Grindell

First it was black, then sanded back, then it was Stew-Mac green with drop or two of black, into alcohol.

Ok, this is an alder body, flamed maple top. Flamed maple neck, flamed maple fretboard, and A2 pickups I wound myself. Oh, and the six in line locking Grover tuners. Finish is Watco gloss lacquer on the body, and Watco satin lacquer on the neck and fretboard. Actually, 2 coats of gloss on the neck, and 2 coats of satin on the neck. http://www.swaimguitarworks.com/Picture-457.jpg http://www.swaimguitarworks.com/Picture-454.jpg

Another. Here it is just after spraying. And the red one.

Ok, if the gash in the back means in the belly bevel, that is glare. There's a super high gloss finish on these, and I had a hard time getting the pics without a massive amount of glare. In real life, the guitars look like they're laying in glass.

Desopolis, what big chip? Just the lacquer is from Menards, I got tired of ordering McFadden's...

http://www.swaimguitarworks.com/Picture-445.jpg Here's a pic of the back of one. The other is identical. http://www.swaimguitarworks.com/Picture-440.jpg So, flamed maple tops. mahogany backs, flamed maple necks, ebony fretboards, locking Sperzel tuners, EMG pickups, Wilkinson trems, jumbo wire, and the all important electosockets, 25.5" scale. Nitro lacquer finish, BTW. Oh, the lacquer is Watco, bought by the gallon for $18 at Menards, here in Central Illinois. Watco seems to be easier to use and have a higher solids content than Behlens, and is pretty close to McFaddens, but cheaper. This is, as always, just my opinion.

Wow, excellent color on that. I'm going to try again on a different guitar this spring, and I'll try a little darker colors this time. Excellent work, though! Outstanding!

If you order a gallon of McFadden's from Grizzly, they will send you 4 1-quart containers....

Very cool. Much darker than mine turned out. I'll try again on another guitar in a month or so.

There's a little more tobacco and red in it than showed up on the pictures. I actually wish I had used a darker tobacco brown, maybe 1:10 on the second pass, then a 1:12 cherry red. I also went really hard with the wet cloth to wipe them together before using yellow. Funny, though. I actually really like this look. It wasn't exactly what I was going for, but I dig it. I'll try again on the next guitar, proably in about a month.

And here it is with a shot of clear.

Ok, here it is without clear.

Hey, I tried this today on a quilt top strat, and it looks great. Not quite there yet, but pretty close. I'll know better after I hit it with some clear. Plus, I'm color-blind. But still, looks pretty close. And, thanks to you guys. You guys rock!

I have an Astro touch up gun, and it sprays great. It's around $35 from Amazon/Tool Crib of the North. It sprays better than the Badger 400, and any of the other Binks copies. Also, it is the gun of choice for Yaz, the guy who worked at the Fender Custom shop and did the sunburst video for Stew-Mac. I mostly use it to spray Nitro..... Here is what it can do.

Does anyone remember the link to the page where the guy built his neck jig with the dial indicators, like the new Stew Mac jig?