ByteFrenzy
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Matter of taste. I really really like it.
24 3/4 conversion strat take two
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fuzznut
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ByteFrenzy said:
Yeah I still like it, at least I can say I did it myself, first time. If you look a couple of posts up at the back of the amp pic, there's a genuine Warmoth tobacco sunburst strat on the right. I was trying to do that. It's supposed to be just the edge, but I sprayed unevenly, and kept going in a little at a time to try to fix it. Next thing I knew 1/3 of the guitar is now the burst color :doh: :doh:
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It started off as a beautiful one-piece Mahogany body, on which I did an experiment using Potassium Dichromate to raise the tannins in the wood to darken it using it's own natural pigments. Furniture people have been doing it for years, as it creates a deeper color that won't show dings and dents as easily. Also doesn't get in the way of the wood's natural chatoyance like an applied finish does. Works well with naturally high-tannin woods like Mahogany, Walnut, Cherry, Oak etc.
As things progressed, the end grain of the edges ended up darker, much like what would happen with stain/dye, but not evenly or attractively, so I decided to do a little staining and then burst it to a dark brown to hide the inconsistent/darker edge coloring. Things just went downhill from there.
If you're interested, here's the thread where I started into it, and things were still looking up.
As things progressed, the end grain of the edges ended up darker, much like what would happen with stain/dye, but not evenly or attractively, so I decided to do a little staining and then burst it to a dark brown to hide the inconsistent/darker edge coloring. Things just went downhill from there.
If you're interested, here's the thread where I started into it, and things were still looking up.
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Oh man, the body was looking REALLY good at post 13!! I love that what you did to it brought out the grain and striping of the mahogany, it looks better than koa! The darkened edges are natural, ahh regrets :dontknow: It'll still be a stunner when you fix it :icon_thumright:
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That switch is starting to look like Warsaw with all those poles.
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What will the good fuzznut do with all those poles?
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fuzznut said:
Sounds like a cunning plan :icon_thumright:
