My first build.

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That is hot, but the front is messing with my brain... Its not flat, I'd love to see the profile to make sure its how I see it!
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Fuck yeah, that is beautiful.
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Bg wrote:That is hot, but the front is messing with my brain... Its not flat, I'd love to see the profile to make sure its how I see it!
Nah it's not flat... I wanted a carved top of sorts but I was limited by the thickness of the timber I had.
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Did you stain the maple darker? It kinda looks like flamed walnut, which ain't no bad thing.
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Sweet thats pretty much I got from the top-pic. Thats so tasty.
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robthemac wrote:Did you stain the maple darker? It kinda looks like flamed walnut, which ain't no bad thing.
Yeah, I ended up staining it darker. Something I learnt is that the more you sand and work on maple, the less the grain wants to pop. Wetting it helps to raise the grain, but even after doing that, I couldn't get the same results that I was originally getting without going darker. I prefer the way it looked in the pic at the top of the thread when I was experimenting, but I just couldn't seem to replicate that later on.

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It looks sexy af in any case
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that looks awesome, great job! What woods have you used? Doing a set neck isn't the easiest thing to start on so well done.

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Lostininverness wrote:that looks awesome, great job! What woods have you used? Doing a set neck isn't the easiest thing to start on so well done.
Thanks! The darker wood is walnut and the flamey stuff is maple.

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That’s awesome mate
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Where are you getting your wood from, thats got some awesome figuring!
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Bg wrote:Where are you getting your wood from, thats got some awesome figuring!
There's a guy on TradeMe who sells veneers. I bought some off him and happened to ask whether he knew a good supplier of some thicker chunks of maple. He happened to have some for a reasonable price so a bought a few metres. Actually, he's got some for sale now https://www.trademe.co.nz/building-reno ... 960d6c-001

The walnut was just a random guy selling some leftovers from a house renovation.

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Amazing work! Love that darker look

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