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  1. ScottR
    First check your black parts for the blue tint without the laquer. It is very common for black pigments to have a blue cast or a red cast or a green cast or a....well, you get the picture. Also check your clear on other colors --particularly white--although it is common for white to have a blue cast or a yellow cast as well. Odds are very good that whatever is causing it will not gas off. If it is in the clear, then leveling and buffing will help, just a little because it will only be because you are reducing the thickness of the coat therefore removing a little of the blue along with it. On the bright side, guitars spend most of their time indoors under artificial light, so odds are you will not see it too often. SR
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    I agree completely. I fail to see how glueing a piece of wood to itself ala fixing a crack can affect sound any more than glueing one piece of wood to another--which happens everywhere is guitar construction. SR
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    Finish looks great! Nitro is interesting stuff. It can be finicky and forgiving at the same time. But dang don't it polish up nice. SR
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    I thought you were already married. You've mentioned "the wife" a few times.....I just assumed it was "your" wife you were referring to. SR Oh, I'm totally married! 2 friends I set up in college are getting married, and my wife's cousin is getting married. Thanks for bringing the thread back up though! I have time to work on it today Yeah, I know. I'm just poking at you. Two friends you set up huh? That's some pressure for you. I had to bring the thread back up. You can't just be mysterious and then walk away and leave us hanging. That would be wrong. SR
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    I thought you were already married. You've mentioned "the wife" a few times.....I just assumed it was "your" wife you were referring to. SR
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    If the woods you are using bear any resemblance to your mock up, I'd keep them pretty close to natural. A mild amber tint would look nice on both the front and back with a mild burst on the front of a shade that ties to the bubinga in the neck. The padouk is going become closer to that color in time. Speaking of which, you are going to have to work very carefull to keep orange dust out of your maple. SR
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    http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...c=43011&hl=
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    Alright Narc. What's going on with this? SR
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    Your rendering makes the neck profile appear trapezoidal....is that the plan? SR
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    I'm with Spoke. Thin CA. SR
  11. ScottR
    Dude That's AWESOME SR
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    I like what you did with the feather. And the bridge mount looks very cool. I'm looking forward to the finish. SR
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    That is a serious plank of walnut. I agree it would look pretty cool. You could also make a one piece out of that...if you're looking for another challenge. SR
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    Dammit Man! That's beautiful. I love all the individual bursts you did. Awesome. SR
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    The spalted maple would probably look best IMO. The scarf accent will be balanced by the other wenge accents you're going to have. That combo will look nice. SR
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    You can use a straight bit with a shaft diameter that matches the cutting diameter as a pattern following bit as long as you insure the shaft is the only part that touches your template--just like the bearing is the only part that can touch the template. This has been shown in some of the guitar building books....though I would imagine the shaft would eventually burn and wear out faster than a pattern bit with a bearing. SR
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    This one will definitely pull into the station. SR
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    You might consider taking another 16th" off the back of the headstock and volute and adding a wenge backstrap. It's probably going to take another wenge accent elsewhere on the guitar to balance it and make it look like it belongs though. SR
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    I seem to remember a guy, Henry I believe, that made a nut from a moose bone he stole from his dog. Your rib bone should work. Let us know if you get an irresistible urge for BBQ every time you play it. SR
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    Those did come out nice. The neck is going to look good as well. Your posts have come across as if you've been remarkably patient with the demons in the neck.....perhaps we got the PG version? I still don't have the body figured out. I will be watching for the final version with intense interest. SR
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    COOL !! its weird, they seem to go for the oily woods, or the ones that smell groovey when you work them. Yea the green seems to be hangin there realy well, Im happy again But havent realy gotten anything done for the past week or so on any builds. Getting married this weekend so thats kinda takin priority you know, So the blue strat is getting sorted first. Gotta have a shredder strat that matches the brides maids dresses for the chick to let rip on, every wedding needs that . WOAH! Jumpin right in the middle of that one aren't you? Congrats mate. That might make all 3 or the Ps tougher to come by, but 2 out of 3 ain't bad. You are kind of making it sound like "the chick" getting the blue strat is going to be "the bride". I bet Irish weddings are a hoot. Best of luck and long life Paul. Scott
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    This looks awesome. How are you going to seal it? It looks like it wants a little shellac to me. SR
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    Hey Paulie, Tiny little Put That Down ate his first piece of Walnut last night. Hey Don't Eat That would be so proud. Have you peeked at your green dye job lately? SR
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    +1 Is it a drop top or thick enough to carve? SR It's just over an inch thick. Getting a nice carve on it. Well. I'm insanely jealous. Do make sure you keep us up to date with this one. You've been rather busy lately. SR
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    "The measure of a man's intelligence directly correlates to the degree to which he agrees with you." -W. E. B. Griffen SR
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