joej Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I got a Wolfgang style body, refinished it (that veneeded guitar I posted about earlier). The body sides/back are glossy black, white/cream binding, and overly veneered top now. I'd like to fade the neck from natural wood into glossy black -- to blend from the neck into the body in a nice transition (and to cover a mistake I had to fix down near the heel). Rattle can spray tests on scrap give me a black to natural fade that ends up as a dotty fade. It looks like photographic grain from high speed film :-) QUESTIONS -- What choices to I have to do this fade that are better than rattle-can lacquer black? -- If the only other real choice is "use airbrush," what might be the most cost effective choice (go buy badger xxx, rent, find someone who'll do it for $20, etc.) Back story ... I made a neck for it, but adjusted its length a wee bit -- so it'd better match the 24.75" scale (based on where the bridge exists). In doing so, I needed to "fix" where the neck meets the body. The neck heel was not a graduation to the body, but had a small "shelf" that matched the curved neck pocket-edge. This "shelf" now sat 1mm inside the neck pocket instead of perfectly aligning with that curved neck pocket-edge. So, I put some water putty in place, sanded, etc -- nice match now. It just needs masked. If this fade doesn't work, then I'll just do a hard-black line right where the body join it (i.e., just cover the shelf and heel of neck with black) -- joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joej Posted October 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 OK -- no suggestions. I'm going to rattle black-lacquer only to cover the heel up to where it leaves the body. -- joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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