The world of Wez :)

WezV

well, none of this one is my decision.   Roy is a local guitarist who I am helping with his first guitar build.  probably won't go for 2 strap pins as this one is chambered and we left more wood at the middle for the screw.

WezV

control cavity done.  I made a template for the recess but freehanded the cavity itself

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also drilled for the bridge and added a route  help with the long wiring run on this.   I was going to drill through from the neck pocket, through both pickup cavities right to the top volume location, but my long drill bit wouldn't quite reach, the route under the guard is more in the gibson style anyway.   hopefully the choice of a full width long tenon becomes obvious when you see the gluing area it gives, even if its not traditional

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and a quick mock up

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Deadman

Pheeeewwww. Amazing looking thing Wez.

WezV

cheers fella - still not sure what to do with the finish.   I think it will be cherry red, just not sure whether to do oil or lacquer

speshul91

That really is a thing of beauty

WezV

new style of oil finish I am working with at the moment.  this one gives me colour options. 

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TTony

WezV said:

new style of oil finish I am working with at the moment.  this one gives me colour options. 

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That looks nice.  "WezTone"?

WezV

TTony said:

WezV said:

new style of oil finish I am working with at the moment.  this one gives me colour options. 

That looks nice.  "WezTone"?

yeah, do you want the secret formula?

Stain to colour the wood

Eze-Oil to seal it in

Bri-wax for final polish

the Eze-oil is a bit different to the stuff I use on my wetsanded oil finishes.  It can be used to build on the surface more and dries quite hard.   i did quite a few tests before trying it on a guitar.    this one is really nice and vibrant

TTony

No - you keep the secret

It's not what you use - it's how you use it!

WezV

I made an important addition to the workshop today

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Deadman

I'm lassing for some Grolsch now. Cheers for that Wez.

WezV

its mostly homebrew in the grolsch bottles.  although I do have to drink myself through quite a bit of grolsch to get them and tehre is some in the drawers.   I quite like it.  and its an important year for grolsch!!

The stuff in the fridge from work is:

Carling (brother in law won't drink anything else)

Carling Zest (freebie)

Carling orchard fruit cider (brand new product, actually quite drinkable)

Grolsch (swingtop obviously)

Franciscan well Rebel red

Franciscan Well Friar Weiss

Blue moon

Then we have the homebrew also chilling down:

Lemon wine

Elderflower wine

Sloe Wine

Apple cider/wine

Greengage wine

Smoked Bock 

Honey Porter 

The porter will come out of the fridge a day before drinking, but colder temperatures help the sediment settle.  the rest will be drunk cold

WezV

Moderne neck fretted and glued in.  test fitting a few parts.

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WezV

time for some finish.

I am not grainfilling as I want it to be a bit sunken - thin skin nitro.  I have stained the body with chestnut spirit stain

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and applied a coat of sealer

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CaptainBlack

That's a nice looking colour Wez, could you oil over that?

Shark_Eyes

WezV said:

Moderne neck fretted and glued in.  test fitting a few parts.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/temporary_zps90706800.jpg

What's the LP shaped guitar in this picture? It's ticking a box somewhere in my head.

Loving the all red stain too.

WezV

CaptainBlack said:

That's a nice looking colour Wez, could you oil over that?

I could, although it would darken it more and you have to be carefull not to lift too much stain when applying the oil.  This one will be lacquer though

Shark_Eyes said:

What's the LP shaped guitar in this picture? It's ticking a box somewhere in my head.

Loving the all red stain too.

a long running john birch project.  it was split in two and missing original pickups when i got it, but still played great.  I fixed it up and put a few coats of lacquer on but need to dismantle and finish it properly at some point

WezV

So this is where we end the day.

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I did 2 coats of sanding sealer this morning.  Gave then a light sanding with 400g this evening followed by 2 more coats of the sealer.

all done with left over rothko and frost rattlecan nitro so far.   I have one tin of light amber tint and one tint of clear gloss.  should be more than enough.   will have to see if I bother with the tint or not, I quite like the colour as it is 

WezV

So here we are in unbuffed state - which is how it may stay

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ThePrettyDamned

Ooo like that, don't buff it.  And if you do, don't make it proper glossy, that looks really cool as it is.