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It's turned out okay for the first coat! Obviously the dark onyx around the edges needs another coat or two, and some blending with purple along with it, but it's coming together.
Also blacked the ebony facer so all it going okay, I think.
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/aguywitholdcameras/13058215913/sizes/l/
Blending is a lot of work, compared with the mahogany/goldenrod combo. Much more work, but it does blend.
Definitely don't want it any more purple, so I'll have to be careful on the next coat - I'll need to just add black and a tiny, tiny amount of purple - I may even mix the purple with some top coat and test on a scrap piece to see if it let's me blend, but doesn't add much colour.
But I'm pretty chuffed. Tomorrow afternoon, black base coats start going on back and sides, which will hopefully even the colour out after 5 or 6 coats.
Wudtone is odd, in bright, natural light, it's grey and purple but as soon as that drops a bit, everything gets much darker and more like the photo. It makes capturing the look hard...
The front is done totally. Now I just need a couple of base coats on the back and I'm ready to do the neck and top coats. Glad it's finally coming together
Nice one - That looks superb!
I'm sometimes tempted to stain the top of my Hagstrom a dark blue or purple (it's natural quilt maple at the mo), but I suspect by the time I'd stripped the poly varnish off and sanded it enough to be able to be stained I'd probably be through the fancy veneer anyway. Plus the fact that it looks nice as it is and I'd probably just make a complete mess of it!
Just going to work on the back and sides a little, then I can start top coating and doing the neck. Next update will probably be shinier and darker on the back
I'll possibly need to get another bottle of top coat, but it'll be worth it. It's finishing much smoother than the jazzmaster did, albeit with a couple of more 'faded' looking areas. It looks cool though.