Bizman62 Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 30 minutes ago, ScottR said: Hell, I forgot it even existed. Now that you mentioned it I had to scroll back to see what it actually was all about and then zoom in to take a closer look. A win indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 That purple on the body looks fantastic, it will look nuts with a gloss clearcoat over it. Nicely done. Have you had any issues with the stain soaking into the edge binding? I used to scrape the edge after sealing with a razor blade, but lately I've found the best results come from letting the stain fully dry then sanding over the edge with 150 grit, that gives a nice definite line between the maple stain and the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 Thanks all, yes very pleased with the repair. 1 hour ago, ADFinlayson said: purple on the body looks fantastic, it will look nuts with a gloss clearcoat over it. I agree but I think the colour is going to change, I’m going to sand it back and go over it with light blue, hopefully it will be just as class. 1 hour ago, ADFinlayson said: Have you had any issues with the stain soaking into the edge binding? I’m not sure yet, still haven’t removed the tape. I did brush lacquer the edges with 3m fine line tape as an edge guide. Hopefully I’ll just sand / scrape off lightly around the edges to reveal a nice clean edge. At least that’s the plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 I put what I think will be the final colour on, blue over the sanded back purple to enhance flames, then ran over then blue with my purple rag without adding additional colour. its very hard to photograph and looks very different in different lights. in this photo you can see the conflict between blue and purple in the flame In this photo under bright light it photographs blue but looks purple in real life and in this photo I couldn’t resist setting on some of the hardware, also note how it is purple and the further down you get to look across the guitar the more purple it gets. ill take some fine scouring pads, not steel wool as I’d be afraid of small particles rusting over time, and lighten the colour a bit which should pop the flames and bring through more purple. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 Used fine finishing pad to sand back the finish to pop the grain. First coat of danish oil on body. Some colour did lift on to the cloth but very happy with it so far. The faux binding came out well, the stain didn’t soak through anywhere so nice tight line. I did leave a very fine faux line on the top, probably should have gone a bit thicker when I was masking off but am pleased all the same. whilst wet the colours really do dance under good lighting, love it 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 Looking very good. Love that colour. Like the back scoop very much too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 No further pictures but I have a 3rd coat oil on body. I was spraying a black burst on the headstock, looked great but when cleaning the spray gun some thinners sparked on to the paint work. this meant tonight I had to sand it back, stain and burst again. its amazing how familiarity of a process can really speed it up. I’d have spent several days allowing the stain to dry previously and spraying. Tonight, using a heat gun to dry the stain quicker, I managed to do all in an hour and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Looks great, if you want to make that faux binding more obvious on that top than where your tape stopped, you can just sand the edges, use something fairly course like 150 and sand at a 45º angle until you've got the binding cut in as far as you want. The only thing to watch out for is that you don't get too much dust worked into the edge so stop and blow it off often. I used to use a razor blade to scrape in the faux binding, but I've found that sand paper works better - the razor blade has a habit of chattering on endgrain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Thanks @ADFinlayson I’m actually happy with the binding now and to be honest I’d be nervous taking sandpaper to the edges. I’d be worried about not getting a consistent sharp line. I’m not the most accurate worker with sandpaper and tend to overdo it on painted surfaces. That’s why my finishing is usually the part that lets my work down. the razor blade worked well enough on the body but I did find on certain areas of my neck headstock I would get a bit of chatter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 19 minutes ago, willliam_q said: Thanks @ADFinlayson I’m actually happy with the binding now and to be honest I’d be nervous taking sandpaper to the edges. I’d be worried about not getting a consistent sharp line. I’m not the most accurate worker with sandpaper and tend to overdo it on painted surfaces. That’s why my finishing is usually the part that lets my work down. the razor blade worked well enough on the body but I did find on certain areas of my neck headstock I would get a bit of chatter. Finishing is the hardest part of guitar building IMO and the one area where we can't cover up mistakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 3rd coat of oil on the neck and I think I’m up to 8 now on the body. The limba pores have more or less completely filled in, with just a very small amount of textured grain, which I like very much. love the flame on the neck, the oil just brought that out. Probably a few more coats on the neck and I’ll be ready to assemble. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) I built a evh 5150 replica guitar a couple years ago with an new original 1984 Floyd Rose. It came with a fat brass block but was only 37mm. I really needed 42mm to allow spring clearance to stop them contacting the body. Instead of replacing the block at the time I did a bodge and dug out relief tracks for the springs. I bought a black original Floyd Rose 2nd hand on eBay for this guitar but it only had the standard thin block. I ordered up a 42mm brass block non original and have now swapped it into the evh with the plan to put the original 37mm block into the Floyd for this guitar. the new brass block seems better finished than the Floyd, and was a tenner cheaper. See how they’ve polished off the machining marks. (The original is on the right) Notice the small strip of metal is a shim for the saddles to get them to 10” radius as standard. I’ve now removed it as my evh has 12” radius neck. Edited February 17, 2020 by willliam_q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) On 12/12/2019 at 10:17 PM, willliam_q said: Thanks for the encouragement, I really like the Kemp Guitars style of super Strat and your build quality is something I’d aspire to someday. Sorry for late response but thank you very much... And your build is also looking great!!! Edited February 23, 2020 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post willliam_q Posted February 25, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) That’s her finished!!! Well, almost. Needs action set and intonated but she plays good. I’m so happy, came out much better than I could have hoped. love the colour, the flames, the pickups. will get intonated tomorrow and might even get a wee video up. I put the strap lock on the rear of the upper horn this time. I’m almost regretting that as the body is so small the strap has to almost pull around my body,m. Time will tell and a thinner strap might help as well. Updated post so that pictures are rotated the correct way! Edited February 29, 2020 by willliam_q Correct rotation on images 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Very nice job! SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Lovely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 That turned out splendidly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 What the heck! I thought I already typed some nice words about your build! Anyhow, very nice! Many details to love, my favourite being how the grain lives in the belly carve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thanks for all the great replies!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 On 2/25/2020 at 3:05 PM, willliam_q said: That’s her finished!!! Well, almost. Needs action set and intonated but she plays good. I’m so happy, came out much better than I could have hoped. love the colour, the flames, the pickups. will get intonated tomorrow and might even get a wee video up. I put the strap lock on the rear of the upper horn this time. I’m almost regretting that as the body is so small the strap has to almost pull around my body,m. Time will tell and a thinner strap might help as well. For some reason all my photos are rotated...so annoying! so many nice things there. very well done. lot to be proud of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Cheers thanks Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted February 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Couple of videos just to show some distortion and clean sounds. Pay no attention to sloppy playing or my funny faces https://youtu.be/awuYWO38V1U https://youtu.be/ZHkQYJyWoW8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 16 hours ago, willliam_q said: Couple of videos just to show some distortion and clean sounds. Pay no attention to sloppy playing or my funny faces https://youtu.be/awuYWO38V1U https://youtu.be/ZHkQYJyWoW8 NIce! SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted February 29, 2020 Report Share Posted February 29, 2020 Look and sounds like a bought one. Nice work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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