t1r12003
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Following your process so far, the use of sanding sealer would be an unnecessary step. Yours looks really fine so far!
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Agreed it's difficult stuff. I filled the large voids with black epoxy and all the small ones with super glue. I still have at least one or two more passes on the entire top with more super glue, leveling with a rubber squeegee, then sanding smooth. After I'm certain it's soaked up all it can, I'll move to sanding sealer, then a lacquer finish. I'll probably order the finishing kit from Stew Mac. Mahogany back and sides will get grain filled and sealed then sprayed with gloss black lacquer.
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Top wet with naptha and black pickup rings. Tried to get the pic quickly before naptha dried and the neck pickup was crooked, but you get the idea.
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Thanks. Ibanez Edge trem. Put a big brass block on it.
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Not a lot more work done except a lot of sanding and scraping the binding. I did a mock up with chrome covered pickups. I may like this look better.
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At long last I've made some progress on this project. I got the black binding added. It's framed nicely. I did some more finish sanding on whole guitar along with more super glue on top to fill the burl.
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Yes. But I prefer a tone knob vs the single vol. I use it a lot on the neck pickup. Big influence though.
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Just threw them on there for the pic. I still have to rout the control cavity. More thought will go into the placement of the knobs when I go to drill the holes. The tone knob looks high but I prefer the vol knob pretty close the the bridge pickup. I ride the vol a lot when i play and it's easier to do with my pinky when it's close.
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I've actually got used to playing with the strings a little higher off the body.
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Yes, thanks. I learned the hard way too a few years ago using an Edge trem on another guitar.
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It's going to rest against the body, no trem cavity. It'll sit up enough that those front edges won't rub. I have a Roadstar set up the same way.
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Got the neck fully mounted. Contoured the back of the neck pocket a bit. More sanding needed. More work on the trem cavity. Need to clean it up some more and straighten out the edges. Now I can see what it looks like with the trem.
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You could stain, then use clear epoxy to fill in the voids... works in theory at least I decided to keep it natural with a black binding. I did some test pieces of red and it seemed to be hiding more of the grain than showing it off. I have another bookmatched piece of buckeye burl I picked up and I may stain that one for a future build.
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Correct. Center line as a guide, then I measured from the butt of the guitar, again at the center, up to the bottom edge of the trem cavity. Since I have my black Wolfie as a reference I used exact measurements from it.
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Here's a quick mock up with the proper bridge pickup and wet the top a little with naptha
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One more quick rout this morning for the trem cavity. I actually got an "In Progress" pic this time. I set up a couple 1x2's and a follower bit on my router to keep straight lines. Just one little burn spot I'll need to sand out.
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If you mean like a PRS has that scoop on the lower horn for access to upper frets, no. I'm doing a black binding all the way around, so I'm keeping the top flat.
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Routed the pickup cavities. I'm waiting on a black/cream Bill Lawrence for the bridge, but for the pic I threw in this black one. Filled the large voids with black epoxy and used super glue on a lot of the top so far. It looks splotchy now because I didn't wet the top for the pic and I'm still in between passes with more superglue. And next to the original for reference
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A little bit of progress today... Routed the neck pocket and fit the neck. Nice and tight. Rounded out the backside edges
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No progress to report. I did score a pretty decent Wolfgang copy neck off an auction though. Ebony fretboard on maple.
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It's going to stay natural with a black binding. There's so much cool swirling figure going on the red would end up hiding a lot of it.
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Test scrap piece. Natural with naptha then red stain to get a quick idea.
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Thanks for the tips. I do have a couple good scrap pieces left over. I saved them for color testing and to practice with the epoxy as well. Also trying to decide between a rounded edge top or a black binding. The black binding might just frame this piece nicely if I leave it natural.
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I haven't posted a build in a while. I've also never worked with Buckeye Burl, so this should be interesting. 1 1/2" african mahogany 2 piece body rough cut with skill saw shaped with my router gluing up the 1/4" buckeye burl top all glued to the body and about 10 minutes palm sanding. wet with naptha for a pic The larger voids and bark inclusions will get filled with black epoxy. The rest filled with CA glue. I haven't decided to leave the top natural or stain it. For some reason I'm thinking red would look good.
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Red Stain Matching White Limba And Mahogany
t1r12003 replied to t1r12003's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
That's really nice. I think he used a red clear coat though and I'm looking to see if I can accomplish the same color by staining the wood directly. Thanks for the link.
