Tweed and Shellac

Hootsmon

Anyone like the relic look on the tweed cabinets?

Lewy

I love the lacquered tweed look. Doesn't have to be reliced/tatty, although a grizzled old tweed amp is certainly a beautiful thing. 

munckee

This is the lacquered in ronseal antique pine look!

https://i.imgur.com/f5YvTIW.jpg

poopot

Shellac and varnish is the way to go:)

shellac going on:

Two coats of ronseal diamond hard satin clear later:

menamestom

I like them lacquered mostly because I really don't like the unlacquered dirty look.

Hootsmon

Poopoo lets see more of that finished amp please

Hootsmon

munckee said:

This is the lacquered in ronseal antique pine look!

https://i.imgur.com/f5YvTIW.jpg

is that a fake bro?

Opps my bad man....it's just the way the light is catching the overlap on the top panel

munckee

Hootsmon said:

munckee said:

This is the lacquered in ronseal antique pine look!

https://i.imgur.com/f5YvTIW.jpg

is that a fake bro?

Opps my bad man....it's just the way the light is catching the overlap on the top panel

No its a fake @hootsman, its a champion 600, I stripped off the old tolex and cut the front to look like a narrow panel made a new baffle and covered it in tweed, it's quite thick tweed@ ;

It's also modded internally to a 5E1 circuit.

poopot

Hootsmon said:

Poopoo lets see more of that finished amp please

No probs.

Amp after tweed put on:

Shellac going on... was amber shellac iirc:

Once the shellac had dried I hit it with a couple of coats of clear satin ronseal diamond hard varnish... be careful to not let it build up around the seams and try not to get any drips anywhere... thin coats!!!!

It’s done 100’s of gigs since then and still looks good!..

Hootsmon

thank you 

Jalfrezi

I shellac'd mine last year, looks great and I really enjoyed doing it.  Gonna use shellac for my current guitar project too...

equalsql

Oh Lordy.. I just love lacquered tweed, especially those smokey finishs. My Blue Jr, 5E7 clone and Swart are all tweed.

I remember lusting after the Fender Smokey tweed blues deluxe a few years ago:

@poopot, how did you manage to get such an even finish with the shellac? It looks gorgeous.

poopot

equalsql said:

Oh Lordy.. I just love lacquered tweed, especially those smokey finishs. My Blue Jr, 5E7 clone and Swart are all tweed.

I remember lusting after the Fender Smokey tweed blues deluxe a few years ago:

@poopot, how did you manage to get such an even finish with the shellac? It looks gorgeous.

just brushed it on tbh... was quite a weak mix tho'

Dominic

Shellac is great .....use it often for French Polishing but really any stain varnish will give you exactly the same look after 2 coats