Guitar Attack parts build

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No they just called it a bright yellow. You need to see it the can! I wish I could get to look like it does in the can. But it will get more yellow. After the clear goes on it will look even more yellow.

[kcjewel]

for us older guys, since we have a Donovan here we could call it mellow yellow.
John and the crew

[cknowles]

I'm just wild about saffron....

Cool build, keep going Eddie!

Chris

[kcjewel]

Saffron's wild about me!
John and the crew

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Could call it yellow submarine... HE! HE!

Should have the burst on it sometime tomorrow.
I put about 4 coats of the yellow on and it look pretty good, so I'm going to let that dry over night. I hope by Saturday to start the clear coats. Then after that it's letting it cure for a few weeks.
While it's drying maybe I can get back on my other builds.

[donovan]

Looks great Eddie! I totally dig the color, I'm not good with names though!

KC, you could call it mellow yellow but I will admit that mine is not quite spelled the same haha!

[kcjewel]

Eddie, if you have any problems with intonation let me know as I have a compensated nut that will fit your nut slot. Makes a world of difference.
John and the crew

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OK, kcjewel that sounds awesome! It will be a little while yet before I get her up and playing.

OK..today is burst day for this project. If everything gos well, I should have the first few coats of clear on it.

OH, I was talking to a guy the other day at the paint store who makes custom wood furniture for people out here where I live. He was telling me that the water base poly is not as glossy as lacquer, or reg poly. Have any of you found this to be true?

He said that the water base is easy to use but his customers want the super high gloss finish most of the time. He does high end stuff. He is really well known here for the type of stuff he does.
But he was also telling me he uses some kind of a mix in his lacquer to make it harden. I know I should have asked him but I didn't. so do any of you know what he might put in the lacquer?
Now he did say it may not be suitable for guitars because it drys to a really hard finish.

Any thoughts on this?

[niels]

I don't if it's a good thing to have a hard finish. But 2 days ago I accidently dropped my guitar on the ground and the paint just cracked and flew in big pieces through my room. I think if it was a less hard finish it would have been only a big dent. I think there is now a spot as big as a pick that is uncovered. So I think softer finish would be better. but I barely know anything about guitars so don't listen to me ;D

[avengers63]

Mar 18, 2010 7:39:05 GMT -6 @eagleblues said:

OH, I was talking to a guy the other day.... He was telling me that the water base poly is not as glossy as lacquer, or reg poly. Have any of you found this to be true?

He said that the water base is easy to use...

But he was also telling me he uses some kind of a mix in his lacquer to make it harden. /snip/ Now he did say it may not be suitable for guitars because it drys to a really hard finish.

Any thoughts on this?

I use water-based ploy all the time when I'm putting it over paint. I use it for paint because it doesn't have the warm yellowing that oil-based finished have.

Well, w/b might or might not be easier to use than oil based, but the clean-up sure is better. No money spent on mineral spirits. The major drawback is that it looks cold and sterile. As mentioned above, this is because it doesn't have that warm oil yellow undertones.

Not as glossy as oil-based? Not in my experience. If he can tell a difference, I won't argue it. All I can say is that I PERSONALLY can't see a huge sheen difference between w/b gloss and o/b gloss when they're buffed out.

Lacquer takes forever to cure. It's also "always solvent", meaning that you can come back 20 years later, soak it in lacquer thinner and strip it off. You can't do that with poly. Poly cures faster and is harder than lacquer, but is way less forgiving during the application.

For hardness, we've been using lacquer on guitars pretty much forever, so he's off on that one. And too hard of a finish? Excuse me, but don't we WANT a hard, durable finish on the guitar? Yea... he's just plain off on suitability for an electric guitar.

[dnic]

Yes to the Donovan mellow yellow, but since his last name was Leach maybe banana slug yellow would also be appropriate. Of course if you have not been up north on the Cal. coast you have no idea what I'm talking about. I'm not sure if they live where John is in Paso Robles.

Looks great Eddie. I'm thinkin you can stop looking for a job just get some buyers and you're in business. I know we hashed this out a lot.

Fine looking instrument bro.

d

[kcjewel]

;D

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Hey thanks Dane!

Well, the mail just came in I got some more parts, I'll post some pictures later. I love the special pick, it came in it's own case!

I got the first coat of poly on today. It is really looking good! It really did pop!!! Should be done with all the clear coat by Sunday. Then it's letting it hang and cure all the way.

I do wish I could be doing something with guitars , as far as building them goes. Don't know if I want to get into repairs or not. I don't mind doing small stuff. But some of the stuff like I have seen some of you take on, I just don't know if I could pull that off yet, but I guess I have to start somewhere.

So does anyone know what kind of a hardener you would put into lacquer?
Do you think it would make it too bridal?

I know years ago I was using a two part paint were you had to add the hardener in it and if you put too much it would crack or blister off.

The guy I was talking to was thinking that if the finish was too hard on a guitar it my crack because of the wood expanding. His thinking was because a guitar (most of them ) are being used indoors and out so that wood of guitar is always moving.
Where furniture is most times indoors and in a controlled environment.

But It's probably all smoke!

[avengers63]

Do you think it would make it too bridal?

Only it you dress it up in a long white gown and a veil.

And I have no idea about it being brittle either.

I've seen vintage guitars with nitro finish on them that cracked. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[kcjewel]

The pick is Lignum Vitae and I rubber covered the top half.
John and the crew