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  1. I think my problem is that i reached saturation point with the oil before a second smoothing sand, so all the oil added now sits on the surface and leaves a poor finish. I think i will take it back to bare wood and then sand up with micro mesh before adding any more oil on. Then i should get the finish i hope for, or somewhere close. And thanks Scott, its always nice to hear praise specially when there are so many amazing guitars on this forum. Simon
  2. Hi, my most recent build has been pottering on for a while and I'm in the finishing stages. It's english walnut atop sapele with a sapele, maple and black walnut neck. I've used danish oil over the body and neck and on the most part it has come out lovely, But I'm finding after sanding smooth the oil is soaking in to the top and isn't building up a shine. Has anyone experienced this before? I'm undecided as to whether try and sand it all back and start again or just leave it as a very low sheen. Thanks, Simon PS sorry about the poor quality photos, no need for glamour shots just yet
  3. Well this is finished up. I'm still learning at this business, there are a few places that look a little rough. Still a while off avoiding all those little imperfections. Here are some pics anyway.
  4. Progress so far. Body wings are glued on, headstock is cut and fretboard is being glued on as I type. I feel the body shape is a little off-balance and am thinking about taking a little off the right hand side, what would you guys do, any thoughts? Cheers, Simon
  5. I have begun the initial Glue ups for my neck project - A Thunderbird shape neck-through bass. The wings are made from sapele sandwiched between two peices of wenge, and neck is maple wenge and oak laminate with a rosewood fretboard form stew-mac. This is the current stage of the project, my next step will be to get the wings to shape and get a smooth joint between wing and neck. However I am still undecided on whether I am going to have the body all the same thickness and rebate the bridge or have the bit of neck under the fretboard 3mm higher than the rest of the body. Would rebating the bridge 3mm leave the strings too close to the body? Cheers, Simon
  6. Shades of Purple Specs: Refinished Ebay body and maple neck from scratch with wenge fretboard 1 vintage style humber with tone and volume with push/pull coil split
  7. Right finished this one up, took me another couple of reswirls but i'm very happy with the result
  8. This is a recent swirl i've just done, as you can see it has not been swirled equally. I'm just wondering whether you guys think i should reswirl it or leave as is. I wouldn't normally ask but this one is to sell so any opinions would be much appreciated. Thanks! Simon
  9. This is off topic, but just browsing through that site, the designer mentions his "unique" trapezoid neck profile. Doesn't pauliemc do the same thing? I'm just wondering as apparently the guy on the site has applied for a patent for it
  10. I might be interested in the fret crowning file
  11. Here is a good youtube video that demonstrates it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cY4LXZqX-w, otherwise there is plenty of info if you use the search function, specifically a topic titled "swirl swirl swirl"
  12. So inspired by andyt's swirls i have tried out the practice on a cheap guitar bought off the bay. The first results are good, except i have had runs in places where the paint didn't spread out as nicely. I am yet undecided whether this adds to the effect or whether i should re swirl. What do you guys think?
  13. Cheers Narcissism, If I can get it to look anything in the region of a les paul standard I will be happy. As I mentioned I am planning to start winding my own pickups. I plan to build a winder using a fan motor and some cams for the traverse, but I am struggling a bit on the counter side as I have not done anything like it before. Is it ok just to use a reed switch attached to a cheapo ebay counter and a magnet on the motor shaft? Or is there a better switch that I could be using?
  14. A while ago I bought a hohner arbour series les paul from the 'bay as a general practise piece really for my finishing skills and fretboard and inlay work. This is the guitar that bought: I am removing the old tired fretboard for an ebony one with square block les paul inlays. I am also doing a complete refinish and veneering the top. I think i may also experiment with winding my own PAFs form stewmac's kit. This shot shows off the vacuum veneer setup i got going. This is the first incarnation of the bag which i have replaced with a more airtight version. The pump is a tyre compressor in several plastic bags with a pipe leading in. It works pretty well as instead of taking in air from all around the air is sucked in form the pipe leading to the bag only. This is where I am up to as of now. The top has been veneered and dyed to get that 3d effect and the sunburst is drying as I speak. The neck is still in the stage just after striping as i need to wait till i complete my router planning/radiusing jig combo thing before i can do the fret-board and glue that on.
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