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    My Soloist Build Blog

    And it starts. Soloist parts arrive from warmoth 5.27.10! Flame Maple On Adler, HxH w/Floyed Rose route Flame Maple Neck with Rosewood and Skull & Bones inlay! The body: The Neck:
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    Finally done** what do ya think?**

    I'm about to do a solost in blue - flame maple - if you don't mind my asking, what type/brand of dye to you use? I'm planning to use colortone, but my test pieces seem to be to purple..? Would love to here what you used, and perhaps about what ratio your mix was? Thanks much!
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    Spraying nitro on top of a Warmoth finish?

    I would have serious reservations about putting nitro on top of poly. Maybe you could test it on the neck fitting or something.
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    DIY "washed black die" on quilted maple top.

    Ok, not a pro yet - but in the middle of doing a blue dye job on flame maple... I would not 'brush' anything! Use the colortone tints and water, and whipe it on... 1) Make two dye solutions - one dark black, the other maybe more charcole... 2) dampen the face and sand with 320.. do this...
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    Advice on Blue Dye/Blue Transparent Lacquer Finsih

    Hello All! I'm a newbie to this forum and have ordered my first warmoth Guitar to assemble, and finish etc... It is a soloist body (carved) , flame maple top, adler body, flame maple neck.. My plan is to finish the guitar using blue colortone water soluable dye for the face (over black...
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