hammdo Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Decided to build a website to show the construction of a kit I purchased from Grizzly. Its not a bad kit, nice hardware, and has a pretty nice top. I am doing a tiger-eye dye job on it and will be updating the site as I progress. I will detail the steps I've taken and hopefully, someone will learn from the mistakes I make and will assit them! -Don Grizzly Guitar Construction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Looking forward to this! I've always had an eye on their kits, waiting for them to decide shipping to Canada is OK. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammdo Posted December 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Looking forward to this! I've always had an eye on their kits, waiting for them to decide shipping to Canada is OK. Greg ← Kits are really nice! I heard about the 'problem' shipping to Canada -- don't know why that is a problem though. Some have had it shipped to family in the states and then they 'drove' down to get it. So far, I like the kit (although I'm going to put Duncans in instead of the stock pickups -- just love the sound you get from them)... -Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammdo Posted December 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Looking forward to this! I've always had an eye on their kits, waiting for them to decide shipping to Canada is OK. Greg ← BTW, GO STARS! (Dallas that is ;o)... -Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 very nice...BTW, my cousin is going to be on the Dallas Stars soon he went for training with them and is on a farm team until the time being Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammdo Posted December 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 very nice...BTW, my cousin is going to be on the Dallas Stars soon he went for training with them and is on a farm team until the time being ← Awesome! Let me know who he is -- I'll be watching for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammdo Posted December 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 If you're curious, I've built 2 other guitars (didn't show the progress -- sorry). You can see the here: Gallery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammdo Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 More updates today! Final sanding and Polishing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 What did you used for the clear? DEFT or the Krylon? If you used the Krylon you will be waiting for about 6 months before you can touch it without it being soft. I think that you used the Krylon, because I use DEFT for my last 4 guitars and it was dried and ready to assy in less than a week from the last coat. I like the guitar so far. It looks good and the veneer came out nice. The color is good, but I think that the "binding" is a bit too big on the cut away area. Other than that I would had glued in the neck after the sanding sealer was applied. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammdo Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Krylon -- I'm beginning to see that it will be soft for a while. I'm patient -- I have 3 others to build (2 bodies are quite ready -- Tobacco and Cherry Burst). I agree on the binding -- On the next one, I'm not going to do a 'binding' on the cutout -- I've seen a few without that and it looks real nice. Appreciate the feedback. I wanted to do something different this time and see what the results would be. In the past I just used spraypaint with burst (no dye). I chose to look @ this one as an experiment. I have a really nice body (top is flamed maple) and neck and didn't want to do a 'dye' job on it until I saw what it took -- this was what I tried it on. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammdo Posted January 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Right now, I'm letting the body sit a while for the lacquer to cure. I have 4 other projects waiting (2 strats style, PRS style VIP from Warmoth, and a SAGA for a friend). Appreciate all the comments and feedback. Its a learning process and something I do for the joy of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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