Plays like shit but it's really pretty
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Hell yea you did! And I applaud your bold choice to not bury that top in gloss. It looks like one of those intense pencil drawings. Take it to the nearest guitar shop and pay the set-up guy to do his magic.
This thing plays like a dream and I promise you that is not my fault.
That's sick dude wow! I like the stripes over the wood it looks sweet.
What you're seeing here is 4 layers of rattle can satin lacquer and then I wet sanded with 2000 grit to knock down the orange peel. The dye job is sage green Rit dye, it came out this blue grey color that I wasn't necessarily targeting but it looks sick nonetheless, I am definitely not complaining. I left the neck unfinished , I have to do something with the headstock but I hate the feeling of finished necks so I left it raw. I ordered some tools to level and dress the frets I think it'll be better after that ๐ค๐ค
The stripes are red oak (stained grey) and yellow poplar (stained blue) for a top over what was the spruce cabinet of a 60s transistor organ. Neck, hardware and electronics are all Chinese. The chickenhead knobs cost more than the pickups, but I love how those filtertron clones sound. I did put orange drop caps on the pots though. Lots of variation on the tone knobs.
Holy shit dude that's legit as fuck!
Thanks. That's what swallowed my time one summer about 9 years ago.
I've used Tung oil on maple necks for the same reason.
Tru-Oil works fine if you just put a coat are two on, basically as a sealer.
If you're using mahogany for the neck you might want to grain fill first.
But yea, I swear the hardest part of making a guitar is getting the neck right and doing a good setup.
It is a mahogany neck, I sanded it to 400 and it feels good! I gotta get something on there though. I'm going to dry tung oil I think they sell it at Lowe's
They def sell it at Lowes. Get the regular old generic tung oil. Two or three coats with some 0000 steel wool. Let dry between coats and you'll be set.
After it hardens if it starts to get shiny, just hit it with some green sink scrubby to knock back the slickness.