Poplar guitar build

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Hey now that's some good info!

Hummmm... Now don't tell me....Oh No you didn't!!! HE! HE!

Well, strip it and do again! Or like I said I'll take it off your hands! (Please no fire wood)

[dnic]

A little update on stripping the paint. So far the paint has just popped off. No adhesion whatsoever. Once I got the guitar back out to the shop where I didn't need to be tidy The progress was much faster. I used a 1" chisel with a slightly dulled edge so it doesn't gouge to bad. The edge if the body is a little slower going.

I pulled off my project to do a little repair/ restoration on a Baldwin Vibraslim bass. Made England in 64. Not to many were made and not many left.

Also started building a clock. A friend came over to use the shop and his clock project looked like fun so I'm doing one too.

Dane

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Boy you just keep busy. I though I had a lot of projects to do. But most of mine are honey does.

[dnic]

&0 degrees here today, two days ago it was below freezing on the morning. So I was out all day doing yard work. Just came in to clean up for running sound at the coffee house tonight.

Did get to do some drop fill with #20 CA on the old bass I'm fixing.


dane

[dnic]

I resprayed the body. Started with vinyl sealer then the color. Only got three costs of clear on before I got low so I thought I'd try to level sand and shoot a flow coat. As it turned out I barely went through to color (I check my paper very often went getting close) so I wasn't able to get a complete level. I did shoot the flow coat however just to see the results and except for a couple places I had drop filled it went down like glass.

I changed colors too and I'll post a pic later.

dane

[dnic]

I decided to level sand again after only 6 more thin coats and it leveled very well so I went through the grits. 600, 800, 1000 then to the buffer just to see what would happen after only hanging for about a week. The medium looked great so I went on to the fine wheel and this thing is very nice. I will hit the fine wheel again after I get the neck set and the fret work done.

Some pics of the new color and the shine.



These never seem to look as good in pictures as they do in person. There is lot of depth in the color and also silver metal flake that doesn't show up here.



This shot is just to see the neck pocket, lots of glue surface with this design.

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WOW!!! So cool I like that a lot! What color pick guard are you going to put on it?

[killemall1983]

This is coming along great. I would never trust myself to glue the neck in after the body was already completed. Great work, and that paint looks great.

[GuitarAttack Forum]

Very kewl! That looks almost like Fiesta Red.

What paint are you using? Brand/color please!

Thanks
John

[cknowles]

Dane that is absolutely sick!!
I love your design, and that color is killer.

Chris

[dnic]

Thanks guys, you are all too kind.

The paint is Mc Faddens nitro and the color I mixed myself. Just started with red and then added yellow until it was happy. There is also just a touch of blue but that's a long story. When it was white I put the silver metal flake in the clear but this time I put a little in the final coat of color. And yes John it looks like Fiesta Red to me as well. It looked more red to me while I was doing it but after the buff it looks a little different. My wife's been telling me it looks orange from the start, so what do I know?

Pick guard wise I thinking white. I have a white and a black made up so I'll post some pics with both colors and see what the response is.

I was careful to keep the neck pocket clean so glue up should be no prob. As far as possibly dinging the body I'll be doing my final buff and detail after all the other work is done.

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[dnic]

Here are some pics of pick guard options.


It's hands down for me on the white, it's a very classic look.


The Jonah J inlayed in white pearl. The neck just setting in the pocket.

This has nothing to do with this guitar but this will many fret boards. Bolivian Rosewood. I like it a lot.

d

[cknowles]

I'm with you on the pickguard I prefer the white. Or a rosewood guard, but then I just like wood pickguards!

Chris

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I like both! This is going to be a way cool guitar! The white does POP! Sure would like to play one of your guitars. Maybe some day....

[dnic]

Yeah Eddie, when I lay the black guard on it I thought that might just be cool, and I may just put the hardware on it to see what I think.

The natural wood tones of the neck will have to be enough wood for this one Chris. Did you notice I got kind of close to your suggested PG shape from the last guitar? I may still put one like this on the Teak guitar.

d