smooth. Might get another coat of black after sanding. Well see how it turns out. Kind of a dark plum purple stain with mild pink grain highlights.

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[Gunut75]

I like it. It sanded out nice and smooth with no loss of color. Time to scrape all the tiny bindings on the f-holes, then start on the neck joint and cut the headstock (On a gr-1sf?!........ yes, this one anyway...).
The heel of the neck needs some contouring. The radius (contour) from the neck joint to the neck is a bunch of sanded flats. I'll straighten that out too. Yaaaaa hooooo.

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[Gunut75]

S$/t!!! Going to try to tap it down with a mallet, but it's awful high.

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[Simon Barden]

S$/t!!! Going to try to tap it down with a mallet, but it's awful high.

Maybe best to just file it down and then reprofile and polish it, I doubt it will get a lot of use up there and it doesn't matter if the last fret is slightly lower than the rest as there are no other frets for the string to catch on.