Prostheta Posted June 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 By the way, that Triton oscillating spindle/belt sander was just sent as a replacement for the awful TSPS450 oscillating spindle sander. This is a magnitude worse. I'll review it before I return it. I truly hope that I am not stuck with this piece of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Dry fit....pickguard still needs a bevel adding to it. It was laser-cut so the BWB edges are darkened.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Is it incognito? SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Hadn't seen this before, and it is a subtlety. But, the low dots under the low strings and the high dots under the high strings . . I wouldn't think that's something that would resonate with me, but it really works here. The dots lead the eye asymmetrically to and through the pick guard. . . it just works smashingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Thanks man! I appreciate that. It came from an idea I tried with diamond inlays on my old Explorer build, and Nina chose the arrangement. No big sort of aesthetic story or intention behind it. Perhaps the choice was made unconsciously by seeing a balance, I don't know. I liked re-angling the diamonds into parallelograms in the tradional spot positions. This is just a variation on that theme. We played around with the idea of having the upper/lower "lines" angled to be a lighting bolt pattern but it looked worse than it sounds. It sort of plays out here, but not obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 That and the wave I inlaid my first 7. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 18 hours ago, Prostheta said: That and the wave I inlaid my first 7. There's a home-brew that makes all of my fret markers look like that - even the ones I was sure were dead in line yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Issa strit...astri...stribbb....in line, ossifer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, Prostheta said: Issa strit...astri...stribbb....in line, ossifer. That made me literally laugh out loud. (and then, thanks to the continued effect of the home-brew, sob uncontrollably for an hour or so....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 **runs into the wheat fields screaming** We've all been there. Some of us more than others. The reclusive guy doing a nursing degree in the first student house I lived in - Austen - made a batch of mindwiper that was just....ergh....but had lots of party built in, plus a smidge of stairs-sleeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 I'm prepping to do a 15g batch of a Belgian in the next week or two. I don't name my beers (just number them), but I might call this one Stairs Sleeper. Oh, and I'm totally stealing the staggered dots for this next build, but it won't be an SG like I said earlier. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Sure, it's all good man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Natural Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 On 6/25/2017 at 3:26 PM, komodo said: I'm prepping to do a 15g batch of a Belgian in the next week or two. I don't name my beers (just number them), but I might call this one Stairs Sleeper. Oh, and I'm totally stealing the staggered dots for this next build, but it won't be an SG like I said earlier. sorry to hack your thread Carl- @komodo - props for brewing your own. Very cool. So- @Prostheta I cant quite tell from the pic above but it looks like you are coming close to finishing this? what finish are you going with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 It's pretty close, yes. I need to bevel the pickguard, level off the tenon to the body and do a little finessing here and there. Nothing extravagant. Oh yes, and drill wiring channels. Then find where I lost those two bushings for the tuners....I may have vacuumed them up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 The finish will be a black grain fill with red alcohol-based stain from Tikkurila over the top: https://www.tikkurila.com/industrial_coatings/products/dicco_color I had a mix of DC22 and 720R made up, which are a strong red and a dark tobacco brown. On top of that will be a thin quick sealer of garnet shellac (the alcohol will try and pick the dye back up) and then a complete French polishing finish until I run out of summertime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 On 6/23/2017 at 11:57 PM, Prostheta said: That and the wave I inlaid my first 7. do I see scallops there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Yes; these were directly inspired by Perry's partial scalloping on his first multiscale and extended out into the inlaying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 cool! that's something I'd like to make semi-standard on my builds since ever but for some reason I haven't tried once yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 I find it rarely of use. Nice cosmetic addition however! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Can't wait - it's been a long time coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 There's a very slight flat spot right in the crook of the heel which is bothering me; the profile and taper are perfect except for that sub-millimetre spot. Blending that in means the entire neck needs re-profiling. Absolutely kicking myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 6 hours ago, Prostheta said: There's a very slight flat spot right in the crook of the heel which is bothering me; the profile and taper are perfect except for that sub-millimetre spot. Blending that in means the entire neck needs re-profiling. Absolutely kicking myself. But it means you get to do the best bit again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Yes, however I had very specific thicknesses I was aiming for. Even though Nina won't mind either way, I need to improve on my profiling so I can dial them in perfectly every time to spec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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