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6th April 2008, 05:16 PM #31Senior Member
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Thanks for taking the interest fellas,
Blacklab, I have to deliver these in the beginning of June, however I hope to get the single cut away finished before that. The double is a little further behind. I was planning on having them both finished by now, however time is a little short at the moment with work etc.
Deano. I have to agree with the binding comment. It is alot more difficult to work with than I originally thought, but worth it if you are willing to put the time in.
Will keep the updates comming,
Peter
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20th April 2008, 02:31 AM #32Senior Member
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Got some progress pics,
Got the top rough carved and the rear cavities routered. Just have to fit the covers on and the back is done (other than alot of sanding).
Keep building everyone.
Peter
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24th April 2008, 07:33 PM #33Senior Member
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Hi,
have got the top carve finished and rough sanded. The figure in the top is already starting to pop, to my pleasure. The body is quite light, which my sister will love. She always complains about how heavy solid bodies are... and so she begged me to builder her a custom. Actually thats a lie. I begged her to build it for her.
Cheers,
peter
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24th April 2008, 08:17 PM #34Complete Novice
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24th April 2008, 10:20 PM #35
Excellent Peter. Simply great results.
It literally doesn't get better than figured blackwood with a contrasting lighter binding. Your pics show close attention to detail and it shows in your build quality.
I'm loving this one to bits !!!!
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24th April 2008, 11:04 PM #36
Very nice carve peter. I'm looking forward to some more progress pics
DeanooooooDeano
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24th April 2008, 11:44 PM #37
Really nice work Peter, that body looks great.
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25th April 2008, 12:03 AM #38
"pop" is an understatement!
Lovely timber, excellent top!
Though I feel like I've seen enough of single cut-aways for the time being...Cheers!Mongrel
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26th April 2008, 02:25 AM #39SENIOR MEMBER
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looks excellent. the carve looks perfect, as does the timber.
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27th April 2008, 09:40 PM #40Senior Member
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Thanks for taking an interest fellas,
Tim, The body is scaled down 10% of a normal sized Les paul, however the weight is mostly due to the combination of reduced thickness (35mm at edge and 47mm at centre) and heavy chambering. There is a picture of the chambering at the beginning of the thread if you're interested. Not sure of the finish. Will be a gloss, however I am going to test a few options on a piece of scrap. Most likely natural, however I might use a subtle stain with the top.
Got the neck glued on and most of the rough sanding done, however still alot more sanding to go. Got pics below.
Peter
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27th April 2008, 10:31 PM #41SENIOR MEMBER
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looks excellent. the timbers have similar tones which should work well (once you have some hardware to break up the brown a bit).
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28th April 2008, 07:14 PM #42
ol' Mr Gibson (or whoever it was) got it right didn't he! 50 years on and were still "referencing" them.
Some things can be called "iconic" and "classic", this is one of them!Cheers!Mongrel
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28th April 2008, 07:18 PM #43
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12th May 2008, 10:53 PM #44Senior Member
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Hey guys,
Have sprayed a few coats onto a piece of scrap to test. I was wondering your opinions on the best. they are not much different. The first is with no stain and the second is with stain. I used a tinted grainfiller, so the two pieces turned out a very similar colour, just that the stained is slightly darker.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts (both positive and negative),
Here's the first,
And the second,
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12th May 2008, 11:18 PM #45
Always hard to gauge from a pic, instead of the 3d twist and scrutinize method,
For mine, I prefer the top one. Could be the light hitting from a different angle and all but the first seems to give off and show off the medullary rays that little more, which also gives off a wider rainbow of colour.
I think in the pic, the main difference from the two are highlighted by
opposite grain reflection from one side of your test-piece to the other.
if you took another pic of number two but turned it upside down, that would look very much like the first and give off lighter mudullary colouring. Make sense ? grain direction ...yada......
What did you grainfill with ?
BTW.................It looks Gooooooooooood !!!!!!
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