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Thanks Guys,

I think you're right - I wanted to try and get the black in there as well but worried its going to be a bit much.

If I keep the darker colors to the outside it might work alright

I will try a couple more trials - I will attach more pics

Thanks heaps for your advice

Cheers,

Alan

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Hi Guys,

I have tried out some blending methods

Tried blending the black and ochre at the same time - which sort of worked but the black tended to dominate

I will try and sand these back to see if it lightens everything up

I laid down the colors very lightly on another template to see if I can blend them by sanding and then build up the color in layers?

And I laid down just a solid black to see how much sanding is needed to get it back to a lighter shade.

Not real happy with any of the results yet but might come good with sanding - I don't want to have to sand too much on the cap because I have already accidentally sanded it and the cap is so thin....

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

Alan

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I am still struggling with attaching photos

Hopefully they are attached?

[abutton]

Hi Guys - haven't touched base for a while - I have just been concentrating on trying to get the best result staining my guitar.

The second picture is where I am now - the outback sunset and nullabhor ochre were too yellow and red to begin with

I put eyes on it! - not sure that is accepted practice but I am a bit of an "artist" at heart and couldn't help it.

My daughter painted a series of paintings of Kurt Cobain and I took the eyes of this painting

I am up to the enhancer staining stage - just wondering if you put the different stains over the area of the color that you used.

I ended up having to blend some colors by adding different stains over the top of different colors, sanding back and at times I actually mixed the stains together so it is a bit of a mishmash of colors now.

Any suggestions would be appreciated - haven't done the back or neck yet.

Thanks,

Alan

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Hi Guys just another update - all intensifying coats done and just applied the finishing coat on the cap and neck

Looking at finishing off the back and headstock this week then heading into soldering the electrics

I noticed that the neck is bent away at the top end (put a level on the frets and progressive gaps at top end

I am going to try and adjust the screw in the headstock to straighten it - hopefully that will help level it up?

Getting there one way or the other ha!

[wokkaboy]

Hey Alan,
thats an original cool idea with the eyes and mouth, the cap is looking good with clear coats. Good luck with the rest of the build clearing the back and neck.
Don't touch the truss rod yet, wait till you have string tension on the neck and it may straighten up.

Let us know when you are ready to glue the neck, that is an important stage of the build !

[bargeloobs]

Hey that burst ain't too shabby man for a first attempt, I'm really diggin' the added artwork too, what a great personal touch.

[andrewdosborne]

That's come up very nicely, good to see a burst on an SG. How did you do the eyes, are they transfers? Very effective and good original idea

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[abutton]

Hi Guys - thanks - it isnt as good as yours Andrew or Wokkaboys but it is sort of alright.

I have learnt alot about guitars by trying to build one and watching all of the video guides which was the objective so all good.

I just painted the eyes on with the black stain but I put too much pressure when I traced thru the tracing paper and it has marked the wood but, again a good learning curve.

I want to add some sort of sparkley thing in the white dot in the left eye.

You have done a great job of your SG Andrew - sorry I should comment on your page - still not exactly confident of mixing it with you guys because everybody seems to know what they are talking about.

But I am learning so its all good

Thanks again for your kind comments guys

[wokkaboy]

Hey Alan everyone learns a heap from their first build and I think your attempt is cool and original. You know your next build will be better and we all started at build one and have improved with each build. Keep at it I think this build will look great with clear coats and bling on