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Post by brianloco on Sept 1, 2014 9:03:30 GMT -6
And I was thinking about wet sanding the finish off the front would water be fine I don't want the wood to swell or I've read to use mineral oil any thoughts on that or is dry sanding fine
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Post by dnic on Sept 1, 2014 18:02:28 GMT -6
The wood might be alder or poplar. Poplar usually has a green cast. Both woods work the same tool wise. I would sand the front dry with 100 or 120 once you get to veneer bump up to 220. It's insanely easy to sand through on veneer so go very slowly.
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Post by brianloco on Sept 6, 2014 9:42:08 GMT -6
In looking at the neck to try and figure out how to put the nut it's for a Floyd rose do I have to rout it down from where the saw mark is to the back I was looking at some pics on Google and that's what it keep seeing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Attachments:
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Post by hoz on Sept 6, 2014 14:55:48 GMT -6
I did a thread awhile back called First guitar build for cash $$$. It has a side profile of the neck where the locking nut goes. It is the end of the fingerboard. That line is probably where the board needs to be lopped off but measure it first. Never trust the previous builders markings. He coulda been drunk, and the reason that neck ended up wholesale.
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Post by brianloco on Jan 7, 2015 10:03:20 GMT -6
So here it is all finished except the control pocket cover I forgot about that I was trying to go for a space like finish I think it came out pretty good I used aniline dyes and then the rub in tru oil for the first ten or so coats then sprinkled some rainbow glitter to get a bit of sparkle and finished over that with spray on tru oil it took a 3 cans and the glitter still was poking through in some spots but now I know for next time to maybe go a different route when using glitter all in all I'm happy with it and most importantly it sounds great
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Post by dnic on Jan 7, 2015 12:12:56 GMT -6
I like the color shading on that a lot. Looks good
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2015 17:35:01 GMT -6
Well now you got to go play the frets off it. good job!
EB
Oh... Back in the old days of Metal flake, we used a tone of lacquer to cover the (metal flake). Back then you would hear guys say something like "yeah, that has 100 coats of Lacquer on it... HA! Man now that's a lot of clear coating. But those paint jobs didn't last to lone in the sun. I think that's way most of them ended up in car shows of the day... to keep them out of the sun! HA!
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Post by brianloco on Jan 7, 2015 19:34:24 GMT -6
Thanks guys
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Post by latestrummer on Jan 7, 2015 21:07:01 GMT -6
The colouring looks really sweet! Nicely done!
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Post by hoz on Jan 8, 2015 9:15:20 GMT -6
The stain makes it look like abalone shell. Very cool. Rail hammer pickups?
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Post by brianloco on Jan 8, 2015 10:28:55 GMT -6
Thanks I didn't notice that about the color until I put the knobs on it worked out pretty good. Yeah they are railhammers the anvil and chisel
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