mahogany body with a walnut top, color suggestions?
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Hey dude, I gotta say it's pretty cool you and pops are building a guitar together. The fact that it's walnut shows some maturity on your part. I'm sure most of your buddies are into warlocks and razorbacks and such. This build is something that I'm sure alot of dudes would have loved to do with their fathers instead of building tribute guitars. Cherish it and :rock-on:
Please, DO NOT ruin that nice wood by trying to color it with some rainbow choice!!!! If you want, sell me the walnut and mahogany and I'll hook you up with some alder or basswood to ruin!!!!
Walnut is a beautiful wood, and you will almost never see it with anything other than a natural finish. I would maybe say to use a dark walnut zar stain if you insist....... Maybe at the most a little black grain filler in the mahogany and the walnut, but please, please don't ruin that wood with some sort of dye!
Glad to hear there is someone that is scratch building their own guitar!!!!! One suggestion I have is to buy a good neck rout template!!! And a great router. Spend as much money as you can possibly afford on a router, buy the best machine that a real tool dealer sells!!!! (Not Lowes or Home Depot, they only sell junk japanese tools) And also, spend some money on your cutting tools, drill bits, router bits, saw blades...... Hard wood is just that, hard. It is hard on tools and with walnut as Cagey said, it creates a really fine dust that makes you sneeze like a mother phucker! And I almost forgot about the brown walnut snot you will have in your nose for a day and a half!!!!
One more suggestion for you is to make at least two body blanks, one to do fitment and work out any problems and one to perfect what you learned on the first one. You will make mistakes and learn from them....... Like forgetting to drill a hole after you finished the guitar etc..... And if you don't chew up your prototype too bad, you will have two guitars when you are done!!
Walnut is a beautiful wood, and you will almost never see it with anything other than a natural finish. I would maybe say to use a dark walnut zar stain if you insist....... Maybe at the most a little black grain filler in the mahogany and the walnut, but please, please don't ruin that wood with some sort of dye!
Glad to hear there is someone that is scratch building their own guitar!!!!! One suggestion I have is to buy a good neck rout template!!! And a great router. Spend as much money as you can possibly afford on a router, buy the best machine that a real tool dealer sells!!!! (Not Lowes or Home Depot, they only sell junk japanese tools) And also, spend some money on your cutting tools, drill bits, router bits, saw blades...... Hard wood is just that, hard. It is hard on tools and with walnut as Cagey said, it creates a really fine dust that makes you sneeze like a mother phucker! And I almost forgot about the brown walnut snot you will have in your nose for a day and a half!!!!
One more suggestion for you is to make at least two body blanks, one to do fitment and work out any problems and one to perfect what you learned on the first one. You will make mistakes and learn from them....... Like forgetting to drill a hole after you finished the guitar etc..... And if you don't chew up your prototype too bad, you will have two guitars when you are done!!
k if i was to use green dye what would be the best product to use, where would i get it, and most importantly how do i use it lolWell, Jonn (John?), I'm not sure if anyone here has done a color over walnut. If you can, you should start by cutting some test boards, if you have enough walnut.
You'll probably be looking for a spray can tint.
You will also want clearcoats.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but here's my guess on what to do:
Spray thin coats of the clear on the walnut, sanding every few coats until has filled the grain. (Let the coats dry before spraying new ones)
Spray a light coat of the tint coat, and then repeat with light, even coats until you like the look.
Let it dry.
Spray light coats of the clear again, a few very light coats at a time. Let them dry. Repeat until you like how thick the clear is.
Polish.
You'll probably be looking for a spray can tint.
You will also want clearcoats.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but here's my guess on what to do:
Spray thin coats of the clear on the walnut, sanding every few coats until has filled the grain. (Let the coats dry before spraying new ones)
Spray a light coat of the tint coat, and then repeat with light, even coats until you like the look.
Let it dry.
Spray light coats of the clear again, a few very light coats at a time. Let them dry. Repeat until you like how thick the clear is.
Polish.
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Clear finish with a slight tobacco burst. :icon_thumright:
ok im definitely not doing the green dye and just going with a clear glossy finish on the walnut top, but what about the mahogany body? i thought it was a good wood to do a dye or tint on. but im not sure if that would look good either...has any1 had a guitar on which the top is a natural glossy finish and the body wood is colored in some way?
so i made a new 1
thx for the comment really appreciate it :icon_biggrin:
i didnt like the name that my dad gave me lol
so i made a new 1
i am, this first guitar is so we have some experience with building and after we finish this one we were planing on gluing 2 pieces of camphor burl to make the second body blank :toothy10:
