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  1. Johnny Foreigner
    Seems like it will patch up okay, and the aesthetic damage will be the kind you'd only notice if someone pointed it out. Frustrating, but not as bad as it could have been. The neck cracked a little near the heel, but not all the way through, so I was able to dribble some Titebond in and clamp and it seems stronger than ever now.
  2. Johnny Foreigner
    and today I dropped the guitar while oiling it. From a pretty great height. Onto a wood floor. F&^%K!!! There's a chance the broke bits may glue back. It ain't gonna look pretty, but it might still play nice. Or it might be firewood.
  3. Johnny Foreigner
    The cheapest price I can see on USPS or UPS is $71.... The box is 34lbs, which doesn't help.
  4. Johnny Foreigner
    Sure, shipping at cost. It's going to be quite a heavy box though.
  5. Johnny Foreigner
    A job lot of tools - some luthiery specific, others general woodworking. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110809500718 Starting at $55 with free shipping.
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    No pics, but a quick update. I tried doing a burst with dyes. It looked like Mr Hanky the Christmas Poop in guitar form. So I ended up sanding everything back and keeping it natural. With the tru-oil, it's actually coming out very amber. Should have pics in a week or so.
  7. Johnny Foreigner
    I'm selling off a job lot of my old supplies - fretwire, pore filler, conductive shielding paint, knobs, jacks, bridges, etc etc. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110809484087 Starting price is $45 with free shipping. I estimate the value at around $280.
  8. Johnny Foreigner
    +1 ...but we can all be guilty of that from time to time.
  9. Johnny Foreigner
    looking great, John! love the stripe and the cav cover.
  10. Johnny Foreigner
    that's awesome. love it!
  11. Johnny Foreigner
    and... 2) 47mm body / 18mm blade - convex sole also in excellent condition, also only used on a couple of build. $76 new from Stewmac, yours for just $35, including priority shipping to lower 48 (others $35 plus shipping at cost)
  12. Johnny Foreigner
    Next up... Ibex violin planes 1) 30mm body / 10mm blade - convex sole Excellent condition, used on a couple of builds only. $63 new from Stewmac, yours for just $30 including priority shipping to lower 48 (all others $30 plus shipping at cost)
  13. Johnny Foreigner
    My current build it too thin for a regular LP 3 way toggle, so I'm looking at the SG style toggle, but I'm also intrigued by using something like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1pcs-Chrome-DPDT-3-Way-Guitar-Toggle-Switch-/390363937651?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item5ae380fb73 It's a DPDT and I don't need the second poll, but I want to be sure that it will work just like an LP switch, as in: position 1: neck middle position: neck and bridge combined position 2: bridge Can anyone confirm?
  14. Johnny Foreigner
    it's in the right place. I like for my thumb to rest up against it when I'm fretting first.
  15. Johnny Foreigner
    A little glue line in the scarf, but I don't care, because my lams line up **perfectly** which makes me very happy
  16. Johnny Foreigner
    alrighty. Neck carve largely done. I wanted to get the bulk done before fretting, but equally wanted to finish it once the neck pocket was cut so I could blend it in as much as possible with the heel. Looking pretty nice. I like neck carving. Pretty hard to mess up. My tools were my ibex violin plane, a plastic surform, a scraper and some 60 grit. I'm sure there are probably more appropriate tools, but those are what seem to work best for me. wet:
  17. Johnny Foreigner
    NICE!!
  18. Johnny Foreigner
    Andy, any tips on achieving the burst with dyes? I've seen elsewhere that keeping the wood a little wet helps the blending.
  19. Johnny Foreigner
    i also like the real honeyburst like this; hmmm... choices, choices.
  20. Johnny Foreigner
    Also, this makes sunbursting with dye look super easy, but I suspect this guy is some sort of dye genius... http://www.finewoodworking.com/Materials/MaterialsArticle.aspx?id=30182
  21. Johnny Foreigner
    Spraying anything, even rattle cans, is not going to be a possibility due to the fact I'm in an apartment. I like the idea of a burst of some sort. maybe like this: My other concern is that - as this is my last build - I don't want to buy a ton of dye I'll never use again. I like the look of the water soluble aniline dyes from LMII. Could I achieve a decent burst with just, say, amber and red, or amber and brown? I think the amber very thinned could be almost a yellow, through to almost orange at stronger concentration, then a red or brown could pick it there. hmmm... lots to think about.
  22. Johnny Foreigner
    Whatever I do it will be stain plus tru oil. I'm not going to be spraying anything. Orange could be interesting, and I'd be up for trying some sort of burst with a dye.
  23. Johnny Foreigner
    I would be open to alternate arguments if you'd care to make one.
  24. Johnny Foreigner
    I'm not taking nearly enough pictures along the way, but here's a quick update: the headplate has been thinned and marked up for the truss rod cover cutout: And with the inlays done, fretboard glued on, headplate glued on, it's beginning to look a little like a guitar. Next up: I'm going to cut the neck pocket, get my bridge and pup routes lined, then carve the neck and fret 'er up.
  25. Johnny Foreigner
    +1
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