oliviaadair
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Most of them do crazy things on their songs just for the visual impact of it.
"Off Menu": Black Korina Flying V with Zitricote Ken Lawrence Neck
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Update time. I've been making some progress and I am extremely happy with the result. As you might be able to see, the guitar looks like it's very raw because of the wild grain. But the tru oil has actually been applied very evenly, i.e. it's like looking at the wild grain through super clean glass without giving it the over-the-top lacquer vibe.
I applied 21 coats of Tru Oil. After coat 5, I sanded down with 400 and 600 grit (which I slightly regret because the guitar got a tiny bit less dark in the process). After coat 18, I applied 0000 steel wool which didn't make any difference whatsoever (but I still felt like trying). Once again, I was able to confirm that the number one rule with tru-oil is to apply coats as thinly as possible. In my opinion, if you are diligent with thin coats, you absolutely don't need any sanding in between. But yeah, we all know, there are as many methods to apply tru oil as there are tru oil users
Here's the result of the body. Will post the neck tomorrow (forgot to take a picture this morning):
I applied 21 coats of Tru Oil. After coat 5, I sanded down with 400 and 600 grit (which I slightly regret because the guitar got a tiny bit less dark in the process). After coat 18, I applied 0000 steel wool which didn't make any difference whatsoever (but I still felt like trying). Once again, I was able to confirm that the number one rule with tru-oil is to apply coats as thinly as possible. In my opinion, if you are diligent with thin coats, you absolutely don't need any sanding in between. But yeah, we all know, there are as many methods to apply tru oil as there are tru oil users
Here's the result of the body. Will post the neck tomorrow (forgot to take a picture this morning):
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That looks beautiful!
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I have a (maybe bad) idea, what if you mixed in a tad of black keda dye in some tru oil and see if that darkens things more in a test spot. But looks great now.Update time. I've been making some progress and I am extremely happy with the result. As you might be able to see, the guitar looks like it's very raw because of the wild grain. But the tru oil has actually been applied very evenly, i.e. it's like looking at the wild grain through super clean glass without giving it the over-the-top lacquer vibe.
I applied 21 coats of Tru Oil. After coat 5, I sanded down with 400 and 600 grit (which I slightly regret because the guitar got a tiny bit less dark in the process). After coat 18, I applied 0000 steel wool which didn't make any difference whatsoever (but I still felt like trying). Once again, I was able to confirm that the number one rule with tru-oil is to apply coats as thinly as possible. In my opinion, if you are diligent with thin coats, you absolutely don't need any sanding in between. But yeah, we all know, there are as many methods to apply tru oil as there are tru oil users
Here's the result of the body. Will post the neck tomorrow (forgot to take a picture this morning):
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Eddie-Applegate
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SWEET this looks fabulous
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oh yes, please do provide some examples, chatgpt
Update time. I've been making some progress and I am extremely happy with the result. As you might be able to see, the guitar looks like it's very raw because of the wild grain. But the tru oil has actually been applied very evenly, i.e. it's like looking at the wild grain through super clean glass without giving it the over-the-top lacquer vibe.
I applied 21 coats of Tru Oil. After coat 5, I sanded down with 400 and 600 grit (which I slightly regret because the guitar got a tiny bit less dark in the process). After coat 18, I applied 0000 steel wool which didn't make any difference whatsoever (but I still felt like trying). Once again, I was able to confirm that the number one rule with tru-oil is to apply coats as thinly as possible. In my opinion, if you are diligent with thin coats, you absolutely don't need any sanding in between. But yeah, we all know, there are as many methods to apply tru oil as there are tru oil users
Here's the result of the body. Will post the neck tomorrow (forgot to take a picture this morning):
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yeah i'd shred that til it melted or i melted
oliviaadair
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You said it yourself 98% BMers you partied with are not nazis. I don't think I need to give any further example.
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nah nah, we've moved past that, i'm just curious what is an example of a "crazy thing" on a song done just for the "visual" impact of it. like, what that even mean
oliviaadair
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Acts that your grandmother would think as "satanic". That's a more general description I could give, how's that?
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In other news, here's the neck after finishing:
Eddie-Applegate
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Damn this looks amazing!
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You think they are a chatgpt bot??
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we has an old saying where I comes from: "if it walks like duck and talks like Wikipedia, its probably a language learning model scraping the internet for data to be assimilated and sold to AI developers ultimately leading to the Dead Internet Theory end-game"
nah, come on, fam, surely u can provide ONE example. plz
yeah dude this is so sick its gonna give me a priapism. W did those inlays, tho, i don't see that shape online??? maximum vibes
supertruper1988
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Those are from the meadowhawk special run. I think they are off menu and @aarontunes mentioned it was likely available for 25.5" and 1-11/16" nut only.
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Yep, those are "Eclipsed Block" inlays from the Meadowhawks. AFAIK this is the only non-Meadowhawk to ever get them.
And dang.
Is there any neck out there that is more off-menu? Answer: no. There are none more off menu, and it looks killer.
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Yeah man. Took me ages to research and asking Aaron to figure out what is theoretically possible with the big W. I went all in and have not regretted anything.
Not that I'm aware of. My neck is Gibson scale so first point definitely not right.
Can't wait to finish this build. It's been truly fun every step along the way. Will update the thread soon
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Update time. As I mentioned before, Warmoth was kind enough to send me a second body because of a glitch on one of the wings on the first. And the new body arrived I will now finish it and then decide which one I will use for myself and which one I will use for the guitar I am going to donate.
What I love is the grain to the right of humbucker pickup slot.
And honestly.... isn't this the most beautiful neck pocket Warmoth has ever produced (such a shame no one will be able to appreciate it when the whole thing is done):
I will now finish it and then decide which one I will use for myself and which one I will use for the guitar I am going to donate.What I love is the grain to the right of humbucker pickup slot.
And honestly.... isn't this the most beautiful neck pocket Warmoth has ever produced (such a shame no one will be able to appreciate it when the whole thing is done):
