mikhailgtrski Posted July 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Could it be?!? I took a sniff this morning before I left for work... maybe I wasn't awake yet... but I don't think I smelled any solvents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarchump Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 NICE! Leave it one more day to make sure! No need to rush the process! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 NICE! Leave it one more day to make sure! No need to rush the process! I'll probably wait another week or two anyway. Plenty of other things to get ready in the meantime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarchump Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Good choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 Could it be?!? I took a sniff this morning before I left for work... maybe I wasn't awake yet... but I don't think I smelled any solvents. Alas, apparently I wasn't fully conscious... wee bit of solvents still gassing off when I got home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Finally... Today (6 weeks after the final lacquer coat) I sanded with 800 FreCut (dry), then wet sanded with 1000/1200/1500/2000 Unigrit. I buffed it out with Stewmac fine compound, using my random-orbit sander with a Meguiar's foam pad. I'll do the swirl remover later, once the neck is buffed out. front back reflection Elation was soon tempered, though, when I discovered a nasty lacquer split at the slot for the 5-way... I was being so vigilant about keeping the bridge stud and string-through holes dry, I completely forgot about that slot. Arggghhh. Hopefully it's something I can repair later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palepainter Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Finally... Today (6 weeks after the final lacquer coat) I sanded with 800 FreCut (dry), then wet sanded with 1000/1200/1500/2000 Unigrit. I buffed it out with Stewmac fine compound, using my random-orbit sander with a Meguiar's foam pad. I'll do the swirl remover later, once the neck is buffed out. front back reflection Elation was soon tempered, though, when I discovered a nasty lacquer split at the slot for the 5-way... I was being so vigilant about keeping the bridge stud and string-through holes dry, I completely forgot about that slot. Arggghhh. Hopefully it's something I can repair later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Looks great! dunno about that crack though...you might have to strip it down to bare wood and start again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwhiteandthemaple Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Looks great! dunno about that crack though...you might have to strip it down to bare wood and start again that's mean.. I can't really tell through the pictures, but for the looks of it, it was a success on most part. Good luck on the touchups! Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Looks great! dunno about that crack though...you might have to strip it down to bare wood and start again that's mean.. I can't really tell through the pictures, but for the looks of it, it was a success on most part. Good luck on the touchups! Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 yep, that is simply stunning. Great work and a great read following your progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Awesome! Looks great, nice and shiny. The only thing that bothers me is this: http://home.comcast.net/~going2spain/mikha...glossfront2.jpg Where the light is in the lower treble bout I can still see sanding scratches Maybe i'm just a perfectionist but that would bug me to no end. If you're satisfied with it, then I am too (minus the sanding scracthes. ) Looks killer man!! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Where the light is in the lower treble bout I can still see sanding scratches Maybe i'm just a perfectionist but that would bug me to no end. If you're satisfied with it, then I am too (minus the sanding scracthes. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 dunno about that crack though...you might have to strip it down to bare wood and start again A pox on your house! I did a more thorough buff out with the fine compound last night - kicked up the speed on the RO sander a couple of notches, and added time and pressure. After that I used the swirl remover on a foam finishing pad, turning the speed up a little more. I think I got just about all the sanding scratches out... again, it was late, so I'll reinspect tonight. I also got the neck sanded and buffed out (by hand ). Some more pics: neck back back closeup top top closeup end view side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 That's what i'm talking about!! Much better! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 ...Just a few fine scratches left in the recurve, where I couldn't get as much pressure with the pad. I can finish that up by hand. The neck fit is a little too tight now, so the pocket is getting a little cleanup sanding. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarchump Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 DEAD SEXY! I love the colour of the stain, as well that was a great buff out job. Cheers -Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 You need to change the bulb in one of the lamps on your ceiling light Great finish to a great project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 You need to change the bulb in one of the lamps on your ceiling light So you noticed that, eh? Could you also tell that one of the lamp sockets droops a little lower than the others? :D The neck fits the pocket now, and I cleaned the excess lacquer out of the tuner holes. I leveled, re-crowned and polished the frets (that MicroMesh stuff is great) last night. It took a little more leveling than I expected, but that's another nice thing about those gi-normous 6100 frets... you can take a lot off and still have plenty of fret height. Light at the end of the tunnel... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 I took this bad boy (although my wife sometimes refers to it as "the other woman" ) out for its public debut yesterday... I wired it up temporarily and didn't have the bridge ground in yet, so it was a bit noisy. But it sounds really, really nice and sustains for days. There are a few things left to finish up - I'll post another pic when it's done. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 So my bass luthier friend (a regular at talkbass.com) chastised me for giving him descriptions without pics... Obviously not quite finished yet... I just received the toggle switch, and I need to do the shielding and permanent wiring, plus a few lacquer touchups. I decided to ditch the rosewood p/u rings, as I don't think they'll feature well against the darker tortoise shell. I'll stick with the traditional Gibson/PRS cream... my stewmac order should arrive in a few days. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Looks pretty darn good. I would have left out the single coil, but thats just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I would have left out the single coil, but thats just me. I agree, it would look a little cleaner, but for what I do, I like to have the strat 2/4 position options without having to switch guitars. The next project will have just the 2 humbuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inisheer Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Looks great! Everything about it looks top notch. Is it just me or does it look there is a knob or two missing though, are you leaving it like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Is it just me or does it look there is a knob or two missing though, are you leaving it like that? An LP-style toggle switch (for switching between magnetics/both/piezo) will fill that empty position. There's a gold mini-toggle (coil split) between the volume knobs, hard to see in that pic. I'm toying with the idea of a 5-position rotary switch to give me a parallel humbucker option. But I'll stick with the current setup for awhile to see how I like it. The humbuckers sound so good, I might not use the single-coil modes that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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