Old Black

PeteC

Fantastic work as always Wez.  Very inspiring.  Its hard to tell but the scratchplate on the original looks as though there are some
pretty significant scratches at about a 45 degree from the strumming hand. But because if the way the light falls on that pic its hard to make out how defined they are 

amazed you managed to get that skunk stripe looking so neat all the way through the body and neck (well,
not amazed you did it - just amazed full stop ! ) 

WezV

I still need to figure out the plate.   It still needs something more

Kittyfrisk

WezV said:

I still need to figure out the plate.   It still needs something more

Might this be of any help?
I was thinking of it possibly giving a faux 'brass underneath' part worn through look to the scratch plate.

WezV

This is where i am at so far.

Based on this picture, you can clearly see an area worn right through to the brass base material


I've drawn on similar wear with a sharpie


And the engraved it in with the dremel graver.  This should allow me to but some scratch filler in the marks and look a dirty brown colour, if not brassy


the bit i might struggle to do is the  worn through layers of plating on top of the brass, but that is what i am workign on now

WezV

a light sanding, some fake dirt, and a dip in bleach

impmann

I hope you lined the scratch line up with the arc of the bigsby arm tip, as that is what caused the original one... it'll look odd otherwise.

WezV

it lines up pretty closely with that.

PeteC

definitely getting very close - maybe the oval swirl goes ever closer to the top lip of the plate ? 

WezV

Im trying not to overdo that.  

davros

It looks like it really needs polishing up in the worn areas - the 'oval' and the tip.

WezV

Yeah, gonna try some polish as a next step. 

roberty

Looks virtually identical to the top photo to me

stickyfiddle

At this stage I feel like it's important to give it some authentic actual play wear from a real guitarist. I am happy to take on this important task for the low fee of absolutely no money at all. Should take me about 3 years, ok?  

(awesome work... can't wait to see it finished)

rustneversleeps

It’s a great piece of work,you should be proud of your skills.Looks like it’s nearly ready for “Down by the river”or Cortez the killer.Be interesting to see what song it debut’s on.

glt56

rustneversleeps said:

It’s a great piece of work,you should be proud of your skills.Looks like it’s nearly ready for “Down by the river”or Cortez the killer.Be interesting to see what song it debut’s on.

Probably "Cinnamon Girl" 

bad_alice

WezV said:

a light sanding, some fake dirt, and a dip in bleach

This is going to be such a goddamn cool LP.
Hmmmm...re the "brass showing through" area? Now that you've dremeled it, I wonder if painting in some Humbrol brass/gold metallic enamel paint, then letting that dry before sanding it back until you're happy with the result might get closer to the outcome you're hoping for?
To be clear, I've never done this, but a quick check online at a couple of model building threads does suggest you can sand this, in fact that's standard practice for modellists, and that might offer up the cool option of a metallic look.
Failing that, some brass leaf might work too. Easy to glue on but obviously pretty fragile. Plus it might require a few layers of clear coat to ensure it remains intact? Not sure how that would affect the rest of the pickguard though...

Thanks so much for this thread regardless @WezV ;;;it's a joy to watch this project some together.

rustneversleeps

glt56 said:

rustneversleeps said:

It’s a great piece of work,you should be proud of your skills.Looks like it’s nearly ready for “Down by the river”or Cortez the killer.Be interesting to see what song it debut’s on.

Probably "Cinnamon Girl" 

glt56 said:   

Probably "Cinnamon Girl" 

And the list goes on 

ICBM

glt56 said:

Probably "Cinnamon Girl" 

Shouldn't really be - I saw Neil & Crazy Horse on the Psychedelic Pill tour, and Cinnamon Girl was the one song he *didn't* use Old Black on... he used his goldtop. (Probably because it's in a different tuning, although I'm not sure.) Anyway, it sounded better than Old Black .

SteveRobinson

ICBM said:

glt56 said:

Probably "Cinnamon Girl" 

Shouldn't really be - I saw Neil & Crazy Horse on the Psychedelic Pill tour, and Cinnamon Girl was the one song he *didn't* use Old Black on... he used his goldtop. (Probably because it's in a different tuning, although I'm not sure.) Anyway, it sounded better than Old Black .

Cinnamon Girl is double drop D I think

stickyfiddle

SteveRobinson said:

ICBM said:

glt56 said:

Probably "Cinnamon Girl" 

Shouldn't really be - I saw Neil & Crazy Horse on the Psychedelic Pill tour, and Cinnamon Girl was the one song he *didn't* use Old Black on... he used his goldtop. (Probably because it's in a different tuning, although I'm not sure.) Anyway, it sounded better than Old Black .

Cinnamon Girl is double drop D I think

Yep. Lovely tuning