daveq Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Here's something I'm working on between projects: It's not quite the Jem vine but very close. I used gold MOP, white MOP, and red brass. The side dots are amber LED's. The neck wood is spalted curly maple. The spalt is very subtle in the neck piece but is real nice on the top that goes with it. IT has a hot rod and carbon rods in it. Sorry the pics are so big, I didn't have time this morning to resize them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Looking good! looking very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughthammer Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 nice side-dots.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted April 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Thanks guys - I hope I can find some time soon to do some more work on the neck. I'm looking forward to seeing how the spalted/curly maple ends up looking from the back. P.S. - this is the neck that I took the pics from for the tutorial that I hope to do on LEDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Thats awesome! A great inlay PLUS those led's you seems to be so good with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodFather Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 wow thats a great job and those side dot LED's are awsome. Some great craftmanship there. btw, nice glasses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Impressive stuff....are the sidedots LED's or just golden dots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Great job! Truly divine. Will red brass tarnish over time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted April 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 Yup, the dots are LED's - there's a brief description in the first post. Saber - thanks - I do think the brass will tarnish but I'll just have to give it a rub I guess. I put several coatings of the stewmac fretboard conditioner which builds up a hard film. I'm hoping it will help preserve it while it lasts. How do people deal with brass on their guitar bridges, nuts, ... ? Do they just clean it from time to time or do they coat it with something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goth_fiend Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 cant wait for that tutorial on the LED's man! im needen em bad for my next project, a 27 fret jem7vwh with blue led vine inlays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 i believe this smilie says it all: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 about the brass... i was watching discovery channel, and they were about to paint a hood of a car.. but then somebody touched the metal with bare hands... they said that the oils from the hands would make it tarnish and rust under the finish, and crack it off... so my guess is that if you used some brasso then alcolol or something and cleaned up the brass to the point of no oils on it what so ever, and then put a few thin coats of clear coat over, then there wouldn't be too much worry about tarnish, would there? Because it's finger oils and such that cause tarnish., and the clear coat would protect it and all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted April 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 I'm not too worried about it since most wind instruments are made of brass and they find a way to keep them going through the years. The coatings that I already put on it will help a little but I think that stuff wears failry quickly (maybe Drak would know?). I used the stewmac fretboard conditioner - I highly recommend it for ebony - it makes a world of difference in appearance. I put on about 6 coats I think - maybe more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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