Members Belva Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 I went and did it. I splurged on another USA Custom Guitars neck. Same scale, profile and radius. This one is mahogany with 3 per side tuners. It will be going on my green monster, egg dye guitar. It's getting a refinish as well. I got in a hurry and didn't wait long enough for the 2 pieces of poplar to get to know each other. Consequently I had a seam I could feel. It's now been stripped, sealed and primed. Stay tuned. I don't know where this one is gonna go. But I'm thinkin' green with gold mist over the top and gold hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 5, 2010 Finally decided on a color. I'm thinking mint green p/g and control cover would work well. But I'd like to make my sc size humbuckers mint green to match. Standard sc covers are available, but none for sc rails. Any suggestions for finding a paint that would match? Another option is a pearl p/g but that gets expensive. The pups I have are white. BTW I have some gold flakes to mix in with the first coat of clear and I already have gold hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members laramiles19 Posted September 7, 2010 Members Share Posted September 7, 2010 Finally decided on a color. I'm thinking mint green p/g and control cover would work well. But I'd like to make my sc size humbuckers mint green to match. Standard sc covers are available, but none for sc rails. Any suggestions for finding a paint that would match? Another option is a pearl p/g but that gets expensive. The pups I have are white. BTW I have some gold flakes to mix in with the first coat of clear and I already have gold hardware. I love the color itself.Looks simple but impressive.How much have you bought that?. Edit: spam removed. ij Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 7, 2010 How much have I bought what? The color is Duplicolor acrylic lacquer it that's what you mean. 2 cans @ 6 bucks a can. I always follow that with Sheffield brand lacquer that I got at the habitat store here locally. That was 10 bucks for a gallon with some already out of it. This is a builders thrift type store. I think I have enough clear gloss to last the rest of my life. I put it up in canning jars so it should stay good that way a long time. One jar is enough for one guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Nice color choice tele. That's looking really great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 10, 2010 I found some gold fast glitter stuff at my favorite hobby store. I mixed about a half tsp. in with 6 oz. thinned lacquer, stirred the phuck out of it and shot it on the body. It's like a subtle gold metal flake/mist effect. Not sure if it will show up with my cheap ass camera, but once the rest of the clear goes on and I get it polished up it will look way cool in person. Still considering a gold stripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members normh Posted September 10, 2010 Members Share Posted September 10, 2010 What did you shoot it with? Glitter would clog my spray gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 10, 2010 I have an old Devilbiss touch up gun with, I believe, a .06" tip. This stuff comes in 2 different sizes. I went with the small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slunderfungus Posted September 16, 2010 Members Share Posted September 16, 2010 I'm considering doing a swirl job on my HM Strat. Take some of that experience from my house painting days and put it to good use. I have also considered doing a cracked finish like this: ina dark purple and lime green. the green on the bottom so that most of the axe will be purple.sorta like the monster energy drink colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 17, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 17, 2010 I decided to put a gold stripe on this. Didn't like it, took it off. Almost had to start from scratch. Lot to be said in favor of using lacquer. I just used lacquer thinner on the stripe area and did a quick prime and spot touch up. But I did have to re shoot the gold mist and start over with the clear.I'm now going thru the 3 week wait before polish stage. "The Waiting is the Hardest Part." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 18, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 18, 2010 Just a rough idea what the neck looks like. I have some gold PW's. Gettin the itch to play. Need another project to keep my fingers away from this one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cliffordstoll Posted September 20, 2010 Members Share Posted September 20, 2010 so far so good... especially liked the color a lot... but not sure about the neck... can tell you exactly once i would see whole... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 21, 2010 Part of the reason for ordering this configuration is the fact that I have the 3X3 auto trim tuners. I do prefer 3 per rather than 6 in line. The guitar in it's first life had an almost SG sound with the rail pups & individual switches. Hopefully the mahogany/rw will bring a bit more of that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SomeoneYouKnew Posted September 21, 2010 Members Share Posted September 21, 2010 Say goodbye, spammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted October 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 3, 2010 Done. For now. This color shows smudges really bad. I may redo it again. I wanna play the damn thing, not clean it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 Don't redo that tele! It's gorgeous, smudges and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted October 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?I=LXBAX8&P=8 You sure? This product is what I used in gold for the glitter effect that just barely shows up in the pics. I was thinking of using this red over pink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katillac Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 What kind of switching are you using the three mini toggles for? Basic on/off or on/off/phase change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted October 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 Series/off/parallel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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