Keegan Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Orange is the complement to blue, it should just make it stand out more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Finally, it's the home stretch with this project. Gluing the neck in: http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1940.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1939.jpg In larval stage: http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1942.jpg Heel and cutaway roughed out: http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1943.jpg Color! http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1944.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1949.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1948.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1947.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1946.jpg The blue is a little dark on the neck and the front. I'll be sanding it back and maybe doing another light application of stain. The back turned out well, sort of blue-black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted December 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 (edited) Finally got this thing bound and started applying the tru-oil. Sorry for the poor pictures, the lighting is terrible down there and the flash makes it look different as welll; but you get the idea. No finish yet, just shellac (I just love that grain. Yes, a gigantic scratch across the grain. What the hell.): http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1960.jpg Tru-oil: http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1962.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1963.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1966.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1968.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1969.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_1970.jpg Merry Christmas, and thanks for checking out my project! Edited December 24, 2008 by Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 i really hope you didnt let that scratch slide ): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guerrilla Radio Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 i really hope you didnt let that scratch slide ): I'm hoping the same. Also, that blue looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Thanks guys... unfortunately, that scratch was very deep. Sanding it out would have meant adding a little dip to the otherwise level surface... so, I let it go. But I'm okay with a few flaws. This guitar is finally finished. http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_2043.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_2041.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_2044.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_2045.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_2046.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_2050.jpg Headstock and neck: http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_2051.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_2049.jpg Here's the pickguard wired up. I tried something new for me, using thick stranded wire as a ground buss/shield wrapped around the hot wires. I have no hum with both pickups on, so I guess it works all right. http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/Ge...ct/IMG_2036.jpg There are some problems though... first off, the no-name pickups are awful. I paid $20 for the set, so I didn't expect much. Some day I may upgrade them or make some P-90's. But at this point it's not worth upgrading the pickups on this guitar because... The neck is slightly backbowed. The neck is a 3-piece poplar laminate. I reclaimed the stuff from a dorm that's being demolished. (I got a lot of other stuff too... I love my job. ) I figured, the dorm was empty for a year before I got the wood, and the wood had probably been in there longer than that (it was built into a large shelving unit). But there is now a slight backbow around the 6th-8th frets. The backbow appeared some time after the fingerboard was already prepared and attached. I put 11's on it, hoping the higher tension might correct it. It did a little bit, but I had to do some heavy fret leveling (a poor way of fixing a bowed neck, I know). I used a cheap 1-way truss rod, so I have no recourse there. There's still some slight rattle on the lower strings lower frets, but I'm waiting to see if the neck will break in under tension. All in all I'm pretty happy with it. It was my first real dye job and my 2nd tru-oil finish. The tru-oil came out really well, and the grain of the ash is still visible, which is what I wanted. I didn't spend much on this either (~$150). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Erm, why did you finish it before you were done sanding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Erm, why did you finish it before you were done sanding? Do you mean the scratch? The ash wasn't grainfilled. Perhaps that's what you're looking at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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