Members Average_Joe Posted November 3, 2009 Members Share Posted November 3, 2009 Rustoleum has a series of paints that are made to to look like f'ed up paint jobs. Cracked finishes, hammered and antique finishes.http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=81 Of course that would only help if you was starting from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted November 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 3, 2009 I saw those & considered it. But it doesn't really give the look I want. Now I'm definately going for the old hotrod look. Part of my motivation is to use up the pack ratted stuff I have. The gold I had one can. Not quite enough. I do still have lots of the high build primer as I also have a running truck project. I have some flat black enamel to do a racing stripe and the abs for a p/g & cover plate. I don't want to spend any more $$ if possible. I'm right at a bill now. I'll be using Minwax satin poly topcoat. That's left over from the neck on my last guitar project. I have about 1.5 cans of it left. I'll then have room to start pack ratting more stuff! But I don't have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted November 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 Progress. I like this a lot better. Wait a few days & satin clear. The last pic is my shop helper. She gets upset when I'm painting as I won't let her in the shop. I haven't found her a respirator yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoldierStape01 Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 *Drools* That there my friend is coming out nice.... Oh and cute dog too... I will have to throw some pics here and there of my pack... lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katillac Posted November 5, 2009 Members Share Posted November 5, 2009 Whoa, wait a sec here! Is the pickguard and rear panel cover made from the linoleum you mentioned before? It looks more like formica counter top laminate. At first glance, it reminded me of anti-skid stuff like used on skateboards and stairs, but it's a bit shinier than that stuff. Great lookin' pup! :love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoldierStape01 Posted November 5, 2009 Members Share Posted November 5, 2009 Good eye katillac. What did you use tele? I like the look of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cx04332 Posted November 5, 2009 Members Share Posted November 5, 2009 Very nice paint and pickguard! The stripes are perfection. What sort of tape did you use to mask the stripes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted November 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2009 First, I'm glad you like my shop helper. She's all growed up now & a very good girl. 40 lbs of attitude. For tape I used 1" 3M painters tape with 1/4" fine line tape down the center. Around here the fine line stuff is only available at automotive paint stores. The p/g material is from a scrap of textured ABS plastic I had, you guessed it, packratted away from another project. It's perfect for the over all look I'm after. And it cuts with tin snips. I'd like to run some motorcycle style exhaust pipes from the pickups toward the bridge area. I still don't have a clue what to use or how to do this. Kat came up with an idea to make knobs out of some model wheels. That is a definate will do. The guitar still has to be playable, so the pipes may not happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoldierStape01 Posted November 5, 2009 Members Share Posted November 5, 2009 Well I finally got around to posting some pics of the whole pack! These are our 2 Rotts at like 3 1/2 months... Left - Diesel, Right - Max. They are from the same litter... This is our one Beagle or as we call her the Bagel, Harley. She is insane. She wrestles the big dogs and usually wins too... Our normal sized Shepherd King. He is such a whiney ass, like all shepherds. And this... well this is Duke... If there was a toy shepherd breed he would be it. We got him to do S & R training with, as I am a Volunteer Firefighter and EMT, but he was inbread... so, he has some spinal problems and can't do that, but is just so happy about life... Just for the humor value.. I was doing a setup the other night for a friend of mine that was over and jammin for a bit. I turned around and Diesel was sitting here, taking the 'Boss' position. lol.. I said what are you doing and he just groaned and barked like 'Get back to work!!'. Such a slave driver! We have one other beagle/greyhound mix but I don't have any good pics of her right now... At any time I usually have 3-4 of these guys in my shop at a time. They have 3 beds along the one wall that they lay on and actually are very gentle and know better than play around instruments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted November 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2009 Nice family, Soldier. If you're like me they are all spoiled ROTTEN. Hey Mods, back off. We're a big family here & have a right to post pics of our "children" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoldierStape01 Posted November 5, 2009 Members Share Posted November 5, 2009 You have no idea... I can't even make a lunch meat sandwhich for myself with out pyring eyes... lol... and they all get in a line and sit and wait.. they know if they come up and bother me they wont get anything but if they are good and wait I will give them each a piece of bread with cheese and bologna or ham... lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted November 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2009 They aint spoiled. Just well taken care of. Dutchess is a little helper. That's why she gets pissed when I lock her out of the shop. How can I get anything done without her supervision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted November 24, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 I finally finished this beast. I decided not to do stripes. With this pickguard it would just be too much IMO. Hey John Watt, I started this project about a month after you & your "new paradigm" guitar first showed up here. All I have left is the typical fine tuning that's needed on any new build. But it plays good, sounds good & looks cool. And we STILL haven't seen your piece of {censored} completed. WTF? In layman's terms that means what the {censored}? Are you lacking the skills to finish it? If so, GET DA PHUCK OUTTA HERE! You don't belong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimK Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 I dig it man! That color scheme isn't really my cup of tea, but it sure looks nice all put together. Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ConfessorT Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 +1. Nicely finished and again even if it's not my personal taste I like the quirky little details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 Nice Job CT. Can you post a few open chords (not a song) so we can hear, maybe just plug into your sound card so we can hear it clean? if You use the Mic input and turn the volume down it should sound half way decent then just record like 20 seconds so we have an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roycew93 Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 Looks great! I give it a big two :thu: How about a full view shot too, you know neck and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoldierStape01 Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 I like the Vol/Tone Knob accents . Although the stripes were very nice I agree not keeping them with the PG choice. Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted November 24, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 WRG, thanks for the tip on recording. I'll see what I can do. This one sounds HUGE! I think the soft wood took the high end edge off of the Dream 180 pups. BTW I ordered a Kne body to replace the hardtail conversion on the Brunzwik. I'll always know the current body has fill pieces and I just can't let that go on. Brings up another question. The body is a rear route and I'll be hard mounting three sc pups. I have zero experience with hard mount pups. Do you just cut blocks of wood to get the height you need? Surgical tube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 WRG, thanks for the tip on recording. I'll see what I can do. This one sounds HUGE! I think the soft wood took the high end edge off of the Dream 180 pups. BTW I ordered a Kne body to replace the hardtail conversion on the Brunzwik. I'll always know the current body has fill pieces and I just can't let that go on. Brings up another question. The body is a rear route and I'll be hard mounting three sc pups. I have zero experience with hard mount pups. Do you just cut blocks of wood to get the height you need? Surgical tube? Build looks great! On to your next question. There are two ways I know of. Direct mounted to a block of wood with the pup screwed down tight. The only adjustment there would be shimming the pup. Or you could mount the pup over a block of springy foam. Then screw the pup into the wood. That will give you a small range of adjustment, the foam acts as a spring. This is a pretty standard method for mounting pups without a PG or rings. My epi bass is actually configured this way. Not sure if the mounting you use will affect tone at all though, but for the ease of setting up the guitar, and tweaking the setup i'd go with the foam method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 Theres a few other ways. Like my telecaster neck pup, you can use a wood screw that spins freely through the pickup hole then a spring on the screw between the wood and the pup. Surgival tubing would be the same thing. Gibson Deluxe guitars with mini humbuckers or P100s did it a littel different. They put a threaded flat piece of metal at the bottom and used machine screws through it to adjust height of the pups. Any of these including the cut up mouse pads Mr Brown mentioned will work. I kinda think the sprongs may be the best if you want maximum sound transfer, the pads or tubing may absorb a littel vibration but could be good if the pups have microphonics issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted November 24, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 So the foam would have to be something harder than neoprene & softer than styrofoam? I'm not sure where to look for this type of material but it sounds like the best option. After taking inventory I know I don't have anything in my PRS stash. I do have copious amounts of wood. And once I determine ideal pup height I generally leave them set. This build was dirt cheap and I have some work now. So my next one will get a nice set of pups. I'm thinking about the GFS lil killers. And, damn it, I just got a new mouse pad & threw the old one away. First rule of packratting: NEVER throw anything away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 So the foam would have to be something harder than neoprene & softer than styrofoam? I'm not sure where to look for this type of material but it sounds like the best option. After taking inventory I know I don't have anything in my PRS stash. I do have copious amounts of wood. And once I determine ideal pup height I generally leave them set. This build was dirt cheap and I have some work now. So my next one will get a nice set of pups. I'm thinking about the GFS lil killers. And, damn it, I just got a new mouse pad & threw the old one away. First rule of packratting: NEVER throw anything away! I had to replace the foam on my epi bass and I had some medium density egg crate style packing foam. It worked just fine. Any thing that's firm enough to keep the pup from moving but not so firm that it strains the pup mounts will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 Old mouse pads are made of the perfect rubber for adjusting pup height, But I'd go with the springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katillac Posted November 26, 2009 Members Share Posted November 26, 2009 Wow, how did I miss all the additional pup pics posted by Chris? :love: !!! You have a full kennel going on there! I'm flattered =)What kinda car did you get the wheels off of? That reminds me... I really need to get that pick guard cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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