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ADFinlayson

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  1. ADFinlayson
    Nice clean work that, looking forward to seeing how it turns out
  2. ADFinlayson
    well I've given the back, then neck and most of the top a good levelling with 600. I don't want to go too crazy because it's only had 2 coats so far. I'm going to try and get a couple of thin coats on as soon as the weather improves. Need to do the same thing with the single cut and the bass. Running out of space to hang these guitars
  3. ADFinlayson
    Wow someone watched to the end, you would have needed a beer after that. My neighbour is a property developer unfortunately and has made my life a misery for the last 2 years - in fact it's been guitar building that's kept me sane. It's tempting to wait until he walks passed and spray him with cellulose. But that would be uncouth so I'll settle for setting up my drum kit when the estate agents are showing their buyers around.
  4. ADFinlayson
    Wow they look great Mikro, better crack on with them
  5. ADFinlayson
    I said staining them was an accident
  6. ADFinlayson
    Well thanks I'll take that although It could have - I could have avoided staining the abalone side dots blue, but I'm calling that a happy accident
  7. ADFinlayson
    hehe I asked David "Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE you want me to stain the neck blue?" about 20 times, but it was a good choice. It was a bit nerve racking because I haven't stained a neck (or lacquered a neck for that matter) before and I had to do a load of staining and sealing before glueing the neck to the body or drilling for the bridge.
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    Got some lacquer on over the weekend, needs levelling then another couple of coats I recon. I definitely need to work on my spraying technique. The issue I seem to still be having is requiring too much flow on the gun so too much air pressure in order to get a decent fan of paint coming out of it which means a lot of bounce back. I guess I'm still not thinning the material enough Anyway, pics If you're at home with nothing to do theres another full how I did it video
  9. ADFinlayson
    The end is in sight Looking great Norris
  10. ADFinlayson
    Holey moley that's looking tasty
  11. ADFinlayson
    That's because any job is fun compared to resawing by hand Every time I start doing that job, I regret it about 5 minutes in. That drum sander will improve your quality of life though. Looking forward to seeing what you do with that top.
  12. ADFinlayson
    I've got the body and neck sealed and glued up. Really chuffed with how the neck/headstock came out. Also got the bridge studs installed. Will hopefully get some sealer on it tomorrow.
  13. ADFinlayson
    You do make some strange observations, it is an old Tshirt of mine so it could well have appeared in a previous video. The mic is about 6" away from my face so it's bound to pic up some breathing, maybe I'll add a noise gate in future. Haven't noticed any black snot.
  14. ADFinlayson
    I've spent lots of hours on sanding/staining over the last few days. stained it black to darken up the colour and found a load of gouge marks that I managed to miss so I had to tidy all that up before I could get the colour on. Looking great though, need to get it sealed and glued up, then I'll get the bridge fitted - Staining the neck and body prior to glue up has up set my normal routine a bit as I don't really like drilling holes after stain/finish but I didn't want to get glue all over the stained neck, or stain all over neck pocket. Happy with the current status though. I've done a YT video on my staining/binding process And some pics
  15. ADFinlayson
    Good luck with the first build, that body blank will make a for a very nice looking axe
  16. ADFinlayson
    That's one boutique looking SG there Andy, I'm working on wet sanding my two builds but I think I'll leave them an extra few weeks so I don't have to enter them into the same GOTM as you
  17. ADFinlayson
    Congrats on your GOTM win Mike, another great looking axe
  18. ADFinlayson
    I hadn't considered the coarseness of hessian, just figured it was good to use to pickup the excess because of the open weave. But the coarseness of the hessian did cause the odd streak so once I got all the excess off with it, I did also give the back a firm wipe down with paper towel, just to make sure the staining effect was consistent and streak free. That Aria is a really nice looking axe, I've not seen those before but it looks right up my street.
  19. ADFinlayson
    phwaaar that's looking lovely
  20. ADFinlayson
    he wants blue with some purple in it, I haven't got any blue angelus so I'm waiting on that. I did try a tester with Crimson's royal blue but their stains aren't up to much.
  21. ADFinlayson
    thanks Mike, it's pretty easy to do, it's just a 0.5mm maple veneer sheet that I cut a couple of strips off and long with fretboard offcuts to make the actual binding and glued it all up at once. Cheap way to do binding.
  22. ADFinlayson
    spent a 5 or so hours on this one today, pretty much all sanding. Annoying found a few scratches I missed on that back so got them sorted. Got the top sanded up to 240, damped it down to raise the grain then sanded up to 320, finished off the neck carve and followed the same sanding process. I've decided I'm going to stain the neck and body separately, seal them both and then glue the neck. I'm just waiting for some more angelus dyes to arrive in the post. If if takes too long, I'll crack on with the tele, or maybe start on wet sanding the other two, damn I've got too many projects.
  23. ADFinlayson
    spend a good couple of hours sanding the body this evening, got the back sanded up to 320 then taped off the maple before grainfilling. I hate the job of masking the edges, but I'm getting better at it. The lower horn cutaway is particularly awkward to tape off. I've used Jenkins Jecofil walnut grainfiller (messy stuff) then used hessian fabric to wipe off all the excess to stain the body as well as fill the grain - I'm hoping the slightly darker body will compliment the binding and the blurple. Will check it tomorrow and decide whether or not it needs another coat though I am planning to brush some sanding sealer on as well, especially around that lower horn and neck pocket to make sure no stain from the maple bleeds into the mahog as I neck staining the neck heel will be awkward.
  24. ADFinlayson
    Depends, would you rather sleep in the garage or on the sofa with the dog?
  25. ADFinlayson
    Finished the carving, the control cover was poked out easily by pushing the arse end of a 9mm drill bit through the pot holes, then the cocktail sticks pulled out easily with a pair of pliers, the back has had a 60 grit disc and 100 grit hand sanding around the edges, the top has been sanded up to 150
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