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That is absolutely gorgeous. I would kill for that finish.

KIll?? llol it wasnt that hard if i could do it.. in my back yard but yeah man im really happy how it came out

shes a shredder

ok ok she took forever to get done... but im very happy with her

here is my baby

I was wondering, how you bound around that comfort carve on the top? Can we see a picture of it?

finnaly got the time... sooo buisy... to send my baby out to my mechanic to clear the body... i think he could do a way better job than i could even attempt to do.... here is an updated pic pre clear

that turned out really good

how many coats did it take to get that burst

too many..lol all in all i guess about 5+ with a coat ontop of that to touch it up/ even it out

it want from a light almost watermellon color.. to purple... to deep purple (lots of blue in mixture) to black to darken up the edges..

so i guess it was a 4 stage burst.. i plan to put another coat of vintage amber( realy light coat) over it all to bring out the wood color.. and age it abit.. then off to clear it

agaon thanks for all responces

wow took forever to get some time to work on here but here she is

she still needs some touch ups.. and lots and lots of clear but so far so good

i love that idea for a color scheme

however i dont like that last mockup you did, if you did a little looser burst (more purple) and got black hardware it would look awsome imo!

i agree photo shop did the burs around the hard wear.. i defiantly will NOT be doing that also i will start of with a light honey color to enhance the wood color and grain then doing the purple and black burst.. im really shooting for the color i have shown on the musicman... hopefully i will be ordering the lacquer and lacquer die from stew mac some time this week and start coloring it next school vacation.. hopefully before if i can find the time.

thank you all for your support.. im truly a newbie at this wood finishing thing.. so i really appreciate all of the advice

finnaly got some time and got the binding done with a cote of primer

its easy to see imperfections now but im gettin good at filling them and sanding them down lol

next step is to get rid of the wrinkles in the top then hopefully paint in a couple of weeks.. just need to order the lacqure

another photoshop mock up.. i was board waiting for primer to dry,,lol

i also picked up a tremol-no.. all i need now is an edge pro and im ready to go!!

heres a photo shop mock up of what im kinda looking for..of course it will be more of a honey color like the musicman.. first time at photo shop.. just makes me want it even more lol

finnaly got nearly all the parts in and will be doing the binding this week... man schools realy getting in the way lol

also where can i find the lacqure needed to do this like stated before the three different colors... can i get them at a Lows or Home Depo.. or do i need to do some internet shoping ..

thank you soo much for all the help so far

GodBless

Hey, how is that thing going?Lets see a update...if you've had time to work on it.Looking good so far.

im realy excited i just got in the pearloid inlay and just waiting on my buddy to give me a hand to rout it out.

my buddy also got a deal with Musicians friend to get 20% off of what ever he orderd so i took advantage of that and sent away for the pick ups.. another Mic for the mesa and the capo iv had my eyes on!! i saved $54.. it made a cheep man happy lol

cant wait to get color on her!!

also when should i tend to the wrinkles in the veneer?? and whats the safest way to do it without damaging or coloring it?? is the spot baking method the best?? for bear wood?

this is the colors iv decided on but witha two stage burst from black to purple to natural..

can anyone tell if this is just a nitro finish or if its an oil finish?? cause i deffinately want my top to pop like this one

Let's see a pic of the lam ,on the body.How is it turning out?

still questioning on the color wether to make it look like the Magma build or something else like a multi colored fade... either way its starting to come along

i just ordered the pealoid binding and the pickups.. AirNorton and Steve Special.. never used them but excited to try them out

i just put a quilt maple top on my RG and have decided to put a perloid binding on it... when should i do it be for or after staining and how should i do it without killing my new veneer??

finnaly im able to put up some picts of my project RG

thanks to a amazing member of this site i now have a quilt maple top on her but i have a coulpe of questions

during the glueing stage i came across a few wrinkles in the veneer visibly there not too apparent but you deffinatly can feal them. whats the best way to get rid of them?

also can i do an oil finnish (because i have heard thats the best way to get that 3d quilt maple look ) and use nitro over it?

also where can i get nitro at the best price

thank u soo much for all those who have helped me already

It was sent out and you should recieve it 1/14/08.....by UPS... So be looking for it then.Good luck on your project.Look forward to the pic's.There mite be a little extra in the package ,to play with.So have fun and enjoy.

Did you get your package?you should have it by now.

yes sir i did i havent been able to look at it yet cause im at school and its at my house but im soo excited to look at it when i get home this weekend. you have no idea how thankful i am for this.. im finnaly gunna have my dream guitar..lol ps i found out that Perdula of perdula custom bases are right down the street from my church so if i run into any problems they will be doin some work for me.. i dont plannin on havin any but who knows.. good to be safe..

hi im new on the forum and if started a new project guitar it was originally an ibanez prestige RG1620x im stuggling to find a quilted maple veneer for it. every where i look i see flame (curly) maple but never a good book matched bigleaf quilted maple... pls help

Where are you located.....I have some bookmatched veneer... http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff185/r...er/PA270651.jpg or would you like some of this

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff185/r...er/PB220681.jpg

Let me know if you are interested.

I'm from MA and as long as the quilt maple u have is flexible enough to bend over the arm contour of my ibanez I'm defiantly interested

hi im new on the forum and if started a new project guitar it was originally an ibanez prestige RG1620x im stuggling to find a quilted maple veneer for it. every where i look i see flame (curly) maple but never a good book matched bigleaf quilted maple... pls help