Recent content by casper100

The parts are now coming together. The jade fret dots are awesome. The back and sides will be black and green just like the test piece of mahogany to the right. Graphtech Ghost piezo pickups for acoustic bridge will fit in the metal saddle.

Still waiting on my body from Warmoth to start the build, but as it turns out, I guess what I'm planning is not completely different. Just discovered these Sire G5's and it's pretty much exactly what I have in mind, minus the on board controls...

One thing I have learned from woodworking, is to apply a ceramic coat after finish, at least with hard wax oils. It truly makes them impervious to scratches. I have a PRS McCarty 594. Beautiful Lake Blue figured top. But it looks and feels like plastic, instead of wood. And my hard wax oil...

Osmo and Rubio are both hard wax oils, both simple to use and wipe on/wipe off. But Rubio comes in many, many more colors, so I have used it more for woodworking in general and guitars specifically.

I don't have a spray area I can use, so I have been using all wipe on finishes.

I was planning an upcoming build with a dyed mahogany back. I can see how it might look muddy. Luckily, I want it to be dark to highlight a light natural masked binding I’m planning. I’ll do some tests first.

Got it. I was wondering if there was some reason why it can't be done that I didn't know.

Why can't you dye Mahogany?

I love the natural finish!

I also asked them for a Tele edge radius. That way, when I take 5mm off the top, it should be straight and 90 degrees to the sides.

I called Warmoth and they agreed to sell me a DinkyCaster with no forearm contour.

The flood coat is just to fill defects and stabilize the wood into a flat, uniform lam top to glue to the top of the guitar (after a corresponding thickness is planed off the top). 99% of the epoxy will be removed with a wide belt sander. I did the same thing with my last build with a piece of...

Although the Camphor Laurel wood is beautiful, it does have a few voids, cracks and defects, so after joining and sanding, I decided to do a clear epoxy flood coat. A full sheet pan from a restaurant supply store is 20.5 x 14.5 inches, perfect to flood coat a guitar top to fit any reasonable...

The I will take a look.

Thanks. That’s what I figured after looking at it yesterday, so I bought the basic preamp setup. Thanks for the info on the setups.