Projects in the pipeline thread!

[bender]

Thanks. Guitar's not bad either, eh?

Ha! Comma joke.

[jeremyb]

Thanks. Guitar's not bad either, eh?

[AiRdAd]

That looks insane willow! Is that the dying finished, or you've got some more to do?

no that finish has now been sanded off to finish the carving of the top...hopefully will get some done on the weekend

Ok. Good idea. A bit of a practice run. You'd be really happy with the way it turned out.

[Jay]

no that finish has now been sanded off to finish the carving of the top...

So just a test finish then right? Will you use it for the final finish?

[willow13]

no that finish has now been sanded off to finish the carving of the top...

So just a test finish then right? Will you use it for the final finish?

I am starting to think no. The more I look at it the more it looks like a fake paint flame thing....

I have finished carve, now I am applying the soak coats to pop the grain so currently it looks like this (it is a bit more purple than the photo makes it look)

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then will sand, do a darker coat in the centre, sand then rout pick ups etc and then decide what the final top colour will be

[Jay]

am starting to think no. The more I look at it the more it looks like a fake paint flame thing....

AGree, with such a nice flame I personally prefer the natural finish, perhaps a light honeyburst....

I must have missed the previous bits, but what is it going to be?

[AiRdAd]

I liked the way the flame came up almost looking like two colours.

[willow13]

I must have missed the previous bits, but what is it going to be?

haven't posted any info yet, will start a thread soon

[Molly]

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[Starfire]

Made some good progress assembling the Tele tonight. Neck is on, pickguard, bridge and control plate fitted and aligned nicely. Bridge will come off again tomorrow to be filed to work with the Bigsby. Then it's just Bigsby and strap buttons to fit, and I have a functioning guitar barring pickups. The plan is to make sure everything is working and set up properly before I go ahead and order them.

No pics from me. Maybe a fence shot tomorrow when it's all together.

[Starfire]

Got the Bigsby fitted today and had my first experience of what an annoyance they are to string. Need some grooved saddles as the strings don't like to stay lined up properly on these smooth steel ones.

Here's a pic:


I definitely notice a sound difference with the Bigsby, and it'll be interesting to hear how that translates when amplified.

[StrummersOfThunder]

Epic!

[Molly]

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[Bg]

Nice....