jamba72 wrote:well, I hate fake veneers so its history now..
How were these veneers fake?
It does look a lot better now.
I had an Epiphone SG which I sanded down, it had veneers on top and back, too..it looked a bit more pricey that way, you know.. interesting selling policy
then sanded this down, too, and voila, there was a nice asian mahagony under, nice looking.
I dont like when a guitar is dressed up unlike it actually is.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:52 pm
by jamba72
who is voting for natural, brown or green?
( the tremolo is chrome, of course..not red..)
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:01 pm
by BillClay
brown all day son.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:04 pm
by brainfur
I dig the yellow, butt green is clean too
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:05 pm
by serfx
stay the course
go green!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:22 pm
by George
I think the natural looks really great. Looks stained there though?
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:28 pm
by jamba72
yeah, natural is nice..if I would hardoil it, so it gets a bit honeyish..
trans white is nice, too, maybe.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:48 pm
by endsjustifymeans
Trans green or bust.
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:42 am
by jamba72
hm, the tremolo block is a bit too tall to fit..it sticks out about 3 mm, is that normal?
is there a good alternative vintage steel block tremolo for the jag?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:58 am
by serfx
i'm not sure.. i only ever had the stock trem block in mine...
and now i've a telecaster bridge on it..
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i did not bother to fill the trem...
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:12 pm
by honeyiscool
jamba72 wrote:hm, the tremolo block is a bit too tall to fit..it sticks out about 3 mm, is that normal?
is there a good alternative vintage steel block tremolo for the jag?
jamba72 wrote:hm, the tremolo block is a bit too tall to fit..it sticks out about 3 mm, is that normal?
is there a good alternative vintage steel block tremolo for the jag?
ay, that look neat, maybe I get this one, but Im in germany..
today I sanded it smooth and tried 2 colors of water based stains from Clou, a dark green and dark nut brown. The green was disastrous, looked slimy green..
I sanded it down again and the brown looks very nice, I think of staining the headstock, too..
the brown also covers the different pieces quite well, better than yellow or green.
tomorrow it gets the first cover of hardoil, the grain will pop out some more, also the color.
In reality it is more homogenous and deeper than on the foto..
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:45 pm
by Pens
The brown is pretty, but as far as the green goes, you know that when you clear coat over a dye it changes it a bit, right? It might not have looked as slimy once the clear was on. Personally, I'd have put a tad of that green with the brown, but then I like ugly looking things.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:52 pm
by jamba72
no, really the green I wanted wasnt available at all, just as a solid color in a can..I did this on a mustang copy last month..
this brown went out neat, the hardoil finish will give another depth..
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:07 pm
by Pens
Cool. What kind of wood are those things anyway?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:21 pm
by jamba72
Pens wrote:Cool. What kind of wood are those things anyway?
I was surprised..this baby looks ash .. sounds awesome..
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:32 pm
by brainfur
man, ur really makin me want to refinish my jackmaster...
did you just sand it all or use a heat gun first?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:39 pm
by jamba72
brainfur wrote:man, ur really makin me want to refinish my jackmaster...
did you just sand it all or use a heat gun first?
of course nobody knows how many pieces your body is made of. You should mind that before sanding .. or is it sunburst?
and, NO heatgun or paint dissolver..a dissolver will go deep into the wood and ruin further finishes..
Sanding is a hard job, but safe, best is to use a wood scraper.
ok, today I just FOOOOCKED UP my finish..
After applying the nice brown color I went for hardoiling it..what a mistake with ash wood, I realized that it just SUCKED up all the oil and that was it.
So I scraped it off completely today for the second time.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:13 pm
by cur
What do you mean by hardoiling? How did this mess up what your stain?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:48 pm
by jamba72
cur wrote:What do you mean by hardoiling? How did this mess up what your stain?
Applying coats of hardoil as finish, I like this more than spray can jobs. But this time it was a mess with the ash wood, it just sucked it, perhaps I should have used another hardoil with siccatives before that.
..lessons learned..Now I have to wait a week till it is completely dry and then we go again..
or is it sunburst?
