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I'm sure that it is meant to be "caramel". One of these days, I'm going to come break into your house and flush all your roundover bits down the toilet.

PM before you go, I'm going with you. John will be all NOOOOOOO but we will calm him down with a few beers and he will realise we did it for his own good.

Wow after seeing so many guitars sanded back to reveal crap wood or even plywood it is great to see this one sanded back to reveal such subtle but lovely grain, It will look great in natural, but it wouls also look beautiful stained candy apple red, with a few coats of red lacquer. I'm enjoying this one whichever way it goes.

Yep it took me a few moments to see they were co-joined

Great work PT, wanna show us some more pics of those geetars?

Anyone tried one of these?

Sorry, but I've been trying to figure out what you're getting at for 4 days, but I'm drawing a blank. unsure.gif

There's a remote for women, and it has a volume button that turns down, but not up. I was attempting to turn the remote into a guitar, as you referred to the guitar as "curvy like a woman." So I figured the guitar would be a woman with some attitude, as attitude seems to be something everyone wants in their guitar. Since the woman(guitar) has an attitude, a volume knob would be handy so you could turn her down if she (the guitar) was getting too loud/obnoxious (bitchy).

I think too much sometimes

Wow.

Ok back to reality.

John, I guess you are need that surface mount pickup soon...

You do not need a volume control, just go to the fridge and get a bottle of listening juice

Well i have a good tube amp and i am happy with it but i have been itching for something new and i have been lookin real hard at modeling amps the new fender mustangs seem pretty nice. but i havent event ever had or played with a modeling amp and i was just wanting yall opinions on them. They seem to all get the same mixed reviews either people say they sound sterile or they say they sound great. since for the most part this forum is pretty liberal on this kind of stuff and yall will give it a fair shake i was just wanting to know what yall think of them? modeling amps in general and if you have a sugestion through that in there too but please im on a serous budget here.

Behringer don't make the VAmpire any more but if you can find one second hand, snap it up

Great amp tones, all the effects including harmonizer and a tuner in one box. 45 watts, great for practising in the house but if you hook it up to a 2 x 12 speaker cabinet heaps of power for studio practice. You could easily play smaller gigs with it.

But if you want something even gruntier, try out a combo like this

And try feeding the modeler/effects unit into the preamp rather than the effects return (yes there is an effects loop in that JCM 800) why miss out on all that 12AX7 goodness?

I haven't tried the Vox out, let us know how you go

Great to see so much use of hand tools, craftsmanship.

Good job Tom, that colour does look good on those stripes, that guitar is going to age really nicely.

Did you brush on this finish?

What a silly question. Y'all would have known about it had I bought a spray setup.

Just making sure

Silly? You did buy a spray set up and you did tell us all about it

Great looking guitar, the horns look wicked.

Good job, hope you gave the luthier who helped you a great present

Fantastic, love the strat headstock and 22 frets, are you going to put your logo on?

Your project could turn out fantastic.

Try a syringe with fine needle

to get glue under the fretboard and then clamp it till dry, PVA glue should be fine.

Red stain on the body might look cool.

hey padbug, when you go to the hardware store just ask for some PVA wood glue like Selley's Aquadhere interior

or get Titebond on line, cheers

On the two times I have done it (TOM. Floyd) I have drawn it out life size on paper and set the bridge so that the strings are 1 mm off the 22nd fret with the bridge fully lowered.

If you looked at this as a typical guitar repairman would, like it's a job that came in the front door yesterday, instead of from an 'I'm the artistic creator' point of view, maybe there will lie your answer.

I would ask soapbarstrat or woodenspoke or some other guy who's done neck repairs for 20 freakin' years what they would do, because I know their answer would probably not be what you have suggested.

They will give you a reliable, tried and true answer. It may or may not be an answer you'll like, but it should be realistic.

Not someone who 'builds' necks, but someone who has repaired/refretted/refinished them forever.

A 'shop' or 'industry' guy.

Guitars are supposed to be able to be worked on, ...just like cars.

If you build something that cannot be worked on from a standard repairman point of view, then that might be a clue to your answer.

*raises hand*

I would be really interested to hear from the folks with fretboard repair experience on this one, I have never repaired a fretboard but I have used 2 part decoupage varnish to fill big dings in finish. I spoon the goop into the crater and cover with greaseproof paper, this contours the top of the repair with the area around it. Here is the technique used on my bass neck. The repair is neat but apparent, probably because of colour changes over time in the old finish and sharp edges on the damage.

Whether it would work on your situation Avengers, with smooth transitions and new finish, I don't know. If it did work you could mask off every alternate fret space and do the fix in two goes. Good luck with it

This is looking fantastic, love the shape of the body especially with that headstock.

This just gets better and better.

Fantastic guitar, lots of originality that works.

The last one I bought was an 'Eloyd Rose'

Alrighty, that qualifies you for the Joyful Panda Brand Whammy club

I bought one of these: http://www.gpdusa.com/FEATURED_PRODUCTS-Fl...ial_-_Gold.html

It's probably doesn't hold tune quite as well as an OFR but the differences are incredibly minute.

It's super shiny as well, and the same shape as an OFR, unlike those TRS knockoffs. What more do you want?

That looks good, I didn't buy a Floyd Rose, I bought a Floyd Rosd instead

Paulie, hows your dye holding up?

Holding it's own, still fading, or getting stripped?

SR

Hey Scott. Its still fading

The back is holding up realy well, Including the black. Makes me think there is something up with the maple on the front.

But Oddly enough, the sample piece I done up is still strong as ever. Green & black are still good I just dont get it. has me totally stumped.

Im gona get some more done on the neck, you know - radius, frets, oil, bla bla bla.

Then I rekon I will just strip the body & start over.

You said you have a couple of coats of clear on the body to seal it. Do you have any clear on the sample piece? If not, do you suppose therre is some kind of reaction between the dye and the clear that's leaching the color out?

SR

Na, both totaly the same.

Not like they are even different pieces of timber, The sample is an offcut from making the top for this guitar. has me totaly stumped, cant figure it out at all.

Yep, Here's my stain try outs, you can easily see the stain fade at the side of the bit that has had some lacquer on it on the red piece.

looks like stain doesn't have much resistance to fade until its sealed in.

I e-mailed GF asking about their exchange policy in case the neck/body fit is poor. It looks like they will accept an exchange in that case. I also asked where the neck and body are made. The reply was Asia, which is fine. It's all made with computer controlled equipment. The Mockingbird kit is looking real tempting!

-- Boris

Yep the Mockingbird kit looks great.

damn !! - it's starting to LOOK like a GUITAR!!!!!

It certainly does, and like something I would want to play, keep going MP, you are going to be working like the clappers to get it finished in time but everything is lining up so batteries to power, turbines to speed

On my guitar neck I sanded 7 coats of finish with 600 and 1000 grit, then put a thinned layer on top that didn't need any sanding and buffed that, great way to get zero scratches in the final coat.