FYI Canucks... Nitro here + Neck Pictures...

Painting? Routing? Set-up tips? Or just straight-up making a guitar from scratch? Post here, and post pics!

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wow, imagine a jaguar in this color:
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with a matchingstock!
maple board!
and mint/cream binding!!!!!
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astro wrote:Here's a link to some of the colours you can get in Montana spray paint:

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Yeah, but they're not based out of Canada. I should email see if they have distributors in the area.
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Yea, Montana (oddly enough) is German. And, the only place in the area I have found them is at a graffiti shop, but I'm nowhere near Canuckland. You can also try ebay and online stores, most aren't much more expensive. You should be able to find a lot in Canuckland, since I've seen some AMAZING graff writers over there...

If it's soft paint, tho, jus put some clear on it... Lacquer or some shit.
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robert(original) wrote:maple board!
oh gad, please no.
rosewood, dots 'n' binding would be cool.
maple 'board jags are nothing more than a novelty. the black block ones from the '70s are cool because they're different, but my experience with '70s jags has been less than favorable.
a jag needs rosewood.
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Astro,
Are you talking about the graffiti supply store that's on Mary-Anne, between St-Denis and the Main?
If not, please tell us where, exactly these can be had.

EDIT: Ah! nevermind. I've seen these.
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laterallateral wrote:Astro,
Are you talking about the graffiti supply store that's on Mary-Anne, between St-Denis and the Main?
If not, please tell us where, exactly these can be had.

EDIT: Ah! nevermind. I've seen these.
C'est le magasin Art-Tec, 355 Sherbrooke O
Je n'ai jamais été dans le magasin sur Marianne... comment est-il appelé?
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je suis pas certain du nom mais je sais quils vendents les produits Montana.
It`s kinda awesome because right adjecent to the store, is an art gallery with a wholre fuckload of cool stuff.
I wish I could remember the addy but I can`t...

Thanks for the info.. I`ll go check em out fer sure
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laterallateral wrote:je suis pas certain du nom mais je sais quils vendents les produits Montana.
It`s kinda awesome because right adjecent to the store, is an art gallery with a wholre fuckload of cool stuff.
I wish I could remember the addy but I can`t...

Thanks for the info.. I`ll go check em out fer sure
Somewhere on Marianne between st-Denis and st-Laurent, I'll go look there since it's not a very long stretch of road. I'm curious to see the art gallery, too!

BTW, I love your avatar pic of the 5 roses sign.
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So I got the Nitro from Lee Valley and started fucking around with the neck for the only guitar I have right now. Right behind my house there's a Sherwin Williams depot, I stopped see if they had any stains they showed me a few samples they had on Maple and I ended up picking up this one that looked really nice on their sample. I think it looks alright. The neck is from my Squier Deluxe.

The only reason I removed the logo was because I wanted to completely strip the satin finish, and didn't want that spot to look different (Just in case, wasnt sure if it would made a difference) The stripper ate the plastic around the truss rod, but no biggie, it still looks aight. I couldn't believe how thick the Satin finish was, I was gonna take pics but I had stripper all ever the place and it was messy.

Here are some pics, i did a light nitro coat and like 3 stain coats, I think I will do 3-4 more stain and then final clearcoat. Im going to put one of the '61-'62 Fender Spaghetti decal.

See how white the original neck was...

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Lookin' good.
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