Recent content by Badfinger

Sorry for the delay in responding.  Yes, I used a dark brown dye first, sanded the crap out of it, then went over with an amber dye.  It worked :hello2:

Wasn't sure where to post this, suggestions appreciated!  Anyway, here is a shot of my Warmoth (mostly) builds.  From left to right, my recently finished Strat (labeled Korina S).  Black Korina semi-hollow body, quilted maple top (finished by Warmoth in blue dye).  I originally had a maple neck...

Wow, I think I have its more conservative sister :redflag:

I don't think the maple has a significant impact on the tone since it is really thin, it may brighten it up a bit, but probably not noticeably.  I was going to just build an Ice Blue Metallic or Lake Placid Blue Strat, then I got the mahogany neck.  Having the natural mahogany neck match the...

This was posted in various states in the 'just out of the box' area, thought I would put the finished product where it belongs.  Mahogany body, maple cap, mahogany neck, BRW fretboard.  The guitar has Seymour Duncan 'lil 59, Duckbucker and JB Jr. single-coil size humbuckers.  I wanted a Strat...

My first attempt at finishing with dye (you can tell...), but it turned out pretty good.  The body is mahogany with flamed maple top, mahogany neck with ebony board.  I put WCR Black Magic pickups in it.  The finish was totally experimental, but it turned out somewhat a tiger eye finish.  Next...

Awesome build!  Did you have to specify additional body bracing for the Bigsby? 

The headstock has a take on my consulting company name (BlueTone Consulting).  BlueTone Guitars is a play on that.

Thanks for that opinion.  Obviously I disagree :occasion14:

I posted in 'just out of the box' this body when I received it, just realized I never posted the completed guitar.  Here it is, my 50th birthday present to myself.  The body is black korina with a quilted (duh!) maple top.  The neck is a maple neck I had on another Strat that I swapped out for...

I had the WCR SR pickups in another Strat, got them a couple of years ago from Jim at WCR.  He will still make them, he just doesn't have them on his website.  Too labor intensive to do a lot of them.

Ok, Ok, Ok.  No more veneer in the description :occasion14:  As far as the pickguard, pearloid white may be my first choice, but I'm also going to experiment with a pearloid black pickguard and see what that does to it.  I have some WCR SR pickups I'm dropping in and it will have Callaham hardware.

I decided to treat myself for my 50th, so I picked out a Black Korina Strat body with a highly-figured maple top  :hello2:   I also bought a wenge neck with black ebony board, but I'm not sure that is what I want to bolt onto it now.  I have to think about my options. Anyway, thought I...

Thanks, guys!  More pics of the trial and error staining process can be found here.http://www.bluetoneguitars.com/toppage6.htm