Flamed maple/ Black Korina VIP---- PROGRESS!!!!

[DocNrock]

Very classic.  That'll be a sharp VIP!

 

[metalman22105]

I finished the body, I used ultra-fine sandpaper to get rid of a few small scratches, then did one final coat, looks killer! The neck is just super concentrated Black waterbased Colortone dye from stewmac, I really dig how it's looking! I might put one more coat on the back of the neck and headstock, and then it's nitro time!
Here's a pic of the body and neck hanging in my music room closet:

 

[tfarny]

Why not just use the Deft from Home Depot? It's dirt cheap and works great, I've used it on two bodies and three necks. I think the stew mac stuff is rebadged anyhow.

 

[metalman22105]

heeey, that's great

 

[DangerousR6]

Why not just use the Deft from Home Depot? It's dirt cheap and works great, I've used it on two bodies and three necks. I think the stew mac stuff is rebadged anyhow.

+1, I've used semi gloss and satin Deft, couldn't be happier with the outcome. Great stuff... :icon_thumright:

 

[dmraco]

not sure if you answered this or not....did you grain fill the korina or are you going for that natural look?

 

[rockskate4x]

natural look? It looks all black to me...

 

[metalman22105]

No grain filling, I'm only shooting a few thin coats of nitro over everything, I want to still feel wood! (umm, that sounded bad...) I chose Black korina for it's tonal qualities, not the awesome wood pattern. although, I think I will build a LPS and leave the black korina natural, for this VIP I wanted a mostly black, mean looking rock guitar

 

[metalman22105]

Here's some pics of the body after the first coat of nitro, I'm really happy with the colors I got using waterbased dyes. I'm doing a satin-finish BTW.

Still looks wet:

some headstock pics:

 

[Xplorervoodoo]

Man I really like that.  It's turning out kick-ass!  :icon_thumright:

 

[metalman22105]

Thanks!!

 

[blue313]

Man I really like that.  It's turning out kick-ass!   :icon_thumright:

+1 

This things going to rock pretty hard!

 

[nathan a]

Did you sign that headstock freehand in ink? Ballsy move.

 

[metalman22105]

Haha, yeah, I was too scared to do it, I practiced a ton of times on a magazine and finally just did it! It came out good though, I'm happy with it

 

[hannaugh]

Man, that's looking sweet.  It's got kind of a tiger look going on. 

 

[metalman22105]

Thanks! I think so too, I mixed some vintage amber dye in with the first 2 coats of black, and it turned out better than I expected!

 

[hannaugh]

raawr

I see a resemblance.

 

[steve10358]

That is beautiful!!!

 

[dmraco]

nice.  The nitro is really making the amber pop

 

[shanejw]

Thats turning out great.  I wish I had the time to play around with finishing some guitars myself...someday.  Looks awesome though, great job!