Barnseys ES1TL

[Adam Barnes]

finally got the last coat of clear on yesterday morning, starting to
look finished

[Adam Barnes]

i was going through the photos i have taken since i started and after each coat of clear goes on it seems to have taken some of the blue out of the finish.

[Zandit75]

It certainly does look more yellow in the unstained sections.
I was hoping it was just the lighting conditions that was giving the colours a slightly washed out look.

[stan]

It seems the whole thing has yellowed off, shame, but it does still look great

[Adam Barnes]

The colour actually makes the guitar look like its 30 years old

[newtonb]

What a lovely looking guitar. Very unique aged look :-)

[Adam Barnes]

I wish i could say that the look was deliberate but its a complete accident its not what i was trying to do but i do like how it has turned out, there must have been some reaction in the finish coats and the humidity or something else who knows. Its still a bit tacky so hopfully by the weekend will be able to solder pick ups and string up.

[wazkelly]

Hi Adam, I think we can all relate to your experience here as each layer of finish is applied it can quite often give the build an unexpected different look or dimension where most of the time it ends up better than what we may have initially envisaged.

In this case it certainly looks great and if anything the slight yellowing gives it some warmth.

Cheers, Waz

[Adam Barnes]

Hi Adam, I think we can all relate to your experience here as each layer of finish is applied it can quite often give the build an unexpected different look or dimension where most of the time it ends up better than what we may have initially envisaged.

In this case it certainly looks great and if anything the slight yellowing gives it some warmth.

Cheers, Waz

Thanks waz

[Adam Barnes]

I have noise, final coat was dry enough to start touching today so i wired the pickups and put the switch and pots in, strung it up and tuned. Pluged in and both pickups worked. Kids are asleep so could only have it on very quiet and clean. Action feels good no real rattles in the strings. Just need get the harmonics right once the strings settle in. Im just stoked that it worked