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Post by Infinite Ego on May 11, 2012 10:17:40 GMT -5
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Post by ck1 on May 11, 2012 10:41:15 GMT -5
Sweet!
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Post by aliensporebomb on May 11, 2012 13:42:19 GMT -5
Very nice. I was considering doing that (getting a super sweet Warmoth neck) with the VG-caster but the existing neck once I cleaned 12 years of dust and crap off it was a lovely piece of wood.
That fretboard! Yow! Still might put one together someday anyway.
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Post by brucestevens on May 11, 2012 14:29:52 GMT -5
Nice wood. Love the board.
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Post by Infinite Ego on May 11, 2012 14:36:47 GMT -5
I sorted through a virtual stack of fretboards online (you can pick the actual wood blank you want) and they were all pretty meh....until I got to literally the bottom of the heap...and there it was....wow
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Post by chromedinette on May 11, 2012 15:21:22 GMT -5
I have had a couple of Warmoth necks, and they have been great.
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Post by chrissh on May 12, 2012 12:41:24 GMT -5
Cool! I've had a few Warmoth parts over the years and was always pretty happy with them.
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Post by Infinite Ego on May 12, 2012 12:56:40 GMT -5
Well, the intention was to go with a vintage cream white or a coral but you can't get a true (fake) Fender coral .... there never was a true coral color....it was supposedly faded fiesta red....but the coral on the market doesn't get the job done. I want to pick up the green and blues in the abalone so I'm going with turquoise ocean + tortoise shell pickguard.....I usually stick with a white guard but the blue / green + white will give it a cooler tone and I want to preserve some of the warmth in the kingwood.
Speaking of kingwood, the feel of it is unreal. Feels kind of like a very dense maple ....very, very smooth.
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Post by chrissh on May 12, 2012 13:08:58 GMT -5
Blue against the browns of the fretboard and pickguard will highlight the whole bolt-neck aesthetic. It's a good look.
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Post by Infinite Ego on May 12, 2012 14:04:44 GMT -5
Blue against the browns of the fretboard and pickguard will highlight the whole bolt-neck aesthetic. It's a good look. Yeah, I hope so. That's the plan. I think the tortoise shell thing will push it in the right direction. But it's going to take WEEKs to get the finish right. Just ordered the stuff today. Nitro laquer  |
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Post by chrissh on May 12, 2012 14:18:32 GMT -5
Trad nitro had a learning curve for me too. Filling, priming, orange peel, sanding through coats, clear coating, checking. Pristine finishing is a true craft.
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Post by Infinite Ego on May 12, 2012 17:05:33 GMT -5
Trad nitro had a learning curve for me too. Filling, priming, orange peel, sanding through coats, clear coating, checking. Pristine finishing is a true craft. Yeah, I understand it is quite the ordeal. I gotta be patient and just take the time to do it. I guess if worse comes to worse I can just do a relic job on it ;D |
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Post by mirth on May 13, 2012 5:38:12 GMT -5
Very cool! I look forward to seeing how it comes out.
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Post by aliensporebomb on May 14, 2012 22:13:19 GMT -5
Keep us posted, this is going to be cool.....
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Post by Infinite Ego on May 22, 2012 21:52:00 GMT -5
The spraying of 'sand and seal' has begun.....3,498,348 brain cells have died in the first two coats. Wow.
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