trubl Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Been a while since i've been on here. just wanted to post up the latest and greatest. Specs: 2 piece ash body bolt on, 5 piece neck - maple/wenge pao ferro fingerboard custom made TDM Pickups 8 string humbuckers, plastic EMG style covers Hipshot bridge, hipshot locking tuners bone nut stainless steel fret wire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Oh man, that's quite the beast. What scale length did you work to? It looks quite short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 That body looks great! I like the colors and grain fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I concur. Care to share your method of achieving that finish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trubl Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 the scale is a porky 28.5" to me it feels almost bass-like. the width of the neck is massive... same nut/heel specs as the ibanez rg2228 but 1" longer in scale. as far as the finish goes, what I did was i dyed the top and bottom black and sanded it back, keeping the dye inside of the grain lines. Then i sprayed 3 coats of pretty heavily pigmented lacquer, thinned about 5%. The trick there was to get coverage but not a heavy build. Then I laid 3 coats of sealer over top of the white to provide a durable working surface and then colored the grain in with black wax inlay filler (the stewmac kind), wiped the excess with a paper towel and then removed any splotches on the white with a piece of super fine steel wool (hence the reason for the sealer)... then came 6 sealer coats and 5 lacquer coats. the thing about pre-dying the wood is i found that with a light build of base coats, the majority of the black still stick out although i did a post filling so it was possibly done in vain. I tried various methods before i found this, though... tinted grain filler was just messy and ruined the white and relying on dye alone under the white base coats didn't work out to my advantage either... so it was definitely a learning experience. i gave it to my customer and left for a business trip to oklahoma but when i get back, he wants luminlay side dots and i have to make a truss rod cover along with figuring out a logo design for the headstock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-gjdk- Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Nice build! I enjoy the way one of the wenge stripes goes right to the tip of the headstock. That finish is striking with all black hardware, thanks for the detailed how-to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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