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Muzz

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  1. That binding is looking as crisp as Newton's apple before it hit his head, nice.
  2. So the construction of the individual parts of this guitar is nearly over. the neck is close to finished. In fact two more coats of finish should do it. The water slide decal material is incredibly diaphanous and gets buried to the point where you can't feel the edge under two coats of poly. The neck is getting two more coats over two days to complete the clearcoat then I'll let it harden up. and I can screw everything together. The model name, country of origin and serial number went on today, the machine heads were dropped into the holes to help position the info where it wouldn't be obscured by the hardware, This is the last of the home made templates to show you. which was used to slice out the scratch plate.
  3. This time the decal isn't bleeding ink. The first go at positioning the decal did not go so well and I got a fold under at the top, so I took it off and put a new decal in the water. the second go went well and it positioned all OK. I'll let that dry, coat it with poly and then do the decal on the back of the headstock.
  4. Happy New Year Scott It's about quarter past ten in the morning here and about quarter past five in the afternoon in Texas so we are currently in different years. Hope your celebrations tonight are fantastic!
  5. Yes there were a few issues that could strike the reader as possible culprits. Here is the last water slide decal I did a few years back. That decal and the last one that ran were clear sealed before getting dunked in the water, so that wasn't the problem. That left, 1. The age of the water slide paper, it is about 3 years older 2. I have a new printer 3. the printer uses a different brand of ink The new water slide paper arrived yesterday, I printed out some decals, clear coated them and tried one out on the practise neck, All looking good, no running ink in the water, it looks like issue 1 was the problem and has been solved. I'll let that decal dry and wipe some poly on it to make sure the decal is not going to crinkle up, and if all OK, do it all again on the real neck. It is nearly time to party so, fill up the esky, the chilly bin, the cooler or whatever you call it in your part of the world and go and have a wild night and welcome in the New Year.
  6. So my experience with wipe on poly was a good one. I think if you are not in a rush this is a very good way to finish a guitar. Each coat went on very smoothly and didn't need much sanding, I used 1000 grit every 4 coats or so. I am happy with where it is now, but will do more coats over the decal after it goes on. I had a go at preparing a decal with old water slide paper, It didn't go so well I have got some new paper and will try again soon. If that fails I am going for a vinyl laser cut decal. That truss rod channel also needs the veneer removed from it soon.
  7. Close enough ! You probably have read the November edition of Guitar World, it contains the most complete history of EVH's guitar I have seen yet, I also like the shark pre surgery, I would love to get my hands on one of those sometime. The neck is drinking the poly 4 coats so far, these photos are after the first coat. Sizing up the decal. pretty close Time to recline and listen to Pure Rock FM https://www.purerock.fm/
  8. Cheers Mike, talking of prunes, Q. What did the gum trees say to the Australian home owner after he pruned them? A. You clipped us
  9. I think it is often a good thing to have a bit of a break from a build, it gives your subconscious as well as your conscious time to work stuff out, and then get back to making those groovy metal machines.
  10. What a crazy cartoon that is, "I'll improve on your methods!" Strong Bad showing sibling rivalry to Strong Sad, I bet when you first saw email #58 you didn't think, now that song is going to end up on Guitar Hero II I think I'll put a few coats of poly on the headstock and then cut out the veneer over the truss rod channel and then finish off with more coats.
  11. This is looking fantastic, I am very envious of that mini plane and Way Cool Jr with its swing groove is definitely a great song to set the mood for this build.
  12. That fire extinguisher is there to stop him burninating the thatched roofs! Those water dragons are so funny, they have the weirdest way of running, but when they jump in and swim underwater they are so streamlined and graceful. Cheers, the veneer has a nice grain to it, I think I would need a two pack finish that goes on thick to finish it this year, and I feel like doing something other than that this time, you are so right, no need to rush a project like this. I drilled the center of the holes with a 2.5 mm bit. I opened the holes up with a file and then drilled through with a 7 mm bit Flipped it over and cleaned the holes up with sandpaper double side taped to a dowel. And for those of you who haven't heard the song about Trogdor the dragon (or a dragon man) here it is
  13. Trimming off the veneer Finished sanding with 360 grit Snapped this young water dragon on my phone
  14. It looks like a capybara, everyone loves capybaras, the snout is too small to be a moomintroll, a fictional animal
  15. It is so cool, definitely treat yourself, ebay has them, search guitar fret bevel tool It is indeed, I may have to buy another wall hanger
  16. So true, the people, who think that binding is just wimpy lego that can;t stand up for itself and inflict pain on bare feet, are dreaming
  17. I am looking at this image and singing the Lego Movie song, Everything is awesome, Everything (including the not maple fretboard) is awesome
  18. Yes squeezeout, everyone loves squeezeout, and i should have taken a picture of the sploge oozing out before I wiped it off with a paper towel, and a cotton bud about an hour before that picture was taken. I did make a template as a sanding guide for that heel, out of 6 mm mdf, so easy and it works so well. Inside the headstock I protected the truss rod from getting gummed up with squeezed out glue using a little blanket of baking paper, it can sit in there until after the headstock gets varnished before I liberate it . My fret end file arrived (a little late) today, it is a lovely addition to the tool box, such a nice weight to it, wish I had been able to use it on this guitar The veneer went on all OK, it's bent over the angle from where the bridge goes to the angled headstock. 2 Paddle Pop sticks were used as a caul to clamp it down on the bridge area. And that is very close to all the wood work done, I just have to trim that veneer and it's on to the wiping on a few coats of finish.
  19. Roasted Queensland Maple does sound nice
  20. Just glued on the maple veneer on the headstock, Gorilla Wood Glue, caul and clamps on.
  21. Too right they are! There is a great sense of satisfation in making them, that plan looks terrific. Looking forward in seeing the plan put into practise. Cheers Mike, the fret end files certainly makes short work of this task. I think the feel of the neck is one of the most important things for a guitar. When the neck feels good it inspires you to play the guitar for hours, so that edge is definitely getting a round over soon. Oh believe me it needs it, I could use that neck to slash through long grass at the moment. But currently I am taking the sharp edges of the fret ends and making sure the tangs don't protrude. And there is just time for another lizard photo, pull my finger
  22. Still digging this build, it's looking magnificent, having the stop bar a ways back from the TOM is a good idea as it allows using the in between string area for vibrato using the lateral side of the picking hand.
  23. That decal looks great, looking forward to seeing it when the finish over it does not resemble Rami Malek's skin makeup in the latest James Bond Movie.
  24. I went ahead with home made tools for filing the fret ends. Straight edge first. Then the bevel. All worked OK.
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