olyen Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Gentlemen, i am not too happy with the way this guitar top turned out,if you look at the pictures you ll notice acertain kind of i dont know how call it ,blouchiness? ,looks kind of dirty maybe ,the thing is the figure is not really defined, i amthinking that maybe i sould have sanded more the darker dye before applying the second color? but anyway,is there a way to disguise this and make look more even with maybe color coats, i a mthinking a red brownishcolor on top of all this,do you think it ll do the trick ,or am i just hopless and i need to go back and start from the begginning? thank you very much for your time. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d47/olye...SGUITARS068.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d47/olye...SGUITARS073.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d47/olye...SGUITARS072.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 The top coat will only make it darker. I would just sand the top again and re stain, but that's me! I did what you say on my bass, but the figure was already were I wanted. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC02792.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC02909.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyen Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 The top coat will only make it darker. I would just sand the top again and re stain, but that's me! I did what you say on my bass, but the figure was already were I wanted. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC02792.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC02909.jpg Yeah Maiden thanks for rubbing it ot my face (that beautiful work of yours) just kidding! ,well I alreadystartedsanding it down to barewood again ,i llpost some pics of the results later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyen Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 some update,I satained black and sanded back http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d47/olye...SGUITARS077.jpg then applied a brown and yellow mix http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d47/olye...SGUITARS078.jpg removed the masking from the fingerboard for a preview of how it would look http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d47/olye...SGUITARS081.jpg overalli think i am pleased with how it turned out, it s got a little more black than i wanted but I dont think Ican get it any better for now so I amnot gonna touch it, thanks maiden for your help, heres a picture of a bad memory, my 2nd guitar wich no longer exists. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d47/olyen/Picture096.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Looks better but in some spots you should have sanded back a bit more the black. And for the color you choose, Iwould haved used a dark brown or even light brown instead of the black! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Navarro Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Olien, did you made the top book match with the traditional "same piece of wood split saw" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Mike, the top is not bookmatched! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyen Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 I knowI said I was gonna leave it alone,but the whole dayi ve been staining and sanding and staining,this is the result, Isanded the black a little more and played with the yellow and brown, like Maiden said the top is far grom bookmatched, that makes it look a little funny but is what I canafford,anycomments,i ll post more later when i have clear on it. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d47/olye...SGUITARS095.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d47/olye...SGUITARS093.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Its bookmatched... but... He's either: Put the "open face" side down (glue line), or removed too much wood from the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyen Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Its bookmatched... but... He's either: Put the "open face" side down (glue line), or removed too much wood from the top. What Idid isIbought a long board of about aninchand7 wide and justtried to match pieces according to the figure to the best i could ,if anything theycomefrom the same board that swhy the patterns are similar, good eye tough,thanks for the comments Roahds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarlin Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Looks much better now, good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Yeap, MUCH better now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doeringer Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Good work, and I like that it is similar but not bookmatched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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