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Originally posted by wuapinmon View PostAs a followup, I decided to ask my daughter what she thought of the guitar's sound. She wisely told me that she didn't want a guitar for Christmas, that she'd wait until her birthday in the hope that we could go to a guitar shop and let her play different models and decide which one feels the best. She said, "I love you, papi, and I'd be grateful for whatever you got for me, but I would prefer to pick my next guitar."
A grown up request like that means that we'll wait for her birthday.
Good for your daughter. Guitars can become very personal. That's why my Tex Mex strat that I've had for twenty years gets played the most in spite of the fact I own several guitars that costs four times as much.
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Originally posted by Sleeping in EQ View PostDamn.
I jacked up my Floyd Rose bridge. I stripped the locking unit down on the bridge (the allen wrench port for the first string at the end of the bridge; the one that tightens the block and holds the end of the string).
Am I in for a complete bridge replacement?
I also scratched the pick guard on my Taylor. I've seen YouTube videos of people ungluing those with a hair dryer, but is that really a good idea?
I live near one of the premier musical instrument outlets in the nation. It's a mall of music. They have a skilled luthier, and a responsible repair department (no zit-faced teenagers mangling the axes). I've used them before and I trust them.
Should I try to fix these myself, or should I just get out my wallet?
Damn.Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.
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Originally posted by old_gregg View Postbro pickguards are made to get scratchedWe all trust our own unorthodoxies.
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I've been building guitars for quite some time. When it comes to finishing I usually will only work with old-school nitrocellulose lacquer based finishes. Not sure why but I've become fascinated with metal flake finishes. Shooting nitro isn't easy but shooting metal flake is another animal entirely. If your prep isn't perfect it's not going to work. I decided to learn by building a partscaster. A partscaster is simply a guitar assembled from a pre-made body and neck instead of making them yourself. I picked up a rough body straight off a CNC machine and spent a lot of time shaping and sanding. I sanded to 400 grit and then applied several coats of automotive grade primer sanding in between each coat. I then shot three coats of black automotive grade basecoats again sanding in between each coat. You need a spary gun with a large tip to shoot metal flake so I picked up a new gun from 3M that allows the use of disposable plastic tips in various sizes rather than having to clean various tips and needles on regular spray guns. In this case the flake was 0.015" and was shot with a 1.8mm tip. I wanted to do this one up right so I used a very expensive clear from House of Color. It's generally used by the hot rod finishers. I mixed in a bunch of flake and then shot several coats to get the effect pictured below. Keep in mind the paint isn't orange, what you're seeing is just the flake on top of the black basecoat. This thing pops the way it does because you can slightly see the black beneath the flakes.
I ordered a really cool roasted maple neck from Warmoth for this build. The front of the headstock is going to get the same treatment.
This is where I am so far:
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Shaka that is gorgeous. Do you have paint booth set up? how did you do that? I built one once with pvc and plastic sheeting using a house fan to create some negative pressure but it was a pain to put up and store. what do you use?
that body is gorgeous. will you sell it?PLesa excuse the tpyos.
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Originally posted by creekster View PostShaka that is gorgeous. Do you have paint booth set up? how did you do that? I built one once with pvc and plastic sheeting using a house fan to create some negative pressure but it was a pain to put up and store. what do you use?
that body is gorgeous. will you sell it?
I don't have a booth. I do have a spray tent I can set up anywhere. However, it's been in the mid-sixties here in South Jordan and not very windy so I'd prep in the garage and then walk outside to shoot. Outside worked out well because the flake gets everywhere. and I'd rather not have it in the garage or house.
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Originally posted by creekster View PostIs that a warmoth body?
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Originally posted by old_gregg View Postwarmoth is cool. would love to do a fiesta red strat with a relic nitro neck.
If you want to do partscasters on the cheap All Parts and Mighty Mite make decent necks and bodies. You will need to do some fret work with them as the details aren't quite as good as a Warmoth or USACG. Once you have the frets dressed though they are excellent.
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