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Post by RickW on Apr 23, 2014 0:25:11 GMT -5
The stratocaster is coming along. Sanded to glass smooth, pore filled with timbermate mahogany. Then the tru oil. This is at 13 coats. FIrst one was relatively heavy, and was allowed to cure for a day. The rest have been every 3 to 4 hours, when I'm here, very thin, buffed lightly with 0000 steel wool. Going to keep going - the guys who have the really beautiful high gloss coats are putting on 25 to 40. Just finished my first three ounce bottle, and I have another one ready to go. Then it cures for two weeks, then it'll be buffing with Meguiars Scratch X. But I can't believe how good it looks now. I have a few small flaws here and there, but overall, I'm pretty pleased.  |
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 23, 2014 5:36:26 GMT -5
yup. nice.
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Post by Dub on Apr 23, 2014 7:07:13 GMT -5
Very cool.
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Post by Lonnie on Apr 23, 2014 7:22:32 GMT -5
Lovely!
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Post by Cornflake on Apr 23, 2014 7:46:50 GMT -5
Beautiful, Rick. There's no better-looking finish than Tru Oil, in my view.
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Post by TKennedy on Apr 23, 2014 8:04:18 GMT -5
You are a born finisher. Very nice! With that much oil I'd even think about letting it cure a month or more before rubout.
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Post by mnhermit on Apr 23, 2014 8:06:50 GMT -5
beautiful!
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Post by RickW on Apr 23, 2014 8:34:08 GMT -5
Not sure I could wait that long, Terry.  But even the real fanatics like Todd Pettingill, it's about 2 weeks max. But we'll see. |
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Post by Lonnie on Apr 23, 2014 8:36:29 GMT -5
I am really interested in how this is going to sound. I can't remember from earlier posts, are you going to do single coils in it?
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Post by Marshall on Apr 23, 2014 8:37:32 GMT -5
No. They'll be at least 13 coils. . . . , maybe 24 or 25.
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Post by Lonnie on Apr 23, 2014 8:59:21 GMT -5
No. They'll be at least 13 coils. . . . , maybe 24 or 25. Curb your tongue, knave... |
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Post by millring on Apr 23, 2014 9:27:52 GMT -5
Will it be air-cooled? How about the hydraulics?
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Post by RickW on Apr 23, 2014 9:29:28 GMT -5
Our most excellent friend Marty has sold me two Fender strat pickups for the neck and middle, and an Original Bill Lawrence humbucker for the bridge position, which has at two position pop switch which will in one position sound much like a fender single coil, in the second will be an absolute screamer. Can't wait to see how it sounds.
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Post by david on Apr 23, 2014 11:04:07 GMT -5
Pretty. I have never seen a neck attached like that.
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Post by Marshall on Apr 23, 2014 11:51:29 GMT -5
No. They'll be at least 13 coils. . . . , maybe 24 or 25. Curb your tongue, knave... Tongk curthed. Ith hurthz |
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Post by RickW on Apr 23, 2014 14:07:40 GMT -5
Pretty. I have never seen a neck attached like that. It's a "through" neck. Which just means that the piece of wood that is the neck runs straight through the guitar, from head to tail. The body was glued on as two "wings" to either side, as was the extensions to the headstock. The idea is that you get better sustain, it all being one solid piece. Reality, I don't know, but it simplifies the build for me, as I don't have to try and make a perfect neck pocket, and looks beautiful, to boot. |
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Post by Chesapeake on Apr 23, 2014 14:31:45 GMT -5
Reminds me of the brightwork on my sailboat right now. Not.
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Post by RickW on Apr 23, 2014 14:56:28 GMT -5
Reminds me of the brightwork on my sailboat right now. Not. I like nice wood trim on a sailboat also, but considering the environment and how long the finish lasts, fiberglass starts to look good. |
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Post by Tamarack on Apr 23, 2014 20:47:41 GMT -5
Looks great -- you are a patient man to work thru 25 coats.
(reminds me of the mahogany cockpit coamings on my Dad's sailboats, and of the mahogany Chris-Crafts my grandfather had)
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Post by RickW on Apr 23, 2014 20:52:14 GMT -5
It's actually pretty fast. Doesn't take long to do a coat. That's the beauty of it. It just takes some days of time. It'll be harder when this part is done, and I have to let it cure before I polish.
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But even the real fanatics like Todd Pettingill, it's about 2 weeks max. But we'll see.
