Flippin' AMAZING!

[Cagey]

Speaking of noise injection...

I was surprised a few weeks ago at how noisy a guitar was after I wired it. I go to great pains to use shielded cable and noiseless pups and short runs, etc. so what I build is usually pretty damn quiet without all the silliness of copper tape, magic paint, etc.. But, this thing was going bonkers on me!

I do have a lotta computers running here, and a LOT of compact florescent lamps, so I expect more than the usual amount noise, but this was way above all that. None of my other guitars bitched about any of that stuff.

As it turns out, after shutting things down one by one, I realized I'd left my soldering iron on. It's one of those units with a temperature controller, so I suspect it may be a phase-shift power unit. Whatever. Turned that off, and all was right with the world. Never in a million years would have expected a soldering iron to be a noise source, but I'm not kidding - this thing was wicked.

 

[swarfrat]

After some more thought and asking on a wood working forum I think just carving or busting up the veneer before gluing is the way to go. You just need too big a gap to rely on torture or neglect.  I think draw and carve is the way to get a largish pattern wide deep grove "crack" to hold the contrast.

 

[Slackjaw]

Might be fun taking a spalt maple top, carving out the punky areas, and filling in with this stuff...

 

[sixstringsamurai]

What if you were to mix it with oil, and use it as grain filler on something like Swamp ash? :headbang1:

you can buy it on Amazon...of course...

http://www.amazon.com/Glow-Inc-Ultra-Green-Powder/dp/B00BNEX8QK

 

[line6man]

Wood Turner's Catalog has sold these wood/acrylic hybrid pen turning blanks for a while now, and I've always been fascinated by the look. Unfortunately, I have never bought any, as I don't work with acrylic, and wouldn't know what to expect.

http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p/6/5062/Fiji-Fusion-Pen-Blanks

The look would be kind of cool on the right laminate top, or possibly even a fretboard, if aesthetics and structural durability allow.

 

[DangerousR6]

I'd consider a series of witch trials. If you suspect your lumber of being a witch, first drown it. Then burn it. Then drown it again. Then burn it in the oven again. Until it cracks. 

Perzactly. Works every time.

"How do you know she's a witch?"

 

[sixstringsamurai]

Didn't someone on here do a build with the Luminescent side FB markers on  a bass neck?

 

[Cagey]

I think so. Might've been Stubby?

I've seen the stuff. It comes in a short stick that looks sorta like a piece of spaghetti. You drill a hole for a dot, stuff the stick in along with some glue, cut if off flush, then move on to the next one. File/sand/polish the whole job flat and call it a love story.

I did a bit of research on the stuff some time back, and as I recall the problem is that the glow is short-lived. You need to keep "recharging" them with a little flashlight or something to keep up any kind of visibility.

The stuff to use is Tritium, like they use in some gun sights. Glows all the time whether you like it or not. But, it's expensive and some people worry about the radiation. It's not an issue, but there's still some irrational fear out there.