agnarsv Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 2nd build finish and I´m been using this on for a month with no major/minor problems. Spring plate waiting to be build. Body: Swamp alder and maple top Neck: Roasted maple, rosewood fingerboard DiMarzio PAF Master N/B and Graph Tech Acoustic-Phonic System Hipshot trem, Schaller locking tuners, Crimson stains and oil Very happy with the outcome. Starting to plan the next build 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 That is beautiful! Really great design and I love the satin and roasted maple. How do you roast the neck? In the oven? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Very nice indeed! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agnarsv Posted August 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 @Zack, I bought pre-roasted plank from StewMac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yup - lovely job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Prostheta Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Ah man, that's killer. Really consistent satin too. Tough to get dialled in, man. You can't really roast wood properly in the oven, @Zack. Torrefaction is almost the same process as creating charcoal; heating it in the absence of the third part of the combustion triangle....oxygen. In an oven, the wood would simply overheat and gain moisture differential defects such as case hardening, checking, etc.. The things we try and avoid in kilns. Roasting wood is about forcing the cells walls to break down so they no longer work as "buckets" for moisture retention. The stuff we use is right on the cusp of becoming structurally unusable, so it really needs doing right. I have a lump of thermo-treated (same thing, different name) Birch in my workshop which has gone a Mahogany brown. It's light in weight and unfortunately you can feel that it now has more like the structural value of Alder compared to the soft Maple-ishness of Birch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1556 Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 That guitar looks fantastic, great job there! I've never been good at spraying lacquer so I've been looking at the Crimson stains and oils, how did you find using them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agnarsv Posted August 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Thanks. I liked the oil, just watch some Crimson videos on YouTube and made some test pieces and went for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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