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I agree with @Andyjr1515! SR
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Thanks guys! It sure is! Thanks man, that's exactly what I was going for. I'm glad you like it. SR
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Wow Andy, how very kind of you to say so. This is my favorite so far as well. But then, my favorite is always the last one I built..... SR
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Camera battery died.....and the backup battery was even deader. More pics to come. It's done. It looks great (to me) and sounds awesome ..... sorry I don't have the ability to record and share. It's got two bridge single coils and an Oak Grigsby 4 way switch. I'm sure I have it wired to match the diagram, but not sure it is working exactly as it it should, I was in the same position the last time I tried one of these (Justin's Guitar) and that time I pulled it out and put in a standard tele three way. I always remember loving the way what I did get sounded before I changed it out. Same here. It sounds great regardless of whether it sounds like it's supposed to. SR
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I'd love to hear your thoughts on those once you get them. This one is a Lollar, and I can't wait to hear it. SR
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Well John, had you gone back and looked, you'd have found all kinds of stuff but not the answer to that question. Yours is actually the first mention of pickups in here at all. The answer is my all time favorite guitar tone is the one made by a big ol' fat, warm, barkin' bitin' growling whisky voiced P-90 in the neck position. SR
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On the home stretch. The frets and tuners are actually gold too, but they don't show off their colors in photos as well as these hunks of metal do. It just needs strings, a nut, pickup wiring, strap buttons, a setup, and a test drive. SR
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Yes, I much prefer the feel of an oil finished neck. SR
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I'm really looking forward to your solution here! SR
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I totally love the feel of a rosewood neck! Looking good. SR
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Thanks guys! You know, I don't think I've built a single guitar that didn't get that comment at least once. My backs usually all get the same treatment: darken the pores and subtle black burst after the carve. I guess after seeing the expected glamorous wood featured on the front, the classier rear is a pleasant surprise....I don't know. SR
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Thanks Scotty! Mr. Natural raises his head and glances around! SR
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I know, right? I did have to add some yellow to the green to pull back the blue tint it had, I didn't use any straight yellow in the dye of the wood or in the the tint. That is the wood showing through. My phone refuses to take an accurate picture. All it sees is browns and golds, with the faintest green and then black fade. Thanks for the figure comment. My main goal was to highly contrast the figure without killing the chatoyancy and end up with a green guitar. SR
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The carve, transparency and angles of reflectance make this thing difficult to really tell what it actually looks like. SR
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Now for all the different looks from different angles. SR
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Shiny! That's sanded all the way to micromesh 12000.....twice actually. I went back to 2400 and ran through the grades again chasing scratches. Then Meguiars buffing compound. SR
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High End Build - this one is gonna take a while
ScottR replied to avengers63's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Good luck in Tupelo John, and welcome to the south. I was going to say watch out for tornadoes.....but you already know all about them from living where you do. SR -
Thanks John! The sandback on the back was always intended to be a subtle accent. It sometimes surprises me to look back and see how much work it appears I did for subtle accents. But what the hell, I'm going to be sanding it anyway--why not get an accent out of it? SR
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There are many many finishing methods that produce amazing results. These days, I'm finding it difficult to find the time to type a few sentences, so I don't know how soon one could expect a tutorial. One thing I can and will do, is answer any questions you may have about the method you want to use......providing that I actually know anything about that method, of course. One thing most of them have in common is careful sanding. Plain old boring sanding can make all the difference between "oh wow!" and "oh shit!" SR
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Can't wait Andy! SR
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Trudat! SR
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Good things come to those who wait. Or something like that. This looks great! Love the color, front and back. SR
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Totally! That's exactly what that should be used for. SR
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Thank you! And absolutely. It's going to look like it's under glass. SR
