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That must have taken a minute or twenty. Wow. I'm glad you like it. I've seen evidence in the background of some or your pics that say you're pretty comfortable with a gouge in your hand as well. Hopefully this will end up as nice as the two you've got going. SR
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Hook, this is going to be red with black burst. The plan is to carry the burst over the sides and onto the back....a little. the Spanish cedar is kind of plain. I plan to sand up some off cuts and test this week. Nevin, old and cheap rocks. I prefer to call it experienced. SR
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Thanks Matt. I look forward to seeing that. The fretboard was just sanded up through the grits to 600 and then moving over to micromesh all the way up to 12000. That stuff puts an amazing polish on raw wood. I'm glad you like it. SR
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That must be that radioactive diamond gloss polish you were talking about. That is blinding! How long did you have to buff that baby out? And what did you do to the sapele? It almost looks like tortoise shell. SR
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Man you started this before I got here! That KTM9 polished up nicely. That is a fascinating headstock. I like it. Was it influenced by a classical guitar? SR
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I did carefully hit a few spots with a rasp but there wasn't much room to work without damaging the horns. This cedar is quite light. This was the lightest board I found in the rack. Maybe the heavier ones are not quite so soft. I'm used to working very hard woods and this soft piece is very strange to me. As it sits right now this is between 5 and 6 lbs.....I think. My scale is cheap and old. SR
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I do believe I'll still dye it. SR
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These natural colors aren't half bad together. It almost makes me want to oil it up and call it done. SR
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I think the fret access will be acceptable. SR
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I learned this style of updating from Rad. SR
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On to carving the neck to body transition. SR
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I never had any tartan paint, but I did have paisley in a rattle can that was good for painting silk ties...... Made my control cavity cover; missed the grain direction a little bit. I have to countersink the screw holes deep so it will survive the carve. These screws are temporary till I get some proper black ones. Using the angle grinder to carve the back is scaring me to death with this Spanish Cedar. It is so soft it cuts really fast. SR
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I was going to suggest turning it into a perfect single radius arc cut out, which would match the precision of the other curves and look more at home there......but that would likely expose the cavity. SR
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Wow, I had forgotten about headlight fluid. The last time I used that I discovered my headlights had a leak. The fluid leaked out and killed my grass....and my headlights started squeeking again...only louder this time. Woke my folks up when I was sneaking back home just before dawn. SR
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I was trying to follow Thumper's dad's advice.....but I can't do it. That is one seriously ugly guitar. On the bright side, pretty much anything youdo would be an improvement. SR
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That is exactly the way I would do it. SR
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I never could find any for sale either. Sometimes you can find some for hire, but the quality is always suspect. Once in a while someone will offer you some for free, and oddly enough that stuff is often pretty good. But you have to make the really good stuff yourself. Nothing else for it. I always make up extra and store it in my shop fridge-right next to the beer. SR
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I agree that this has been an excellent build thread ending in what looks to be a great guitar. Congratulations on a job well done. SR
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Probably not at this stage of the game after he's got so many coats of oil. CA tends to seal up everything, pores, fibers and all so that nothing can soak in. One of the big draws of oil is how it makes the wood look after it soaks in. To encourage that oil is normally used as its own pore filler, typically with the slurry method RAD described. SR
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The recesses are pretty much sorted now.....elbow grease and 60 grit cured it. SR
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I like my Gotoh set from LMII, but yes they are dear. SR
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I love your approach to building and your clever uses of hand tools. Nice neighborhood too. I assume the title is a clue to the final color? SR
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Even the best piece of ash can be a son of a beech.....or is that a son of a birch? SR
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Thanks, Muzz. I'm not sure I love the claw rakes, but they surely are an indicator of this piece of wood's character. I have to keep them....what's up in the air is how visible I will let them stay. I don't want to do any repair work to the chips that would block the dye. I'll carve and sand the scoops a little larger and try to get past them. What ever is left will get dyed and then filled to smooth them out....then covered with knobs and forgotten. SR
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I did use the drill press, and I went very slowly with a brand new bit, just fast enough to keep it from burning. RPMs were at 1500 which may have been too slow.....but mostly I think it is just that piece of wood. Even carving it I have to be very conscious of the direction of the cut to get a clean one. I think the demon moved out of the ebony and took up residence in the maple. I've been waiting for two months for someone to ask how the hell was I going to put an F-hole in a solid body guitar. I can't decide if everyone or no one saw that coming. Worse case on the chips is filling what is left of them and dying the dishes black and fade to red at the edges. They will have knobs in there anyway. SR SR
