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Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:41 pm
by Mike
Wow. Noone actually cares.

I'm going to slit all your throats.

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:47 pm
by Justin J
the stain actually looks way better than i thought it would.

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:53 pm
by Mike
bubbles_horwitz wrote:the stain actually looks way better than i thought it would.
Pictures don't really do it justice either. Thanks for commenting.

These pictures were just with my cameraphone which I ADORE because I take pictures all day long, but it's not the best. When I have like 15 layers of clearcoat on it and I have it up and running I'll dio a proper lame outdoor photoshoot with my Dad's Digital SLR

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:55 pm
by Justin J
it seems to have just the right consistency. i would've thought there'd be way too much grain showing and not be opaque enough.

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 6:58 pm
by Mike
bubbles_horwitz wrote:it seems to have just the right consistency. i would've thought there'd be way too much grain showing and not be opaque enough.
We did some trials with it, basically you dilute it from it's base consistency to thin out the stain as much as you want. turns out it didn't need dilution. It's concentrated form was the effect I was looking for. We applied it with sponges by the way.

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:07 pm
by TheBurbz
Do you have pics of the bridge spacer? I'd like to see what you did.

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:11 pm
by euan
Did you just use grain filler or sand sealer as well after all. I remember you were just going to rock the filler.

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:13 pm
by Mike
euan wrote:Did you just use grain filler or sand sealer as well after all. I remember you were just going to rock the filler.
Neither. I had grain filler but after we sanded it with proper tools the grain just looked too fine for it to be necessary considering the finish we were going for. So we just stained it.

Burb'Z. Sure, I'll take lots of pictures when I'm at my folks again soon. My Dad is a genius.

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:15 pm
by Mike
I think it's because it's grade A quality Ash that Robert scored me. Shit is HARD as fuck. And really heavy.

Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:10 pm
by Thom
That's going to look sexy at hell.
Like you said - great piece of wood.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:05 am
by Richard
Oh wow, that's looking nice. That really is a beautiful body, such a nice grain.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:53 am
by Mike
Richard wrote:Oh wow, that's looking nice. That really is a beautiful body, such a nice grain.
Indeed, Robert really picked me a peach of a bit of Ash to make this body from. The original plan was for it to be a Block Colour of Crisp White, but after I saw the grain I just couldn't cover it up.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:56 pm
by ludger
Mike wrote:
Richard wrote:Oh wow, that's looking nice. That really is a beautiful body, such a nice grain.
Indeed, Robert really picked me a peach of a bit of Ash to make this body from. The original plan was for it to be a Block Colour of Crisp White, but after I saw the grain I just couldn't cover it up.
I haven't been here in a couple of days so kudos on the staining.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:10 pm
by Bacchus
Sure it's a lovely thing. It's ncoe to see a Mustang that's not finished ni a solid pastel colour.

You should try to make it look like this guy's:





























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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:17 pm
by Doog
The finish ain't my cuppajoe, but that looks niiiiiiice.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:19 pm
by luke
That thing would look super hot with a black pickguard. Alas, you're spoiling it with a shitty tortoise shell. Never mind. ;)

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:31 pm
by Mike
Malik wrote:That thing would look super hot with a black pickguard. Alas, you're spoiling it with a shitty tortoise shell. Never mind. ;)
Shut your mouth, foolio. The only thing I might do is try and score some reaaaaaally red tortoise shell to cut a pickguard from. The brown is alright, but I like my tortoise RED. Shame I can't really seem to find any blanks anywhere.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:45 pm
by robert(original)
dude!
that white looks amazing!
im glad that you did that, it would be just wrong to paint it something boring like solid black.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:57 pm
by euan
Man I'm going to have to get some supplies for my body. I'm going to buy the bridge and use my Teles neck as the a make shift one for drilling holes. I've really missed the boat with some amazing weather we've had lately.

Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 8:15 pm
by dodgedartdave
BacchusPaul wrote:Sure it's a lovely thing. It's ncoe to see a Mustang that's not finished ni a solid pastel colour.

You should try to make it look like this guy's:
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best idea yet! :wink: