komodo Posted February 3, 2021 Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 This build is sooooo clean! Can't wait to see the dye. Anyone who doesn't follow you on IG, should. I'll probably bug you forever to be my guitar teacher. A beast! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted February 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2021 14 hours ago, komodo said: This build is sooooo clean! Can't wait to see the dye. Anyone who doesn't follow you on IG, should. I'll probably bug you forever to be my guitar teacher. A beast! Thanks brother, much appreciated - and congrats on GOTY, a much deserved win! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted June 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 Got a lot of work done on this build and forgot to post about it - mega pic dump coming right up. Sorry for the inconsistent color/quality, some were taken on a phone and some on a camera. Scarf stuff Routed for truss and carbon fiber rods. Direct mount hardware countersunk and installed. Fretboard glued, neck/headstock bandsawed. Inlays. Fretted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted June 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 Carvin’ time. Profile roughed in. Profile and volute/headstock pretty close. Volute medal inlay and tuner holes finished. Carved a little wire spooling and outlet area for the neck pickup. Made a truss rod cover from left over fretboard rosewood. Side dots. Neck glued and roughly shaped in. Current state of things. My goal is to be spraying finish this week, so I’ve got a lot of work to do! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogzs Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 I was wondering what happened with this. Looks awesome, love the way you do the volute + emblem/medallion/whateveritis embedded into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 lovely stuff. very clean indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 Super clean. And I love the medallion in the volute, very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 4, 2021 Report Share Posted June 4, 2021 Matt beat me to the phrase super clean work! What is your fretboard wood? In a couple of pics it looks like cocobolo, in others East Indian rosewood. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted June 4, 2021 Report Share Posted June 4, 2021 15 hours ago, ScottR said: What is your fretboard wood? In a couple of pics it looks like cocobolo, in others East Indian rosewood. That's immediately what I was wondering, it's a great piece of wood. Looks like EIR to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Thanks all! Re: fretboard species, I got it from Allied Lutherie and if I recall correctly it was a marked "b-grade rosewood" with no other differentiators, so I'm actually not sure of its origin other than that AL called it rosewood. May very well be East Indian, it looks very similar to their Indian rosewood listings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted June 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 Got the top stained and sealed: Fretwork done as well: Sealer sanded flat, top coats applied and dried: On to wet sanding and buffing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 Well, now that's seriously cool....and stupendously gorgeous! You always get the cleanest edges on your faux binding. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogzs Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, ScottR said: You always get the cleanest edges on your faux binding. I was wondering how those lines can be so clean and sharp... masking game level 90. Quite the looker now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiloszM Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 17 hours ago, Lumberjack said: Got the top stained and sealed: Fretwork done as well: Sealer sanded flat, top coats applied and dried: On to wet sanding and buffing! I wanna tutacha it and smella it. Thatta willbe a hard night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted June 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 Thanks guys! The faux binding does takes a bit of time, but it always seems worth it in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Wow that looks flawless, really good, especially the area around the maple tenon, I always struggle not to get dye on there if I set the neck before dyeing. Mind sharing your process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted June 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 5 hours ago, ADFinlayson said: Wow that looks flawless, really good, especially the area around the maple tenon, I always struggle not to get dye on there if I set the neck before dyeing. Mind sharing your process? Sure! I didn't get a picture of this particular guitar in that stage of the process, but this is what it looks like from another one of my builds: I tape off everything but the areas that will remain natural with automotive-style pinstriping tape, then seal the natural areas with a few coats of something clear (sanding sealer, acrylic, lacquer, whatever will work with your top coats). Then I stain, but since the binding or surrounding areas are sealed in a few coats of clear, any dye that gets on them can easily be wiped off while still wet, or scraped when dry since it can't sink into the wood. I'm sure there are other methods, but for that PRS-style faux binding this is the only thing I've found that keeps the lines crisp and clean. For this build I didn't seal the neck/tenon area though; I just taped it off with the same pin-striping tape I use on the binding and when I got close to that neck/top joint I switched from my dying rag to a little paint brush. The grain of the top and neck are perpendicular and are also separated by a glue joint, so taping it off and carefully bleeding the dye along the top up to the joint kept it clean. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Thanks bud, I'll keep those pointers in mind on the next one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Lovely job. Top drawer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted July 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Got the wet sanding and buffing done today: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Your workmanship is outstanding and does homage to the pretty woods! That said, what kind of filler, if any, did you use for the bottom? Those dimples are quite visible, if I may say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted July 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Bizman62 said: Your workmanship is outstanding and does homage to the pretty woods! That said, what kind of filler, if any, did you use for the bottom? Those dimples are quite visible, if I may say. None used - I shoot finishes as thin as possible and don't normally fill pores for matte and satin finishes. I wanted to see what it would look like if I didn't fill on a gloss finish, as I prefer no filler for matte/satin, but in my opinion it looks odd; high gloss and raw/natural are somewhat aesthetically opposed, don't think I would do a finish like this again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 I learned most of my finishing techniques from two VHS tapes I bought about 25/30 years ago from StewMac/Dan Erlewine/Don McRostie. Spray Finishing Basics and Spray Finishing With Colors. He outlines how to do the PRS faux binding in them, and how you outlined it is exactly how he describes it and how I do it (which is very rarely anymore) I took a turn in the road a long time ago, that anything that looked like PRS I didn't want to imitate, as I don't like making 'copies' of what someone else came up with, but that's just a personal thing of mine. So I don't do the recessed control knobs or faux binding anymore. To me that's like PRS peeing on the ground and 'scent-marking their turf', and I prefer to pee on my own turf, so-to-speak. The automotive masking tape used by custom automotive detailing shops being the primary aid. It will bend around almost any corner and finish just can't get underneath it so you get the clean lines. And he always used clear lacquer, but yes, sanding sealer (which is clear lacquer, basically) would work too. He also would take a posterboard or cardboard and cut out a 'spray-shield' for the rest of the interior so you didn't have to use so much masking tape, which I adopted as well. And you know, I've eased up on the perfectly flat mirror-gloss finish in the past few years. Just depends on the look I want, but I just did an acoustic makeover where I didn't pore-fill the back and sides and you can see the grain. I like it that way. The top is mirror-smooth, but the back/sides you can easily see the pores, and I like it like that. Gorgeous build and finish! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumberjack Posted July 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Drak said: And you know, I've eased up on the perfectly flat mirror-gloss finish in the past few years. Thanks for the kind words! I’ve gotten away from the flat gloss as well, really don’t do it anymore unless it’s specifically requested. I think the more woodworking I’ve done the more interested I am in leaving the wood be, pores and all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 That is gorgeous, and shiny! SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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