Grain pattern checked and confirmation of coolness.Originally Posted by kiwimatt
Grain pattern checked and confirmation of coolness.
I second the confirmation. Coolness verified.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Thirded! (Not a word but just go with it)
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Yeah, that grain is killer. Nice work on the build too
#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'
A bit of entertainment on the comments, thanks guys!
Righto - updates - and a few...
Sanding, sanding, sanding.... I've read the stories on here, and I can confirm the truth - there's a fair bit - I found it fun, though, seeing the shape evolve. I had a plan for what I was after, but you sort seem to go an a bit of a journey with it.
Anyway, a picture or two are better than more words.
Masking - some of you'll see where I'm going with this...
Staining. It's a basswood body, so pretty light on grain, and with the differences in the colour of the different pieces (as you can see in the above), I did think about going for a solid colour - would have been the easy option for a first build. But I thought "stuff it" (well, the actual word was less polite), and went with my original plan anyway.
I used Resene Colourwood Apollo Blue - even a test pot was way too much stain, could probably stain about 20 guitars from it! Anyway - for any other kiwi's doing a build looking for a decent wood stain - they have a good range.
Fretboard end shaping is very cool man
Build #1 - ST-1 - Completed
Build #2 - LP-1SS - Completed
Build #3 - TLA-1R - Completed
Build #4 - SGD-612 - Completed
Build #5 - ES-1G - Completed
Build #6 - STA-1HT | Completed
Build #7 - ST1JR - Completed
Current Build #8 - JBA-4
Build #9 - Semi-scratch build Tele x 2 - Completed
Current Build #10 - PRS-1H
Current Build #11 - AGJR-1 - Completed
Current Build #12 - ATL-1SB
Current Build #13 - GST-1
Current Build #14 - FBM-1
It was looking good at that stage, then I decided to sand it. Which was a mistake at that point, because you end up with blue powdery wood stain, which goes EVERYWHERE, and is a royal PITA to clean up from any bare wood.
Anyway, all is well that ends well, and it ended up like this prior to painting
Next up, I cut out some cardboard shields to sit above the body and headstock, no secrets here - I'm going for a black sunburst effect. I saw this method on YouTube.
You can see the headstock in the background on this next one.
And the results
I wasn't happy with the headstock - for obvious reasons. That required a light (very light!) sand, and another go at it. I used Dulux DuraMax spray (rattle can), which has quick recoat times, and seems to give a good result (Satin Black for the burst, and Gloss Clear over the top - but I'll get to that soon).
Thanks Andy, yeah - it seemed like I had enough there to do something a bit different
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