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  1. Veneering Contours

    in Inlays and Finishing Chat

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    you can veneer the flat top, but not the bevels. It wont bend around the compound contours without snapping, ever.

    Haha I'd expected as much. The dark burst was what I had in mind anyway, into a rich red.

    Advice 101: Buy some cheap scrap veneer and apply it to some scrap wood until you feel confidant enough that you know what your doing before trying it on a real guitar.

    Veneering is not something you successfully pick up overnight.

    I actually have an old strat shaped Yamaha that a friend of mine gave to me because it was wrecked, so i'd intended on giving that a try and getting to grips with it. Haha the only experience I've had with guitar building/finishing etc was with a graphite acoustic, so this is fairly new to me. :D

    By the way, is that real veneer or laminate wood?

    That guy typically sells laminate tops, and a little veneer, the ratio is like 95% laminates and 5% veneers, just making sure we're all talking about the same thing.

    Hmmm...As far as I'm aware, its veneer ok, its listed as veneer anyway!

    Thanks for the help!

  2. Veneering Contours

    in Inlays and Finishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by Maiden69

    Hey, just new here, and about to embark on the perilous journey of veneering.

    This is probably a very basic question, but what would be the best way to go about veneering my BC Rich Virgin? I'm a little worried that the contours of the body may cause a problem. Would I be on track in taking the weighted bags of sand approach? Or clamps?

    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/Pol...G1_Black_SM.jpg

    Picture001.jpg

    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/Pol.../Picture008.jpg

    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/Pol.../Picture009.jpg

    The last 3 photos there are of my other virgin, can't really see the contours too clearly, will upload more detailed pics of the one in question, highlighting the contours themselves to give a better idea of what i'm talking about tomorrow when I find the USB lead for my camera!

    The overall body shape is pretty much identical though.

    These are the veneers I'm hoping to get my mitts on, although, as I said, I'm fairly new to all of this, so I'm not even sure how good they are.

    http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/Pol...wfall/69_12.jpg

    Any help would be appreciated!

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