That looks the goods. Would definitely speak to me if I was in a music shop looking for ways to part with my hard-earned.
That looks the goods. Would definitely speak to me if I was in a music shop looking for ways to part with my hard-earned.
Nice deep red you got there Woltz, great Work!
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Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
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Build #2 - Scratch Thinline Tele
Build #3 - Scratch Rickenbacker 330/12
Build #4 - Scratch All Aussie Timber Strat
Build #5 - 1st Violin/Fiddle
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Build #1 - TLA-1Q
Build #2 - Scratch Thinline Tele
Build #3 - Scratch Rickenbacker 330/12
Build #4 - Scratch All Aussie Timber Strat
Build #5 - 1st Violin/Fiddle
Pedal Build #1 - Aion Gale
Pedal Build #2 - Aion Aurora
Well another facepalm moment. I must stop working on the guitar when I'm tired.
I was looking closely at the neck, in particular the fretboard and realised the truoil had picked up a heap of dust n rubbish next to the frets when I had applied it previously.
I thought no worries I'll just give the fretboard a bit of a buff and it'll clean it up ok. Then came the D'oh moment. The buffing picked up some material from the frets and dirtied the fretboard, embedding fine material into it. So I've started trying to clean it up by carefully sanding the fretboard between each of the frets. Here is an example of it material still left in the fretboard after I've sanded a bit.
At that point I made the decision that I'm done with the tru-oil, I'm not happy with the finish. It's getting sanded off...
and I'll order a tinted clear aerosol and spray the whole neck with that.
Build #1 - TLA-1Q
Build #2 - Scratch Thinline Tele
Build #3 - Scratch Rickenbacker 330/12
Build #4 - Scratch All Aussie Timber Strat
Build #5 - 1st Violin/Fiddle
Pedal Build #1 - Aion Gale
Pedal Build #2 - Aion Aurora
Nice work mate. The red looks brilliant.
I swear this guitar is cursed.
At this point I'm thinking of canning it and putting the neck and all the upgraded parts I've bought into the semi-scratch build.
Build #1 - TLA-1Q
Build #2 - Scratch Thinline Tele
Build #3 - Scratch Rickenbacker 330/12
Build #4 - Scratch All Aussie Timber Strat
Build #5 - 1st Violin/Fiddle
Pedal Build #1 - Aion Gale
Pedal Build #2 - Aion Aurora
Dang, was that a drop?
Was the fret funk from doing fret work prior to applying the Tru oil? Or just naturally accrued
Last edited by Bakersdozen; 04-03-2019 at 04:44 PM.