very nice, the blue and gold look great together
very nice, the blue and gold look great together
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Hey guys,
Haven't posted anything for a couple weeks, but I've been steadily working on the guitar.
Last weekend, as I had a fair bit of gloss on, I sanded the whole guitar flat. Took me a fair bit of sanding at 600-800 wet.
I then sprayed again and let that cure all week.
Same deal this weekend, I still had too much grain showing for my liking, so I sanded flat again.
And sprayed again...
I'm pretty happy with the result now:
I had that idea of adding gold highlight to the blue, so this morning I mixed some mica powder with clear gloss for one of the coats.
Not the best results... I reckon I put way too much mica powder and it was showing too much in some areas.
So I ended up sanding most of it and re-spraying clear on top.
No photos yet, we'll see next week!
Anyway, one last final touch up spray tomorrow morning, and then I'll leave this one alone for a couple weeks while it cures.
On the neck side, I wasn't too happy with the finish. I used Dingotone clear but must have been too heavy-handed and didn't squeeze the excess enough before wiping for the final coat as I had some waxy looking areas...
So I sanded it with 600 dry to remove all these waxy area until I was happy.
I then wiped a new top coat on. This time I barely had any product on the applicator and it does look better.I'll wipe a 'last final' coat next weekend and that should be it for the neck!
In the meantime I got myself a nice IB-5 kit...
I'm waiting for golden parts I ordered from eBay, and for some custom Dingotone before I really get started. I'll created a build diary for that one too.
Cheers
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
Fred that looks pretty smick really nice shade of blue and you have brought out the grain beautifully.
Tony
I agree, that's a nice shade of blue! Probably why I chose the same colours for my build! The black and blue work well with the grain, and the gold is a nice touch in the knobs and hardware. But I picked gold hardware, so I'm a bit biased!
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
Thanks, Fred! My son is already planning to order an IB-1 for me to help him with after Christmas.
Wow Fred that's looking amazing!!!! That color with gold hardware pops! I love it!
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coming along really nicely Fred that colour scheme looks excellent and can still see the lovely ash grain
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
Nice photos as well man, the colour and tones are really nice.... gotta love natural light shots
Looking really good there, Fred.
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
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