Nice finish. Looks heavy.... like a slab of marble.
Nice finish. Looks heavy.... like a slab of marble.
Build 1: Non-PBG Flamed Maple LP - Wine Red
Build 2: JRM-1DC - The Butterscotch Belle
Pedalboard Build
Is that paint, or a vinyl wrap?
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
Thanks. It’s paint with a couple of layers of clear coat for the gloss. Sorry for the multiple pics, but as you can see I had trouble posting them.
Finishes like that deserve multiple posts!
Build 1: Non-PBG Flamed Maple LP - Wine Red
Build 2: JRM-1DC - The Butterscotch Belle
Pedalboard Build
Never apologise for posting lurid guitar finish porn Liam. We're all good with it.Originally Posted by Liam Markby
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
How did I miss the build diary, it's a really distingtive design really well done
Builds to date
#1, 3 string box guitar
#2, GR-1SF, November guitar of the month 2016
#3, Charvel Surfcaster tribute scratch build. ( Completed )
#4, Pawn shop Strat ( Completed )
#5, Current build MM-1Q
Came up great! Did you use one of those 'marble effect' rattle cans? I used one for a guitar pedal I built and had tonnes of fun spraying it - I loved watching it scatter out as it sprayed. I ended up ditching mine though, as it turns out it's impossible to screenprint over, and I wanted to use it for effects pedals which were to have screenprinted text on top. Neat effect though, and I'm always surprised I don't see it being used more often
#001 (LP-1S) [finished - co-runner up Nov 2018 GOTM]
#002 (WL-1)
#003 (MPL Megacaster - semi scratch build) [finished]
#004 (ST-1 JR - Arachnoid Superhero build) [finished]
#005 (LP jr)
#006 (TL-1A)
Junk shop acoustic refurbs (various)
'The TGS Special'
Hi John, I did use a can. Dulux marble effect I think. It comes out if the can almost like string.
Some people recommended I add mine, so here we go:
DM-1S - Danish oil finish, gloss on the back and sides of the body, satin on the spalted maple top, with walnut stain on the back and sides of the body to bring the maple out. The neck is also Danish oil - smooth satin finish on the playable part, blending to gloss at the neck joint and headstock. I wanted a old-school-meets-modern vibe, so I thought the combination of old-fashioned wood finish with satin maple and blacked-out hardware would complement each other nicely.
Hardware is a Wilkinson bridge and tuners, and a Tonerider Hot 90 for the pickup. Nut is still stock, with a bit of lubrication it works fine. The interior cavities are fully copper shielded. The neck plate and strap lugs are nicked from my old Martin Stinger superstrat.
I can't stop playing this guy! The P90 is giving my noise gates a workout, but I love the unique sound you get using a P90 for metal tones. Also it's the first time I've had a scale this short, so it's fun playing with some of the stretchier chords, and feels impossibly relaxed after noodling around on the 8-string for a while.
Hats of to you piRoN that looks amazing this kit is going on the to do list.
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