My First Warmoth The finish being applied

[The Dealer]

OK I hope I get these pictures in here. This is my 1st build and I'm very exited. These are some pictures I took while I was putting the finish on. I'm calling this a Honet burst. The back of the guitar is mohagony. I picked the flame ut on line with the help of Spike on the phone from Warmoth. These are PPG candy Automotive colors, and then finished with automotive clearcoat. Auto paint is what I know so thats what I went with. The body is cut for P90s and a tunomatic bridge. I'll be using Fralin Noise canceling 90s that he made for me while I was trying out some of his personal stuff. I'm lucky enough to live close to his place and I go by from time to time to see him. He is a really down to earth cool guy. Anyway back to the guitar. The pick guard is a thin line type because I've always thought they were cool looking. Here are some shots. I will try to put more picts. on as the build goes foward. Hope you like itand give me some feedback.

 

[chrisg]

looking good so far.  keep us updated  :glasses10:

 

[Mor Paul]

I dig it. Let's get some bigger pictures of that burst.

 

[Unwound G]

Ah.....another Tele with P90 is conceived.  The world greets you.  More pictures as it progresses.

 

[-CB-]

schweet lookin

 

[hannaugh]

That's looking real nice.  Can't wait to see more!  :rock-on:

 

[whyachi]

Okay. I've been here, looked at this, and left. I've come back, read the comments, and left, still trying to figure it out. But I give up now.

What is the neck made of?

 

[AprioriMark]

Okay. I've been here, looked at this, and left. I've come back, read the comments, and left, still trying to figure it out. But I give up now.

What is the neck made of?

Wood.

-Mark

 

[whyachi]

Okay. I've been here, looked at this, and left. I've come back, read the comments, and left, still trying to figure it out. But I give up now.

What is the neck made of?

Wood.

-Mark

Its only that I'm not on my own personal laptop that I didn't have a witty graphic response for this.

 

[MedianMusic1]

It looks great. Congrats on your first Warmoth build.

 

[The Dealer]

I guess I should have said what materials i chose. the neck is Mahogany with Indian Rosewood. Its a graduated radious forgive me for not remembering off the top of my head exactly what the numbers are but it's pretty flat. There was a request for some bigger pictures. I'm trying to figure out how to do that. i will tell you this. I recleared it today as the mahogony neck and thr back of the guitar were very pourous. i thought that I would be able to fill this with sanding and reclearing. The neck has done great but the body is going to have some small imperfections on the back. Man that mahogony really is grainy and open. Lesson learned; Use a good filler on the open grained woods. Yes I knew thats what everybody was doing but I thought I could take this short cut and out smart everyone who ever put a finish on a guitar. I have managed to get it pretty good and it's going to be a nice looking Tele but I'll know better next time. Okay I hope the pictures are OK this time. I hope to be able to put this thing together within the next week. As I go I will try to post more pictures.

 

[Tonar8352]

You might still be able to grain fill it at this point.  I would suggest trying the McFadden’s Mahogany filler from Luthiers Mercantile.  Let the finish shrink some more while you wait for the filler to show up and I bet it would work great.

 

[-CB-]

Just as another opinion..... I almost think I'd be inclined to clearcoat a bit heavy and level if you're using epoxy type auto paint.  Auto epoxies dont shrink nearly as much as lacquer, plus they go on thicker, so you can probably pull that off ok, whereas with lacquer... whoo boy... that would be a lot of finish to apply, and let shrink.

I'd like to hear what you do with this... see how it works for ya.

 

[The Dealer]

OK here is what I,ve done. I recleared it Monday and it came a long way. First I took the finish back down with 600 grit. I then sprayed 3 more coats of clear. This really helped a lot. I'm going to clear it again and I think it's going to come all the way out. Of course I'm sanding each time and I plan to go over it with 1500 grit and final sand with 3000 Before buffing and polishing. The front already looks like you could stick your hand in it. I will try to put some more pictures of it after I do all of this. As i go on I guess I should start A differant post for the rest of the work. This is cool and I really apreciate the interest.  :toothy10:

 

[-CB-]

You've got the auto experience... the danger of course... is going too thick.  I'd not be too afraid to keep it sort of thin... your experience will have to be the judge.

As a note to myself... the next time I do a maple neck... with skunk stripe, I've got to remember to reverse mask the stripe, and give it a shot of super glue, or two or three, then sand it back to match the maples fine grain structure.  That walnut needs to be filled, or just like you're experiencing, you'll go heavy on it several times, or more, sanding back, as the finish fills the voids. 

That scenario should be a"voided" whenever possible!