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  1. Hitone
    Thanks Guys. I wish it was a commission, but really it was my boss that bought the guitar and gave it to Colin. He is the best boss in the world since he let me have the honors of giving it to him. Good times. We'll see what this doe for his career and mine. MiKro, I'll call you tomorrow about the bass.
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    This was a highlight of my guitar building. I was able to give one of my guitars to Colin Hay. You may remember him from Men at Work. He's a really nice guy and was thrilled about the guitar.
  3. Hitone
    Name: Swirled Surfer This years Wildflower Festival Swirl guitar is all about fun in the sun. The body style and swirl paint colors evoke the vintage flavor of surf guitar music. The Surfer Swirl Guitar is made up of walnut back with a maple core and top. The fretboard is a maple/rosewood combo that gives this guitar a look like no other (Except for it’s reverse twin: The Texas guitar). The pick is hand wound P-90 that gives it that surf tone. The guitar was donated and auctioned off to raise money for a local charity.
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    Name: Texas Body is made up of a cedar/maple back with a resin cast top that has weathered wood and objects embedded in it. Neck is flamed maple with a Wenge center strip Fretboard is Maple/Rosewood Hand-wound P-90. One of my first pickups to wind. The guitar was donated and actioned off to raise money for a local charity. Watch & Listen to it in action See a short build video
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    Help me decide which body design to build for the Wildflower Festival guitar? Keep in mind that I am going to be among a lot of beautifully painted guitars. I'll need to stand out.
  6. Hitone
    Wow this was a tough one. I went with Black Beauty because that headstock and the flat black just look great. Bukoffsky, how did you do the headstock? Is it a die you press into the wood. It's really looks unique. My other top pics were Offset Avenger and Victorian Muleskinner. Good work guys.
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    Hey Bukoffsky. Welcome to message board. That is one great guitar you post for GOTM. If you don't mind can you tell me how you engraved the logo into your headstock. It looks great. Did you use a template? Did you stain it first and then engrave? Just wondering. I would love to try that technique.

    Thanks

    Rob

  8. Hitone
    Thought you guys might want to see this review of the 1969 guitar.
  9. Hitone
    Thanks for the comments. Good call on the dice. I put them on the guitar to see what they looked like. We went with a simple chrome knob in the end. On the pickups he really wanted to be able to put in a set of humbuckers if he didn't like the p-90 sound. Which he ended up really liking. Thanks again guys for the comments. There are some sweet guitars to vote on this months.
  10. Hitone
    Hey Shane, Robert from Richardson. There is also a club called Guys Building Guitars that meets the first Thursday of the month at the Rockler in Richardson. http://guysbuildingguitars.socialgo.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Guys-Building-Guitars-Club
  11. Hitone
    The 1969 Guitar Specs Body Top - Carved Sitka SpruceSides and Back - MapleFretboard - EbonyHeadplate - Ebony 1969 Headstock - Mother-of-pearlFretboard - MOP DiamondsWhite Binding Chrome Tail pieceTuners - GroverBridge - Ebony ArchtopKnobs - ChromePickup rings - EbonyNut - BoneElectronics [*]Pickups - GFS P-90[*]3-way switch[*]Volume/Tone Pots - Mojotone 500K[*]Vintage Braided wiring[*].047 Orange Drop Capacitor Finish - Tru-Oil over black stain Here's my build thread
  12. Hitone
    Okay I've finished the 1969 guitar and turned it over to the new owner. Here are a few shot of it being played by Scott of The 1969's. I'll post more soon as well as a demo video and some live playing.
  13. Hitone
    Here's some more build picks. I made a set of Ebony pickup rings to match the rest of ebony on the guitar. I also had a really hard time to find a good P-90 diagram. The one I drew up was from a few different schematics. I used Mojotone 500k pots with a orange drop cap and vintage cloth wires.
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    I can't believe how shinny the Tru-oil can get.
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    I did make the braces parallel and yes they are set just outside the off the pickups. The mounting screws go into the top and the adjusting screws are free to move up and down. It seems that if I put the braces any closer I would have to cut into them to make the pickups work. That's my thoughts. I could be wrong, but it seems to be working.
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    I tried to hand rub tru-oil and buff it out to a satin finish, but it just didn't look good. So I learned online that some people shoot tru-oil. It works very well. I am now using my secret polish to make it really shiny.
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    Okay, I just read that you can spray Tru-oil. I did not know this. I was really hoping to get a great hand rubbed finish, but it's not coming out as good as I thought it would. I am going to try to shoot it tonight and see how it looks. BTW has anyone else noticed that the search on PG doesn't work?
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    Has anyone used an oil finish over a white or light colored binding? I am getting inconstant coverage. Some area are white, while others are more yellowed. The body is stained black and I have been fighting to keep the white clean the whole way. I realize it will probably look amber or yellowed, but it's all over the place. If you have any tips or tricks please help. I will post some photos shortly.
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    I sprayed Shellac Sealer on the body. And Sprayed a little tinted sealer over that to get a more dramatic burst feel. Keeping the binding clean is a nightmare. I had to scape it clean a few times already.
  20. Hitone
    It's time to get all Johnny Cash on this here guitar. The owner wants it to be translucent black. So I have been applying black stain and then sanding it back. I will then seal it and spray a darker black fade on the edges for dramatics purposes.
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    Ricky that's some pretty neat f holes. I like the Y shape. The plan is to stain the guitar transparent black, still retaining some of the wood showing through. I am also going to top coat it with Tru-Oil. Seems to be a favorite of Big D's. SO far I added the binding and glued the neck on.
  22. Hitone
    I have glued the top on and routed the binding channel. The neck is just set in. I will have a lot of something out to do on the neck. Routed the binding channel and add the biding to the headstock.
  23. Hitone
    Thanks for the comments. Ricky, the F Holes are supposed to be 69's for the 1969's. I'll have to check yours outs. They were a pain to bind. I would totally have made them bigger if I had to do it again. SwedishLuthier, The finish is going to be a transparent black stain, top coated with tru-oil finish. As for the pickups I think he really wanted to go with a pickup that was humbucker sized, in case he wants to change them out later. More build picks coming.
  24. Hitone
    Here's some pics of the neck getting fitted and the components getting mocked up.
  25. Hitone
    Wow. What a build story. You had me on the edge of my seat. I kept asking, what will it look like next? The guitar turned out great. This is a perfect lesson for the new guys that is scared to make a mistake. Sometimes, as you showed, mistakes are merely new directions.
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