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Today I grain filled the Mahogany on the back of both Teles and Sprayed 3 coats of Urethane clear. Cool thing was when I sprayed the clear it really brought out the figure in the Mahogany and there is some nice flame in there.

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I'm sure you mean the maple, I don't see any figure on the mahogany, which is the back brownish wood if I'm not wrong! Black and blue looks way better, make sure that you sand evenly or the black will overpower on different areas. Did you sealed (cleared) the maple before staining? At least this is what I get from your post, or just the back?

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Hi Maiden,

No, there is some flame in the Mahogany - I'll try and get a pic tomorrow. The maple was stained straight onto the wood with no sealer beforehand. When I do the guitar I'll stain and sand the Black before staining again with the Blue. I'll then cover it with a few coats of clear before spraying some Black burst shading at the edges. When thats done it will be alternating several coats of clear and then wet sanding until the finish is deep and smooth but not too thick.

What Pick-ups are going into this beasty?

Matt

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Hi Matt,

Probably Bareknuckles, I fancy a Stormy Monday in the neck and a Brown Sugar for the Bridge.

Today I grain filled the Mahogany on the back of both Teles and Sprayed 3 coats of Urethane clear. Cool thing was when I sprayed the clear it really brought out the figure in the Mahogany and there is some nice flame in there.

Did a quick test on the staining;

On the left is blue on Blue and the right one is Blue on Black.

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I didnt say it over on the IM forums, so I shall say it here - excellent work so far!

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Cheers Andy. Is it just you and me that go between the two forums?

Looks real nice.  Just one question, how much string angle do you have between your bridge saddles and the Bigsby?

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I should of mentioned that the bridge is just resting on the plate, I haven't yet fitted the posts for the TOM style bridge. I didn't measure the angle exactly but when I mocked it up it was around 10 degrees.

I didn't document the building of this, my first project, as they've been done to death in the past but I thought you guys might like a look.

Flame maple top with ivoroid binding over a one piece Brazilian mahogany back. The neck pick up ring is made from flame maple which will be left natural and clearcoated whilst the body will be double stained and finished in a Blue burst. The neck is Birdseye maple with an Ebony fretboard, I've yet to fit the frets and Abalone dot markers - obviously.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/xlr8...le/9606338b.jpg

Here's a good shot of the Bigsby and controls. I've recessed the control plate so it is flush with the top

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/xlr8...le/f2f72750.jpg

The neck plate is also flush with the back.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/xlr8...le/13e14ef9.jpg

Nice shot of back showing the one piece Brazilian Mahogany body and birdseye maple neck.

Yes, the HF one needs to be mod to accept the round stock.  Stews already have a hole set up to accept the arbor.  iwill like to say that it can be drilled but its hardened steel!

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They both look the same as mine which wasn't hardened steel and drilled out fine with normal drill bits.

That is the guitar Gibson should be building. Very nice work.

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Hi,

long time lurker just about to dive in at the deep end. Anyway I was nosing around my local exotic woods store when I came across this stuff. I believe it's a relative of lacewood. It looks great with a similar colour to mahogany. Does anybody have any experience with it, or could enlighten me further as to it's properties. I've done the usual googling but didn't get too much information.

Thanks