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    Meanwhile, at Warmoth.....more Working Man Tribute bodies

    And... yes, missed it again by a couple hours it seems.. Ce La vie.... maybe next time I get faster fingers or a better memory..
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    Meanwhile, at Warmoth: The Working Man Tribute Special Run!

    What was the cost on the body? #savingup!
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    reclamation

    liked doing the velocity so much, I decided to reclaim a horrible... I don't even want to call it a burst tele body into a vintage amber burst.  I'm planning on distressing it a bit as well.. This guitar build stuff is a bit like only one tattoo, right.
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    finished quilt maple velocity

    So far so good with the Floyd. The B had a bit of an issue at first, but running a little graphite in the nut cured it. Stays in tune better than my SX strat knockoff..about the same as the 87 American standard.  I have the locking nut, but I'm hoping just to leave it as is.
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    finished quilt maple velocity

    Thanks for the kind words! Meguiar's #7 and 9 along with a meguiars cloth worked great! Lots of elbow grease as well.
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    finished quilt maple velocity

    Finally finished this guitar.  I had it posted in a different thread.. It's a velocity body I finished myself with nitro and aniline dye.  Gibson conversion tele neck with abalone dots.  EVH pickups.  Gotoh tuners and floyd rose trem with D-Tuna attached.  Fun project.. Learned a ton. 
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    Waiting on the velocity body.

    It's finally hanging out with some friends.  EVH humbuckers Floyd rose trem Gibson conversion tele neck w abalone dots gotoh tuners... Soldering is a bit of a bugger.. those pot ground solders are a pain.  But she fired up and screams... I'm pretty happy with it.
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    Waiting on the velocity body.

    I have a chrome floyd.  I am waiting on buying the rest until I finish the body and give some thought.
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    Waiting on the velocity body.

    Thanks for the advice.. It's my first finishing job... That was the first two coats.  I will continue to work on it. Thanks again.
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    Waiting on the velocity body.

    That's water on the left side... was getting sanding dust off and took a quick pic
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    Waiting on the velocity body.

    :headbang4:I still have another round/can of nitro to go... then wait a month to finish and assemble, but here is progress so far.
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    stopping bleed down the side of guitar top

    Thanks for all the nice words!  I have a shot of clear gloss on it now and will move to sides/ back.  Here is a pic of it as is after gloss.
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    stopping bleed down the side of guitar top

    I have lacquer sanding sealer, or would one recommend spraying clear gloss lacquer for to seal in the color on the top.
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    stopping bleed down the side of guitar top

    finally getting going... hemmed and hawed so much on it.. decided to go burst front and back with a black side transition.. here is the front.  At this point I am going to seal er up.
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    stopping bleed down the side of guitar top

    I was contemplating doing a tan stain for the ash with a clean line to a burst quilt finish vs no stain ash, just clear nitro gloss finish vs black and running that right into the burst.  I imagine the black is the easiest because I don't have to worry about bleeding of the dye leaning towards...
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