hooglebug

the 2000 isnt the same brand, but i forgot to use it to start with and hadnt used it on that area yet when i noticed it. the compound is farecla g3 - the same as i have always used. i also use farecla swirl remover. the other two guitars are mahogany and this one is alder, thats the only difference. i sprayed a couple of sealer coats before adding the colour. i did some of the polishing on it yesterday - just concentrating on one part to see how good i could get it before doing it all today and i didnt notice it yesterday. its like its appeared over night

this guitar was sprayed a couple of weeks ago along with two others, neither of which shows the same problem. its only when i've been finish sanding with 2000, then polishing with compound that i've come to notice these strange marks. i always spray/polish the same way and have never seen this before. it kind of looks like mould under the finish. it only occurs on the shoulder as seen here, and there are one or two on the tummy cut area as well. anyone know what it is? or what i can do short of refinishing?

to be fair, it is only hull people who say praad and turn the laaat on and so on

Northun praad at thine best.

"praad" is hull speak. im from wakefield, its still "pride" hehe

We won't hold either your bass playing or your being from the wrong side of the pennines against you.

OI!!!

its not been rainy today. so its not THAT rainy

I have these in backwards and these should go in with the flat steel side up correct?

yes the flat side should be on top. its looking really good so far!

heres one trying to show the metallic finish - its hard to capture!

Sakura Hanami

mahogany body core topped with flamed maple, backed with lightly rippled sycamore

top and back carved inside and out leaving the guitar almost hollow

mahogany neck with ebony fretboard

horn and mother of pearl sakura fretboard/body inlay/soundhole

subtle sakura kanji 12th fret inlay

sunset rose transparent metallic finish

gotoh hardware

bare knuckle mule pickups kindly donated by tim mills from bare knuckle

proceeds from the sale of this japanese themed guitar will go to help the victims of the japanese earthquake/tsunami earlier this year. the proceeds will be split between shelterbox and the red cross.

finally after many trials and tribulations

i was only messing. how many really original ideas are there anyway. not too many!

oops - i forgot to update it on here. i got it done AGAIN. just waiting for it to cure ready for polishing. here it is with the burst on - which is NOT that dark in real life - in sunlight it almost disappears

and heres a close up showing the metallic nature of the finish - i mixed some left over metallic red into clear for the transparent coats

I like the way part of the stems are F holes and part are inlay.

SR

because we havent seen that before *cough cough* hehe

looks good so far

the back is nice and shiny.

but its coming off. which is a bastard. the reason its taken so long to get to this point is this:

when i came to put the final few coats on i had run out of clear coat. when i went to get some more, the place i get it from wasnt stocking what i used to get anymore, so i got what they had. its the same stuff, just made by a different company. so shock horror it reacted. not much, but enough, it was like tiny tiny crazing. when it was cured i flatted it off and it went away, only to come back again when i polished it up. iv been flatting and polishing and flatting and polishing and its still there.

you cant really see it but you can see what look like pores coming through in this pic, but thats the crazing

its not easy to see in the pics, and from a distance it looks nice. but as soon as you get it in the light its all you can see. so unfortunately its coming off. but, better to go through this and have it look perfect than leave it as it is

Baby Holly

20" scale length, Nashville tuning

Body - 40 year old fireplace mantelpiece with mahogany inserts and flamed maple top

Neck - Maple with rosewood fretboard

gold wilkinson hardware with vintage style tele pickup, master volume and tone

my little baby sing so sweetly!

wilkinson ez lock tuners are good too. obviously as soon as i get it finished the clouds come over and the rain starts. will try to get good pics when the sun comes back out. whenever that will be!

i only got the top finished off. i got impatient. and then too hot. should get the rest of it done tomorrow

hence the rather late addition of some turquoise inlays

so thats why the fretboard is a different colour on the frets with inlays. it was puzzling me hehe

needs a bit more orangey colour on the headstock but otherwise

finally got the bridge so could drill all the holes and route for the pickup. its so much easier when your drill press can reach all the holes.

the neck is being glued in now, and will be carved into the heel so its nice and smooth. the body back will be bursted, so do i tape the neck off and leave it natural or burst the neck as well?

...and "program" doesn't have an E...........

maybe not in american english, but in english english it does unless you're referring to computers. so there hehe

yeah thats how it works. the tuners are always on the same level