tim_ado Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 nice work I'd blend the heel a bit more so it would run together smoother.....just my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted May 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Today I made a logo to the headstock from a veneer of walnut. It was a really challenging job to do I must say. I made it with a dremel-like tool. As you can see it went to three pieces (that wasn't suppose to happen). So it became a jigsaw puzzle! Here's the jigsaw puzzle assembled and sanded. The figures will show better when it's lacquered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted June 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Starting to finish the Telezipper...I just have one question before I mess up everything. If I use shellac as the grain filler, is it compatible with nitrocellulose laqcuer? I don't want any chemical reactions as I read that nitro is pretty active stuff. By the way have you ever used any polishing varnish or liquid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Bright green & black. Apply black, then sand out almost all the color. Apply the green over that to the desired darkness. Clear, cure, polish, assemble, rock. shellac is computable with nitro (and just about everything else) so no problem there, but I've never heard of it being used as a grain filler, you usually spray a few light coats with it to seal the grain and use a proper grain filler (epoxy or whatever) for the pores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 shellac can be used as a grainfiller by wet-sanding the guitar with it so that all the gunk mixes up with the shellac and sets in the pores. Its a bit messy and might not be the best choice on a multi wood guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capu Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 I like very very much your guitar! Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Bad news! I noticed something horrible in the neck. I suppose that the wood wasn't dry enough when I started to build it so now it has dried in a bad shape. Not much but still it worries me. It's like a slight S in long direction so it can't be fully fixed with the trussrod. What should I do!!?? Please tell me!! Fortunately I've been too lazy to finish the guitar so I still can use pretty rough methods. P.S. I've been searching for grain filler like maniac but apparently there's only one place in Finland I can get it (Plektratrading). And that's of course Rustin's grain filler. So if there's some finnish dudes here could you help me to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) Getting forward I started to finish my telezipper. And I did find the grainfiller which was Rustin's Grainfiller. I thought that it would have been transparent but it was cream, so then I figured out that it would get transparent once it dried up. But it didn't. As I couldn't do much about it because it was all soaked and hardened I just went to apply some nitrocellulose laqcuer. The laqcuer was ment for old-style-furniture so I guessed it was the one. Actually I used it on a snare drum I made few years ago which came out like this: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazziclubbi/reuna.jpg The laqcuer worked well and it was possible to thin 40-50% so I liked it. And used it to the telezipper. But first I applied the grainfiller. Not too close picture but hopefully you can see some creamy stuff in the walnut. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/PIC00064.jpg Ads some new shades in the body eh. And then the first coat of laqcuer after the grainfiller dried overnight. Edited October 16, 2007 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 That is my perfect body shape...amazing it looks like you successfully teamed ergonomics with aesthetics. Anyway, congrats on an amazing build so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 (edited) The Telezipper after the last coat of lacquer. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/PIC00071.jpg I will polish it with a polishing liquid which is some old-style-stuff. That's the stuff from which the alcoholics get their nick name in Finland (pulituuri -> puliukko). They used to drink it you know. I also "deep fried" the pickup covers http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/PIC00070.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/PIC00069.jpg They will need another coats but they already started to sound like they were plastic. Edited October 16, 2007 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 (edited) I had a bit of an accident with the cover plates. I had this great idea to put them on and finnish them at the same time I did the body so they would be at the same level with the body. When I took them off the lacquer peeled off the wood. Nice don't you think. The same happened in some places of the fretboards edge when I removed the tape from top of the frets. I'll try fix it getting some lacquer between the peeled lacquer and the wood. Suddenly I wish I had french polished the guitar! Edited September 5, 2007 by jazzclub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleverPun Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Beautiful guitar. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 I guess we learn from our mistakes so we have to make them right? Looks awesome..i really want to build a neck through axe in that shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted September 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 (edited) Here it is! I polished it with pulituuri (still don't know the english word for it) and then buffed it. Before polishing I sanded the whole guitar with 1200-grid paper. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi.../PIC00022-1.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/HPIM2009.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/HPIM1995.jpg Edited October 16, 2007 by Maiden69 ONE PIC PER POST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bygde Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Awesome work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Looking great! Can't wait to see it all assembled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 And now...let me introduce you the Telezipper! Armed and dangerous! Let me just say that the sustain of the guitar is unbeleavable. I put there a couple of Duncans (SH-4 JB in the bridge and SH-2 Jazz in the neck) and the sound is great. With JB the sound is clear but think I fell in love with the SH-2. The sound with it is so muddy on the lower strings and solos sound better that I could really play! The thing that stuck bugging me was the peeling of the laqcuer as you can see in the last picture. I managed to fix it a little but some air was left in between the wood and the laqcuer (the white lines around the cavity covers). I also had A LOT to do with the frets as the neck lived before finishing. But all in all I'm still pretty satisfied with the Telezipper. The neck shape works very good. I made it flat in the center so my thumb won't slide over the neck. Don't know if it's called D-shape but I've never tried a shape like it. The neck is also superhyperfast! Beware Yngwie Malmsteen, I'm your new god! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 That looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Very nice work. I like that a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronico Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Very beautiful Congrats ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted October 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Another picture: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 That looks fantastic! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Did you use "back" ferrules on the front as well? I have to admit, I like the look. There's a few little things about this build, that I remember thinking I wasn't quite sold on (although I really love the build) watching the progress, but just chalked it up to personal taste. (To each their own.) Bu seeing the whole thing put together, I wouldn't change a thing - you've made a piece that really works well as a whole. (It definitely flows!) (Also probably the only "showy" laminated through-neck style I've seen in ages that I actually like, FWIW) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g1_ Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 (edited) Looking really sweet... Keen to see how this one turns out! :-) Keep the pics comming!! Edit: I guess if I read past page 1 I would see how it turned out Nice work! Edited October 20, 2007 by g1_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Actually I did use the same ferrules on both sides. It was kind of a mistake when I ordered the hardware parts. When the parts were coming to me I saw my friends string-thru-body guitar (I didn't have any), and I realized that the mistake was made. But as I think of the ferrules now, the front ferrules would have been too small for my taste. You couldn't even see the gold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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