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Jack FFR1846
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Went and looked at and played a Luke, Silo and JP today, just to get some more feel for shapes. The Luke seemed to have more subtle horn contours, but I've only got a hand belt sander.....so there's no way. Picking up the oil and wax tomorrow. Still bucking the trend with how I'm doing the body (which is taking forever....but that's ok). I'll update pix over the weekend. Got a new idea tonight that just HAS to be considered. Can't even hint what it is till I try it out. I'm sure it'll be a first if it works. 
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Ernieballplayer
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very cool i love these threads.
i love these threads.
Sticky1973
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Excellent.
I love the unique mods that make a guitar more personal.
Stocked up on popcorn and juice for the pics
Jack FFR1846
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Well, the idea I had is getting scrapped. My son's a big skateboarder, which means that I have all these used up maple decks around. The size was right but they are formed and just too formed to work as a pickguard.......I did find material that I liked. More on that once I get a bit farther on that.
Here's the body with stain on and waiting for it to sink in some more. I have hours and hours into staining this thing, since poplar laughs at stain. It's taking, just doing so after hours and hours.
With the stain wiped off. The lighting does not show, but it's much lighter than the pics look.
Neck with the painters tape peeled back. Shows the line between poly and bare neck. I found the Birchwood Casey Tru Oil today. They didn't have the wax....going to have to find that.
I fully removed the pickups, pots and switch from the pickguard today so I can use the old pickguard to trace onto the new material.
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Here's the body with stain on and waiting for it to sink in some more. I have hours and hours into staining this thing, since poplar laughs at stain. It's taking, just doing so after hours and hours.
With the stain wiped off. The lighting does not show, but it's much lighter than the pics look.
Neck with the painters tape peeled back. Shows the line between poly and bare neck. I found the Birchwood Casey Tru Oil today. They didn't have the wax....going to have to find that.
I fully removed the pickups, pots and switch from the pickguard today so I can use the old pickguard to trace onto the new material.
jack
Sweat
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Nice Jack, like what your doing, looking forward to the finished product, try a gun shoop for the wax and\or oil its where i picked mine up at.
TonyEVH5150
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I found the wax at Dick's Sporting Goods. But any gun shop that stocks B-C should have it.
Jack FFR1846
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Ah, excellent....I checked their website and they had nothing listed. I did get the tru oil at a gun shop, but they didn't have the wax.
off to Dick's.
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TonyEVH5150
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Slingy
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Looking good! Love those contours!
ScoobySteve
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Not going for the horns Jack?
C'mon! This may be your only Mod Project for a while.
Live adventerously.
(I am such a bad influence. lol)
C'mon! This may be your only Mod Project for a while.
Live adventerously.
(I am such a bad influence. lol)
Jack FFR1846
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Happy with the stain color now (wow....I thought I'd never reach that point!). Sanded down the black edges to make them smooth (remove the krinkle). This will have paint over it eventually, so wood showing is ok. I do like using the black as a guide, however.
Lots and lots and lots of hand rubbing to smooth and remove any fingerprints from sanding and dust. First coat of urathane on top. Checking out by eye, looks good so far. Paint will go over the urathane. This is a protective coat in case I have to sand off the paint in places....I'll have something between me and the stained wood.
The pickguard material. I really like the grain. Not sure on the color yet....some test cases of different sink in time of the same stain used on the body....
Gotta remember.....inside coils in parallel.
jack
Lots and lots and lots of hand rubbing to smooth and remove any fingerprints from sanding and dust. First coat of urathane on top. Checking out by eye, looks good so far. Paint will go over the urathane. This is a protective coat in case I have to sand off the paint in places....I'll have something between me and the stained wood.
The pickguard material. I really like the grain. Not sure on the color yet....some test cases of different sink in time of the same stain used on the body....
Gotta remember.....inside coils in parallel.
jack
MusicManJP6
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It's looking cooler with every update, Jack! I'm very glad you decided to keep it and make it your own!
Jack FFR1846
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Protective clear done and sanded. First fogging on the back. I'll put a bit more of an arc in where the belly contour is and clean up the overspray in the middle a bit (carefully). I had to do some redoing on the front side and that's cleared over and curing now.
Father's day is coming and I've got to decide if I'm going to 5 way switch it....push pull pot it or both.....
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paranoid70
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Father's day??? You are going to make us wait 2 more weeks?!
ScoobySteve
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Father's day??? You are going to make us wait 2 more weeks?!
This. lol
Keep going Jack! It's looking great!
Jack FFR1846
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Well, the blocks I put under the "guard" to do the fogging showed up as clean spots too much. I re-fogged the back free hand. It's quite a bit more....I'll have to decide if I'm leaving it as-is.....(probably will) or sand down to the protect coat and do it again. I don't want to take the risk of sanding through the protection coat. I'm sitting on this. Still have to get another layer on the front.....I'll probably sand it flat on the front first with 600.
.....and I don't think I'll be near done in 2 weeks. Still want to do a bit more on the neck.
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.....and I don't think I'll be near done in 2 weeks. Still want to do a bit more on the neck.
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Sticky1973
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MusicManJP6
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Keep up the good work, Jack!
Jack FFR1846
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Well, after considering the risk (sanding through past the clear protective coat), I decided that I really didn't like how the fogging came out on the back (not pictured....was way to far in). So I c a r e f u l l y sanded dry with the sanding block. I'm happy to say that I got it all the way I need it to refog. In addition, it's flattened the clear nicely. I put on a heavy coat of clear to build the protective coat back up (just in case). I think I may also use a clear rear cover that I'll build from 1/8" plexi. (I just keep finding more projects in projects.......).
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