ScottR Posted December 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Mr Natural said: that heel looks mighty comfy. you are really cranking these out boy I am having a banner year for builds. One of my main build goals is to make the neck join/heel tactiley invisible. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 4 hours ago, ScottR said: I am having a banner year for builds. One of my main build goals is to make the neck join/heel tactiley invisible. SR That's got my vote too. The often encountered - on most Fenders for example - high brick wall 'Halt! Go no further' affair has always seemed to me to be unhelpful to the player and unnecessary. I've dreamt up another solution that has worked on one of my recent saves if I can get round to updating the thread. This one, @ScottR looks good and I can see will work well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 There's something really calming and zen about this one! I'm not sure if it's the flowing curves, or the straight grain, but it's lovely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 13 hours ago, Stu. said: There's something really calming and zen about this one! I'm not sure if it's the flowing curves, or the straight grain, but it's lovely. Thanks Stu. I'm thinking its going to be a gem to play. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Before I get started, I had a small project to complete. I'm going to pass on a couple of my older builds to my niece and nephew this holiday season....just a couple of old hand-me-downs. One of them has an earlier form of my volute with no signature, so I need to correct that. Done. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Where was I? Oh yes, pore filling. After watching a Timbermate video that was posted here by I no longer remember whom, I learned that it can be continually reconstituted by misting with water whilst rubbing the stuff into the pores. I didn't have a mister, but I did think that wet sanding it in might accomplish the same thing. I felt like this technique did indeed do a fine job. Next I polished the guitar up to micromesh 12000. No finish involved in these shots yet. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 And the back. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Next I started sealing with Tru-oil on the body and Danish oil on the neck. You can see that this is the same ash board as my last build was from. That crazy zigzag figure that I named chain link fence figure is showing up everywhere. It appears to be at all depths of the board. Here you can see it on the surface and right down the edge. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ScottR Posted December 16, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Osage orange loves Danish oil. And Zebrawood loves Tru-oil. SR 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 9 hours ago, ScottR said: Next I started sealing with Tru-oil on the body and Danish oil on the neck. You can see that this is the same ash board as my last build was from. That crazy zigzag figure that I named chain link fence figure is showing up everywhere. It appears to be at all depths of the board. Here you can see it on the surface and right down the edge. SR I've got a chain link fence on my latest swift lite bass build. Is it a particular feature of Ash? It looks v cool I'm sure you've said in the past but what do you particularly favour about using Danish oil on the neck? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 some good looking stuff there, some lucky relatives! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 5 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said: I've got a chain link fence on my latest swift lite bass build. Is it a particular feature of Ash? It looks v cool I'm sure you've said in the past but what do you particularly favour about using Danish oil on the neck? Andy I dunno Andy, this is the first piece of ash I've worked with. Thought it was unique, but if you've got it on your side of the pond as well, it might indeed be a feature of ash, or at least an occurrence particular to ash.I agree that it looks cool. I wonder if anyone else has run across this before? I like Danish oil on my necks because it soaks in instead of leaving a surface film. This leaves the neck feeling more like bare wood and allows my hands to slide up and down the neck easier than a film finish does. A lacquer or poly finish or even Tru-oil tends to be a bit grabby....at least in my experience. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 3 hours ago, mistermikev said: some good looking stuff there, some lucky relatives! Thanks Mike. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 3 hours ago, ScottR said: I dunno Andy, this is the first piece of ash I've worked with. Thought it was unique, but if you've got it on your side of the pond as well, it might indeed be a feature of ash, or at least an occurrence particular to ash.I agree that it looks cool. I wonder if anyone else has run across this before? I like Danish oil on my necks because it soaks in instead of leaving a surface film. This leaves the neck feeling more like bare wood and allows my hands to slide up and down the neck easier than a film finish does. A lacquer or poly finish or even Tru-oil tends to be a bit grabby....at least in my experience. SR I actually had similar marks in the ash of my first build! Isn't it from some kind of wood borer larvae? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Maybe mine's not as elegant as yours but here it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Stu. said: I actually had similar marks in the ash of my first build! Isn't it from some kind of wood borer larvae? I originally thought it was some kind of wood borer larvae back filled holes. But I have a two inch thick board that I can see them on the surface of, and when I carve away an inch or more they are still there. Perhaps the wood is growing that way in response to some outside irritation or stimulus....sort of a plant life version of a pearl. But in my piece the shapes are definitely wood fibers growing in different directions than the surrounding grain, which by definition should be called figure. Some of them even have pores, albeit out of place with the pores the figure is crossing. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Andyjr1515 said: Maybe mine's not as elegant as yours but here it is Definitely a similar pattern I may have to look up some ash pictures and see if I spy any more. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 After looking at a buttload of pictures of ash, I found a couple of pictures that looked like yours Andy. It is on this page under the heading Berlandier Ash. http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/ash, misc.htm Way further down on the page under the heading Pieces sold as swamp ash on the far right side is a picture of a board with figure similar to mine. This page has several hundred shots that do not have any similar markings and the white ash page had several hundred more without the markings either. I'm coming to the conclusion that the markings are particular to ash, but not at all common. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 I'm sure I had a couple of bits of that figuring in my Nozcaster. Not as pronounced as the examples above though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 28 minutes ago, Norris said: I'm sure I had a couple of bits of that figuring in my Nozcaster. Not as pronounced as the examples above though Maybe we should start a chain link fence club. We could have our own CLFGOTM! Vote for me! Vote for me! Scott's is too neat - pick mine!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 5 hours ago, Norris said: I'm sure I had a couple of bits of that figuring in my Nozcaster. Not as pronounced as the examples above though So you've got a blue chain link fence? SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Natural Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 On 12/17/2018 at 9:12 AM, ScottR said: I like Danish oil on my necks because it soaks in instead of leaving a surface film. This leaves the neck feeling more like bare wood and allows my hands to slide up and down the neck easier than a film finish does. A lacquer or poly finish or even Tru-oil tends to be a bit grabby....at least in my experience. SR +1 on danish oil on necks- especially if you do the last coat with fine steel wool- it leaves the neck super slick and fast- even more so than if you say sand back lacquer to a 2000 grit dulled matte sheen-that smooths out the lacquer for sure and leaves it slicker than just polished lacquer- but not fast and smooth like danish oil. and is it me or does anyone else (actually) enjoy the scent of danish oil? i still wear a mask- but at least a garage full of danish oil gas off is a 1000x better than lacquer or poly gas off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 19 hours ago, Mr Natural said: +1 on danish oil on necks- especially if you do the last coat with fine steel wool- it leaves the neck super slick and fast- even more so than if you say sand back lacquer to a 2000 grit dulled matte sheen-that smooths out the lacquer for sure and leaves it slicker than just polished lacquer- but not fast and smooth like danish oil. and is it me or does anyone else (actually) enjoy the scent of danish oil? i still wear a mask- but at least a garage full of danish oil gas off is a 1000x better than lacquer or poly gas off. if I may divert - what kind of danish oil do you guys recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 1 hour ago, mistermikev said: if I may divert - what kind of danish oil do you guys recommend? Watco is what I always use, just because it is so readily available. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, ScottR said: Watco is what I always use, just because it is so readily available. SR I asked because I used that on my bass and noticed that if you don't give it ample drying time before sanding... it will sort of leave a grayish discoloration. Wondered if there was anything that drys faster, but I spose' I should just give it the time it needs! Thanks for the response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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