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Now that's a hell of a title. I think that's it's fairly well-known that I've somewhat of a fascination with Japanese instruments made from 1976-1986 in the Matsumoku factory under the Aria Pro II banner. For the last ten years or so I've been making replacement preamp modules for their classic SB-1000 basses, and doing a few complete restorations for clients. The SB-1000 was an active single-pickup four-string bass made in two versions '76-'80 and '80-'86. It was made beyond this time in various forms, and is still made by the current incarnation of Aria Pro II, however the classic -
neck How to give a Maple neck a vintage amber look
ProjectGuitar.com posted a tutorial in Finishing/Refinishing
As I have worked on my “relic obsession” (and make no mistake….it IS an obsession!) One of the biggest challenges that I had was figuring out the best way to get that ambered 'vintage' look. The goal I was shooting for was that of a ’62 Strat neck & the color of the headstock & back of the neck (I wanted to start with a rosewood neck first. I plan on tackling an all maple neck at a later time). The target neck has this cool brownish-goldish-amber finish (that’s quite a mouthful!). I wanted to make it look authentic; not only in color…but REAL vintage necks bring out the grain of the ma -
I’m going to be testing out finishes for a semi hollow guitar I am building one of those being this charcoal burst finish. How would one go about achieving this color finish. My top is quilted maple same as the guitar in the picture. Thank you
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Woods like Maple have some amazing looks when they include figuring. Even when raw, the look is amazing when the light hits it. The figure seems to move around and have real 3D depth to it. Simply oiling or clearcoating figured wood looks a million dollars. Amazing quilted back on an exhibition-grade Washburn acoustic Dyeing figured Maple adds another level of brilliance to the wood. Whilst this is a tradeoff - lessening the chatoyant 3D movement - the colours bring a whole new life to the figure. So how to top-end manufacturers and boutique guitar makers get their tops to re
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I'll give this until the weekend, no interest then its all going on ebay. Paypal only, all sales final, buyer pays shipping, PM if your interested. Purpleheart Blank good for fretboard - $25 DSC_0355 by psychoticsnoman, on Flickr DSC_0356 by psychoticsnoman, on Flickr Ziricote Fretboard $25 DSC_0351 by psychoticsnoman, on Flickr DSC_0353 by psychoticsnoman, on Flickr Curly Maple Top - $30 DSC_0342 by psychoticsnoman, on Flickr DSC_0343 by psychoticsnoman, on Flickr Curly Maple w/ slight spalting $30 DSC_0336 by psychoticsnoman,DSC_0337 by psychotics
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Greetings! I'm new to the forums and have enjoyed looking at all the awesome projects other builders have shared! I'd love to get your opinions of the two new models I just completed. I'm finally fulfilling a long time dream of mine to build instruments as a small business here in Northwest Georgia. I just started the business back in May...we'll see how it goes...baby steps! The first guitar specs: Body: Mahogany Neck: 5 piece Mahogany/Flame Maple Top: AAA Quilt Maple Finish: Midnight Blue/Oil Fretboard: Indian Rosewood/12″ Radius Frets: 24 Jumbo Frets Scale: 25″ Nut Width: 1.75 inch- 3 replies
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So my plan is, I want to do Cocobolo back and sides semihollow with the nice piece of alder 3 inches wide down the middle Long enough to mount the pick ups and bridge too. Now I have to choose a top. I have beautiful 1/4" book matched Curly koa, beautiful book matched 1/4" super curly maple and I have nice very 1/2" Book matched curly black Limba (I could carve a arch Out of this).
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Hi everyone, I'm John. I haven't been around here very long, but I've enjoyed reading many of the threads. It's always a learning experience. I migrated here from the pickup makers forum, and haven't really done anything new since I registered 'til now. I'm a woodworker by trade, but mostly self taught when it comes to building guitars. I'm always working on a low budget, but I have good tools to work with, and a little free time now and then. I'm building a Tele in J'master clothes, or sort of anyway. The body is African Mahogany, Maple neck/fingerboard, 25.5 Scale. I make my
