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  1. nakedzen
    This is the light rose. It makes an interesting combination with blue fade too. The top still has some orange from the old dye job, you're right it's pretty interesting look when it's not all one pink color.
  2. nakedzen
    Decided to refinish the orange strat a bit better. Replace the brown stain with jet black, fix the cracked binding on the body, fill some holes, sand back scratches etc. Also had some rose red dye from Angelus left over.
  3. nakedzen
    Great looking work man
  4. nakedzen
    Clips & pics time! I threw together a quick comparison between the P90 and my other guitars. I quite like the P90 and EMG81 mix. The sun came out for all of two minutes today so I cobbled together some better pics.
  5. nakedzen
    Yup it's tusq. I like it, easy to handle and sounds good to me.
  6. nakedzen
    Nope, the clamp has rubber on it. No dents. Pretty much done now!
  7. nakedzen
    Coat four going on the top! I think I may have found my new favorite way to finish the tops.
  8. nakedzen
    Did the wiring harness since I was bored waiting for the glue to set. Blower switch mod with push pull, we'll see how annoying the sound will be straight to output. The pickup is a complete mystery, I've never played a P90-equipped guitar so I don't even know what it should sound like. I only have ceramic magnets, I think maybe I gots to order some A5 and A2 for testing.
  9. nakedzen
    Neck's on.
  10. nakedzen
    Britetone is touch dry in an hour or so for the next coat. It's pretty fast to lay on, 8 coats is enough for high gloss. You need 24 hours per coat for full cure before level sanding, then more waiting before polish iirc.
  11. nakedzen
    Well I like oil for the same exact reason! It's faster than lacquer since no weeks long wait to polish. Personally I can't do 2k, I don't have the space for it. Only do britetone now since that I can apply in the study. For oil, I just once in a while wipe a thin coat, maybe two coats per day, takes a couple days but I can work on something else meanwhile, wind a couple pickups, solder the wiring harness etc.
  12. nakedzen
    Yeah most definitely not a regular oil finish. I wanted to see if I can get away with it, so far so good. 400 grit marks were visible on the ziricote, so I went as high as I would on lacquer.
  13. nakedzen
    That was a pain, but well worth it for this. CA fill and level sanding done. Went 400-600-800 grits. First coat of oil on the top, four coats on the neck.
  14. nakedzen
    So, after considering for a while, I decided to get rid of the faux binding, and also dyed the back see through black. Now it looks mean rock machine. And no buts!
  15. nakedzen
    Lol. Actually I messed it up, the right side of the top moved a bit under the mdf piece I used as a press and I didn't see it.
  16. nakedzen
    Some progress, frets installed, fretboard glued. Toothbrush seems to work alright for glue cleanup, stole that from the Gibson factory tour videos. Level sanding the top in progress. Installed the bridge pins.
  17. nakedzen
    You could (if you have the means) to pull a vacuum on the other end and sink the other in epoxy. The vacuum would help pull the liquid deep into all the holes.
  18. nakedzen
    As a tip for avoiding broken screws, I always put some candle wax on the thread for the first time of inserting. Broke too many screws to learn that.
  19. nakedzen
    Always interested! These look so good.
  20. nakedzen
    Neck is done, waiting for frets to arrive. Then glue the fretboard and the neck to the body!
  21. nakedzen
    I saw someone rub 80 grit papers together to get some grains mixed in the glue, as an alternative for the salt trick.
  22. nakedzen
    Moving on. New tool day. Headstock thicknessed and shaped, veneer glued. I really need to sort out the dust removal at the shop. Shop-vac crapped out on me, won't turn on anymore, and the big system I have hasn't got the hoses done yet.
  23. nakedzen
    Any reason why not print the template and glue that to the mdf? I'm sure with your skills you can make the template. https://www.electricherald.com/gibson-explorer-guitar-templates/
  24. nakedzen
    Thanks guys!
  25. nakedzen
    Thanks man, appreciated!
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