RestorationAD

Polished some frets

Rolled the edges of the neck...

9 minutes ago, ScottR said:

Shined that shit right up too.....

SR

Yes it did.

I added air to Robo Rad.

Much better results.

After spending a minute trying to use the battery drill and buffer pad I got the real buffer out. Tired of playing around.

Talk about something that will make a projectile out of anything...

I bought Rage for Order at a grocery store a few weeks after it came out. It is still one of my favorite albums. I saw them for the first time on Operation on the And justice for all... tour.  What a show. No one booed at that show.

\m/

Now hopefully I can wrap these projects up soon so I can move on to some new stuff.

52 minutes ago, ADFinlayson said:

@RestorationAD thanks for sharing, I really like the sound of Arch/Matheos. Anyone that sounds like Bruce Dickinson gets a from me  

For some reason Arch always gets that comparison. For me he is somewhere closer to Halford and Tate. Again I struggle with his insistence on blowing through his full range on every line but on this album he seems to be better about staying in the scope of the music.

10 hours ago, mistermikev said:

never heard of this band... not a huge metal guy these days but it very much reminds me vocals-wise of dream theatre.  very good voice.  will have to check some more out.  thanks for exposing me.

For me the two albums that started American Prog Metal were Queensryche "Rage for Order" and Fates Warning "Awaken the Guardian", I believe Dream Theater was heavily influenced by both.

2 hours ago, Prostheta said:

....gold is yellow....

Thought I'd put that out there for you Brett.

8 minutes ago, mistermikev said:

yellow hardware (hehe) would really set that thing off.  also, love this finish and "GO PACK GO".

Stuff it both of you.

Go Pack.

2 minutes ago, ScottR said:

Sweet. I love the dragon burst.

It might have a little bullfrog in it too....

SR

Prolly more Bull Frog than dragon at this point. It has the same 5' charm to it. if you get closer than 5' you can see its warts.

Awesome.

I sanded and buffed the bodies today but the lacquer is still kinda soft and I can't get the fine scratches out. I am going to give them another two weeks and see.

This is the decal paper.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076VFHV1F

Just use Inkscape https://inkscape.org to make up your logos. Print. Apply. I put a coat of shellac first to protect the toner from the lacquer.

Shoot some shellac over the dry decals and follow up with lacquer.

I have to take the keys off to clear overtop the decals. The hipshot lockers are a pain in the arse because of the large locker getting in the way of the screwdriver. So over to the belt sander and we fix up the #1 philips bit.

Now for the real work.

Decal time. These are new Laser Printer Decals. Much thinner than the old ink jet ones I used to use.

This looks stupid but it is a stupid guitar so it is fine.

Waiting ...

Next I hit it with several hot coats of clear.

Back to this stupid Dragon Burst. Sanded a the old green back a bit. Mixed up some new green shot that. Then grabbed some black I had left over from a LP I did. Shot the green. Then carefully blacked the edges. It helped cover up all the funky joins of the random woods.

Shot more coats on the strat. At least it looks good.

Then some green. Looks like hot garbage...

Now I am going to try a Dragon Burst. I have never really pulled this off before (mostly because I rarely do color).

It starts with Lemon yellow.

Had to pull a run out of this one. Used the Dan Erlewine razor blade and tape trick. I learned a lot watching his videos and reading his articles.

Three coats and I am done with this one... I am leaving it like it is. Shiny and rough.

Just putting coats on everything...