Learning how to build an electric guitar - Page 28

lumberjim · 02-24-2019, 10:02 AM

It's difficult to photograph the color I'm seeing, actually. It's more blue than I can capture. Maybe video in the morning light.

The purple in the knot is pleasing

And I love the way the white stuck to the tiny light grains.

It brightens the overall color, but there's some depth from the contrast.

It looks pretty home made when I get up close, but I think after a couple more coats of straight oil, it will even out some of the blotchy areas and look better. I just hope I don't lose any of the current color when I do that. It's pretty perfect vs what I had in my head color wise.

Griff · 02-24-2019, 10:03 AM

Wow, that is sharp.

Undertoad · 02-24-2019, 10:10 AM

What color pickguard ya got in mind?

sexobon · 02-24-2019, 11:38 AM

FWIW, I'm a fan of that color gradient. Here's pics of my favorite piece of pottery at home to help visualize how some other colors may go with it. One pic on the shelf and another set down on the carpet for an interior view:

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Griff · 02-24-2019, 11:55 AM

Interesting, I wonder how a cranberry pick-guard would look?

Gravdigr · 02-24-2019, 12:27 PM

I'm thinking white, or off-white.

Cranberry would pop, though.

lumberjim · 02-24-2019, 12:49 PM

I have a white one that I've already modified to accept the deeper intrusion of the neck from the mistake I made with the scale length. I was looking at it last night, and I think I want to cut the lower horn off so it doesn't cover that pretty wood.
Maybe like this

sexobon · 02-24-2019, 01:03 PM

There are clear pickguards.

lumberjim · 02-24-2019, 03:58 PM

Yah, but then you'd see inside the cavities. Next guitar may have back routed pick up cavities and controls so I can go without one.

BigV · 02-24-2019, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexobon

There are clear pickguards.

Paint the underside of the clear pick guard black or cranberry or whatever where it covers the cavities. You can extend the design to incorporate any image you like, anything that complements the grain and color on the body that needs protection but you don't want obscured.

sexobon · 02-24-2019, 07:57 PM

Mask off and frost (sandblast) the underside where it covers those areas, put window decals on (H-D?); or, even affix family photos there. Stay away from tacky stuff like hundred dollar bills.

lumberjim · 02-24-2019, 08:49 PM

Or how about this?

I like the creativity though. I've never seen a clear pick guard with the naughty bits occluded. That might look cool. This one has always been light turquoise with a white pick guard, though.

Pick guards are pretty cheap. If the electronics didn't attach to them, it might be cool to have a few choices like phone cases. That could even be a selling point. Just have to design the guitar to mount electronics to the body independent of the pick guard... And maybe come up with a way to change it easily with the strings on.

lumberjim · 02-24-2019, 09:17 PM

When I tested straight oil on the test spots, it made the blue darker, so I did this penultimate coat with oil and white dye only. No thinner. Let it sit for a good hour, then rubbed back. It gets greasy feeling and is hard to wipe. It softens and gets easier as you work at it. The pic in the last post was the dyed oil sitting on it. This is the result:

It's just a little richer

One final coat tomorrow night, then rest for few days, and then I can assemble the fucking thing already.

lumberjim · 02-24-2019, 09:28 PM

The neck! Forgot all about oiling that up.

First coat!

Wow. The lace wood really pops

xoxoxoBruce · 02-24-2019, 10:19 PM

Why is it so red in the last picture?

02-24-2019, 10:02 AM	#406
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	It's difficult to photograph the color I'm seeing, actually. It's more blue than I can capture. Maybe video in the morning light. The purple in the knot is pleasing And I love the way the white stuck to the tiny light grains. It brightens the overall color, but there's some depth from the contrast. It looks pretty home made when I get up close, but I think after a couple more coats of straight oil, it will even out some of the blotchy areas and look better. I just hope I don't lose any of the current color when I do that. It's pretty perfect vs what I had in my head color wise. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-24-2019, 10:03 AM	#407
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wow, that is sharp. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-24-2019, 11:55 AM	#410
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Interesting, I wonder how a cranberry pick-guard would look? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-24-2019, 12:27 PM	#411
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I'm thinking white, or off-white. Cranberry would pop, though. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-24-2019, 12:49 PM	#412
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I have a white one that I've already modified to accept the deeper intrusion of the neck from the mistake I made with the scale length. I was looking at it last night, and I think I want to cut the lower horn off so it doesn't cover that pretty wood. Maybe like this __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 02-24-2019 at 12:55 PM.

02-24-2019, 10:10 AM	#408
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What color pickguard ya got in mind?

02-24-2019, 11:38 AM	#409
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	FWIW, I'm a fan of that color gradient. Here's pics of my favorite piece of pottery at home to help visualize how some other colors may go with it. One pic on the shelf and another set down on the carpet for an interior view:

02-24-2019, 01:03 PM	#413
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	There are clear pickguards.

02-24-2019, 03:58 PM	#414
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Yah, but then you'd see inside the cavities. Next guitar may have back routed pick up cavities and controls so I can go without one. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-24-2019, 07:57 PM	#416
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Mask off and frost (sandblast) the underside where it covers those areas, put window decals on (H-D?); or, even affix family photos there. Stay away from tacky stuff like hundred dollar bills.

02-24-2019, 08:49 PM	#417
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Or how about this? I like the creativity though. I've never seen a clear pick guard with the naughty bits occluded. That might look cool. This one has always been light turquoise with a white pick guard, though. Pick guards are pretty cheap. If the electronics didn't attach to them, it might be cool to have a few choices like phone cases. That could even be a selling point. Just have to design the guitar to mount electronics to the body independent of the pick guard... And maybe come up with a way to change it easily with the strings on. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-24-2019, 09:17 PM	#418
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	When I tested straight oil on the test spots, it made the blue darker, so I did this penultimate coat with oil and white dye only. No thinner. Let it sit for a good hour, then rubbed back. It gets greasy feeling and is hard to wipe. It softens and gets easier as you work at it. The pic in the last post was the dyed oil sitting on it. This is the result: It's just a little richer One final coat tomorrow night, then rest for few days, and then I can assemble the fucking thing already. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 02-24-2019 at 09:58 PM.

02-24-2019, 09:28 PM	#419
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	The neck! Forgot all about oiling that up. First coat! Wow. The lace wood really pops __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-24-2019, 10:19 PM	#420
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why is it so red in the last picture? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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