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"Originally Posted on: Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:34 pm"
Getting some finish on this beast at present.
Blackwood drop top on Swamp Ash.
It'll be fitted out with gold fittings and a set of Lindy Fralin Blues specials.
"Originally Posted on: Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:34 pm"
Getting some finish on this beast at present.
Blackwood drop top on Swamp Ash.
It'll be fitted out with gold fittings and a set of Lindy Fralin Blues specials.
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That's crisp work there Bob - nice
Love the deep rich hue of that Blackwood and the impeccable finish to boot. I'm finishing off (3/4's built) a Tele for a customer at present too. He didn't want a figured cap though, instead opting for a Qld. Walnut Cap on a pale Blackwood body. Solid Qld Walnut Neck, Ring Gidgee Fretboard and Qld Maple scratchplate to suit. It'll have some custom wound Mick Brierleys in it - a bucker bridge and a P90 neck. Few mods to the standard tele shape as well - lower rounded horn and an angled back headstock of my design.
Look forward to seeing yours finished up.
Jeremy.
Love the deep rich hue of that Blackwood and the impeccable finish to boot. I'm finishing off (3/4's built) a Tele for a customer at present too. He didn't want a figured cap though, instead opting for a Qld. Walnut Cap on a pale Blackwood body. Solid Qld Walnut Neck, Ring Gidgee Fretboard and Qld Maple scratchplate to suit. It'll have some custom wound Mick Brierleys in it - a bucker bridge and a P90 neck. Few mods to the standard tele shape as well - lower rounded horn and an angled back headstock of my design.
Look forward to seeing yours finished up.
Jeremy.
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Man thats a sweet looking cap. Love the Tele, timeless! This one is going to be very smart looking guitar.
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Alan
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It'll look great with the gold hardware.
It's also getting a standard tele tortoiseshell scratch plate.
I know it's going to cover a heap of nice wood but I really don't like the look of teles without the scratchplate.
It's also getting a standard tele tortoiseshell scratch plate.
I know it's going to cover a heap of nice wood but I really don't like the look of teles without the scratchplate.
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Bobity Bobity Bob . Pure Blackwood porn mate, I wish you wouldn't keep waving it in front of me, you know I tear up when I see it. Going to be one sweet looking 'caster with the gold hardware & I've heard good reports about the Fralin's Cool What timber did you use on the back/body?
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Nick - the back is swamp ash. Freight from the US cost almost as much as the wood.
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Oooow Ahhh indeed...excellent work Bob
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"Made in Australia". Bob turns up the Tele, will the headstock be a copy?
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Doh!bob wrote:
Nick - the back is swamp ash. Freight from the US cost almost as much as the wood.
Should have read your original description, I was distracted by the Blackwood porn though
& you are right Martin, we haven't had a good banning for ages! So yes Bob, you're banned
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That's sweet, Bob. You seem to come up with the best looking blackwood!
I'm doin' a Tele right now myself. They're fun, aren't they?
Steve
I'm doin' a Tele right now myself. They're fun, aren't they?
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Got some finish on to it and it's come up pretty well. It didn't behave itself and kept getting pinholes in the finish so I don't know how many times it got rubbed back and re-done. It's probably got 35 coats on it.
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35 coats??
So that's how you get that finish!
...right, I'm onto it.
Thanks Bob, very pretty.
Jeremy.
So that's how you get that finish!
...right, I'm onto it.
Thanks Bob, very pretty.
Jeremy.
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It's usually 10 Jeremy but this bugger was a little intransigent.
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bob wrote:
this bugger was a little intransigent.
I thought the stuff was trans tint?
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It's a thing of Beauty ,Bob. Smile
Looking forward to seeing this one all finished .
35 coats and how many donations into the swear jar for this one?
Looking forward to seeing this one all finished .
35 coats and how many donations into the swear jar for this one?
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Looking good Bob, looks like the time spent on the finish has paid off big time.
Must be the season of the solid body guitar I started on one about a month ago, I love the Tele shape so mine is based on that classic profile too.
Must be the season of the solid body guitar I started on one about a month ago, I love the Tele shape so mine is based on that classic profile too.
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I don't know how many times it got rubbed back and re-done. It's probably got 35 coats on it.
I hope you didn't have to rub back by hand. That'd be enough to drive a man to drink, provide his arms weren't too sore to lift a coldie.
oh yeah, and that blackwood would put a horn on a jellyfish. nice
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Mate - I'm looking like Popeye. I don't use sanders on finish and prefer to do them by hand. But I'm bloody thirsty.
If I could get a pneumatic sander so I could slosh lots of water at it I'd be happy but the pre-cat nitro balls up a bit on dry orbital sanding.
So it's a sanding block and elbow grease. I actually don't mind it and I feel it results in a better finish.
Usually start at 400 then 600, 800,1000 and 1200 before a rub with fine micromesh then it's to the buffer with fine Menzerna. I use one of those small Ubeaut swansdown buffs on the drill press.
If I could get a pneumatic sander so I could slosh lots of water at it I'd be happy but the pre-cat nitro balls up a bit on dry orbital sanding.
So it's a sanding block and elbow grease. I actually don't mind it and I feel it results in a better finish.
Usually start at 400 then 600, 800,1000 and 1200 before a rub with fine micromesh then it's to the buffer with fine Menzerna. I use one of those small Ubeaut swansdown buffs on the drill press.
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Have you ever tried "pulling " the lacquer like french polish. Make up a "rubber" as you do for french polishing and then wet it up with thinners.The action is like polishing and once you get a feel for getting the lacquer soft it can be manipulated around and pushed into the pores.Let it dry again and have a look for more pores.Just like french polish you have to have a bit of a build of lacquer before you start and be careful not to burn through.It takes a while to build it again in that spot if you do.A test piece is advisable but worth the effort.
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