mistermikev

feeling pretty lazy right now cause last I looked at this thread, what, a week ago??? you had just rough cut the top and not much else.  someone has been busy!

I would play that bass even as a 4 string.  love that thing.  new octopus looks crazy nice too.

19 minutes ago, komodo said:

ooh thats black velvet. super nice!

thank you sir. 

now I've got "black velvet in that little boy's smile... black velvet in that slow southern style..." running thru my head!  haha.  thanks again!

11 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

I've seen black velvet less velvety than that! Just waiting for you to get rid of the orange peel...

The apply-dry-wipe method of yours sure looks nicer than sanded back!

 

that's awful kind of you to say Bizman.  very kind of you to say.  I have some horror stories of sanding back on black.  the dust becomes new dye and even w/o moisture causes blur.  Just trying to avoid making that mistake... again!

29 minutes ago, ScottR said:

Oooooooohhhhhhhh pretty!

NIce Mike!

SR

thank you Mr Scott

20 minutes ago, ADFinlayson said:

hehe, they doo that. I showed my other half my latest headstock inlay that I'd just cut out of lam abalone and she immediately pointed out a bit of unevenness. Still, nice to have someone working in Quality Control.

You probs didn't see because I edited the above post... Did you start wiping back right away or did you let the stain dry fully before you started pulling colour back? 

hehe, qc.  that's a nice way of looking at it.

afa dry... I let it dry fully. 

Just now, ADFinlayson said:

Love it, I'm going to have to try that method on one of the current builds. I'm trying to avoid water all together if possible because bleeding into natural binding is usually a problem for me, and sanding is never much fun anyway.

well... admittedly my binding went sort of grey.  I don't think you can really avoid that because even tho the wood was sealed with ca glue(and a LOT of it) the dye went right up to it... and turned the binding darker.  I'm actually debating if I'm going to switch to a black pearloid pickguard because the white is way too bright now.  that said... I kind of like it.

if I had to do again I think I'd paint the binding channel white.

btw, nice to get some feedback because my wife poo poo'd it right off the bat! 

Just now, ADFinlayson said:

So that's alcohol based stain you used and then drew it back out with alcohol? no sanding back. I like that!

technically you can mix either with water or alcohol.  I mixed with water but drew back with alcohol.  water only because I'm told it will fade less with water, and alcohol only because I didn't want to warp anything.  nope, no sanding back whatsoever.

Just now, ADFinlayson said:

fantastic job on staining the quilt, you can really see the contrast between the whites and blacks. Mind sharing the stain/method you used? 

thanks for the reply AD.  don't mind if I do.  sanded to 220.  raised the grain and sanded again. mixed keda and some stew mac black (keda has a lot of blue in it) with water.  mixed the die a little lighter than I needed cause I have had better luck sneaking up on the darkness I need.  did about 3 coats, then took alcohol and drew out a ton of color.  switched to a new rag a couple times and kept drawing out black until my rag came up clean.  now I'm just using watco nitro clear.  probably do another few coats today and level it all out sat/sun.

1 hour ago, willliam_q said:

That’s a nice piece of quilt. It’s at that stage the i always start to get impatient! 

thank you.  Yes, I hear that.  Many many times, I rushed it at this stage and flubbed something up.  feet don't fail me now!

2 hours ago, Norris said:

Looking good 

thank you sir!

getting close...

On 2/25/2020 at 3:05 PM, willliam_q said:

That’s her finished!!!  Well, almost.  Needs action set and intonated but she plays good.  I’m so happy, came out much better than I could have hoped.

love the colour, the flames, the pickups.

will get intonated tomorrow and might even get a wee video up. 

I put the strap lock on the rear of the upper horn this time.  I’m almost regretting that as the body is so small the strap has to almost pull around my body,m.  Time will tell and a thinner strap might help as well.

For some reason all my photos are rotated...so annoying!

so many nice things there.  very well done.  lot to be proud of.

I guess they are $60,000 guitars so... one could save a lot of money buying a $1000 piece of wood!

looks like a corvette with the hood open.

1 hour ago, JayT said:

is there a link to this? sounds interesting

welp... some on rall guitars that are 500k but the forum logic is catching it- keep getting 'forbidden'.  just do a google search for "flat potentiometer" or "thumbwheel potentiometer".  I actually have a couple at home, not even sure why I bought them.  you could simply cut a nice 5 way switch opening in a guitar and mount this on an l bracket or something.  that'd be pretty hidden. 

doh, wasn't logged in... here we are:

I don't know if any plating is better than any other... other than gold tends to tarnish easier than anything else. 

afa classical tuners... they generally have a different mechanism ie require slots with holes for the turning shaft... so prob not going to work w/o modification and are generally not as good. 

i'd look at gotoh, wilkinson, hipshot, grover, tone pros, kluson... sperzel actually is a different (dull) finish that fairs very well against time but not quite as attractive imo.

denatured alcohol (aka lighter fluid), mineral spirits... and if that don't do it acetone will.

you can certainly wire straight to the jack... and in fact it will have a small benefit to your full vol.

but I'd suggest you at least add a kill switch... because on stage you do not want to unplug your guitar at stage volume.  even if you don't care about your amp... you are likely mic'd by the house and I bet they will not appreciate the sound of you unplugging at full volume going through the house setup.  you could have one of those planet waves disconnect cables and that will accomplish the sm. 

if this was the task for me... I'd probably try and get more creative about it.  Honestly a volume control is a useful item to have so I'd wire one up and hide it.  page had some cool flat potentiometers under his lp pickguard on a guitar... that's a idea.  or you can just have them hidden in back. 2 cents

1 hour ago, Norris said:

I've just caught up with this thread, and have now linked BOTH my builds on my profile @mistermikev 

right on.  just trying to make it easier (for me) to look at your guitar build porn! 

welcome back.  purpleheart all the way!

5 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Just caught up with the video.  Sounds and looks great!

Some great skills on show with your other builds too.  

thank you sir, that means a lot.  looking fwd to my fav part today... putting on some color.  thank you for taking the time!

Just now, komodo said:

That tele sounds killer, it’s got some real meat to it! Love it!

thanks komodo.  I needed that today!

It appears you have made it through the storms and the sun is coming out.  nicely done.