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    VOTE HERE! August 2022 Guitar of the Month Contest

    Are there any permalinks for the banner image thingy? I see a temporary link in the page source, but it looks like it's a temporary one just for the page itself as I'm sure the destination "GuitarOfMonth.png" changes every time a new winner is announced.
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    80s shredder first build, high-accent flame maple PRS Dragon Burst

    I am a student so... you aren't wrong. Gotta keep those expenses down somehow!
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    80s shredder first build, high-accent flame maple PRS Dragon Burst

    It's all keda wood dye... I found the bare-bones out of the box recommended recipes by them left a little to be desired in terms of depth/saturation, so I upped the concentrations a bit, which are listed in the full video. It is my understanding that temperature and humidity play a big role...
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    VOTE HERE! August 2022 Guitar of the Month Contest

    Thanks everyone, and stellar job to all the other people involved in this month's voting!
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    Pickups look "too new"

    Also like the aged look, but if you have acidic sweat like me, just play the guitar outside a lot and you'll get tarnish in a matter of <10 gigs XD
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    80s shredder first build, high-accent flame maple PRS Dragon Burst

    I was patient and just let it cure and at this point... I don't even care thank god! Just left the little amounts of orange peel; p sure no one but me will notice it for now and I'll save some urethane layers for when I scratch it to hell gigging with it!
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    80s shredder first build, high-accent flame maple PRS Dragon Burst

    To be honest by the time I got to the actual soloist itself... After doing several weeks of of 3 inch by 5 inch small "blocks" (which leave like ZERO room for bursting and take a looot of finesse to get a decent blend), I was honestly surprised at how easy the actual instrument itself was to get...
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    80s shredder first build, high-accent flame maple PRS Dragon Burst

    Thanks guys :) Now I just gotta not get too excited and jump the gun on the urethane curing...
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    80s shredder first build, high-accent flame maple PRS Dragon Burst

    Finally got an 80s shredder glossed up (yeah, I know there's some orange peel in the 2k urethane... oh well), which turned out pretty awesome so I thought I'd share with ya'll. I logged everything pretty meticulously, and started recording after the first layer of dye went down, so hopefully...
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    Threaded insert shopping.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BXTD7CJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 These work great in 10-24. Put them in a roasted flame maple neck; build pics are forthcoming, but they work fantastically. I followed this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Us4j2puTs and had no...
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    Assemble before paint?

    This. I had my whole instrument strung up and tuned before finishing to make sure I was comfortable with it, since there's no easy "undo" after finishing is done. I actually despised the 24 fret access on my neck and ended up disassembling and then grinding out a quite deep bevel on the body...
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    How to poly over complicated dye patterns?

    It's all keda in a 3 layer sandback. When I realized it was gonna turn out badass after layer 1 dried, I started taking videos which have all my dye recipes/concentrations recorded as well which I'll post when I get it glossed up!
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    How to poly over complicated dye patterns?

    Nope I haven't done anything yet... hoping for either a report of something that works under a polyester before sinking in the cash... I honestly didn't expect the dye to turn out well enough that I'd actually be all that concerned about getting an exact mirror finish hahaha
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    How to poly over complicated dye patterns?

    Yup that's what Im very afraid of.. haha. I agree spray on something... but what goes under polyester/urethane and does not disturb dye, or will reliably not put witness lines in polyurethane, seems real not clear :(
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    How to poly over complicated dye patterns?

    I totally agree.. I just wanted to get some confidence if there were any known procedures for polyestering over dye that have been executed successfully before I drop down the cash and start practicing... if not I guess I'll just toss something at the wall 😂
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