PartsPaul project back from the dead!

[6down1togo]

I started a semi-hollowbody guitar project wayyyyyyy back and lost interest in it only to restart it recently. I purchase a sad little tigerwood top/padauk back body off ebay that a luthier started and abandoned. I had a neck built for it and started finishing it by routed the corners of the body and reshaping the neck heel. I proceeded to slather it with Minwax stain in an attempt to get the top and back to color match better. At that point I just wasn't happy with the result and set it aside.

 

The other night, I decided to strip the finish back and start over with the raw wood and Danish Oil . I reworked the neck heel with a bit of thumb contour and really liked the result. I should be putting on the finishing touched soon. Jury is still out on pickguard or sans pickguard.

 

Ugly duckling body with interesting back:

 

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Mounted neck, body contour routed:

 

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[6down1togo]

Slathered on Minwax stain and satin lacquer with all the wood figure hidden:

 

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Stripped and Danish oil finish. Now I get the tigerwood part:

 

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I read that the sanding dust from Padauk is very irritating. Since I was hand sanding, I disregarded the warning. Holy crap, instant sinusitis and sinus headaches from hell. Hard-headed.

 

 

 

 

[Freeman Keller]

The oil really did pop the grain - again, I like that a lot.

[DeepEnd]

That turned out really nice. No "ugly duckling" about it. I'm up in the air about the pickguard too. It looks fine with it but it would also be a shame to cover up that nice looking top.

[6down1togo]

Thanks guys!

 

Yeah, I am liking the oil finish and the way it accentuates the wood figure. I have a number of coats to go before the grain is filled but it is pretty painless to work with.