One more for the road

[ragamuffin]

Sanding/smoothing out more or less completed! Also made a control cover out of canary wood, which the neck will be made of.

What do you guys think about: Tummy cut or yes or no? Recessed knobs ala PRS or no?

 

[Spud]

Sanding/smoothing out more or less completed! Also made a control cover out of canary wood, which the neck will be made of.

What do you guys think about: Tummy cut or yes or no? Recessed knobs ala PRS or no?

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View attachment 61295Great job! Tummy cut? maybe,recessed knobs naw.

 

[Spud]

Plus the thing with recessed knobs is thy are permanently "at recess" and won't likely be ready to do their job when you need em.

 

[ragamuffin]

Plus the thing with recessed knobs is thy are permanently "at recess" and won't likely be ready to do their job when you need em.

Hey now! I like to party so I like my knobs to party too!

 

[TBurst Std]

I’d go with both. Or at least the tummy cut.

 

[Rick]

Tummy cut, knobs normal

 

[ragamuffin]

I decided to do a tummy cut after all.

I realized that I needed to deepen the control route so that the pots could go through all the way. Used a Dremel grinding bit to further deepen the route cavity around the switch.

Sanded to 400 and applied the first coats of Tru-oil to the top and the grain went wild!

 

[Spud]

I decided to do a tummy cut after all.

I realized that I needed to deepen the control route so that the pots through. Used a Dremel grinding bit to further deepen the route cavity around the switch.

Sanded to 400 and applied the first coats of Tru-oil to the top and the grain went wild!

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ooh looking great!

 

[stratamania]

Too late for recessed knobs now, I wager. It is looking good so far, well done.

 

[ragamuffin]

So I applied several thick coats of Tru-oil until the wood stopped absorbing it, then did two "slurry coats" applying oil with 600 grit sandpaper and sanding as I go. This helps to fill the grain some and build thickness. After that dried I dry sanded lightly with 400 grit to smooth everything out. After this I will apply lots of thin coats. It looks pretty ugly right now, but I guess it's a "trust the process" moment.

 

[Rick]

Man, that's primo and still no snow!

 

[ragamuffin]

A few coats later it's back to beautiful! Also I received a really nice leather strap for this guitar from Bonsai8Creations/AcousticNeedle on Etsy.

 

[Rick]

Every picture looks better

 

[rauchman]

Wow, that is gorgeous!

 

[ragamuffin]

Every picture looks better

Wow, that is gorgeous!

Thanks guys! I'm putting on the last few coats now and then I'll let it harden up for a few days

 

[rauchman]

I'm no wood expert, but that walnut could pass for koa from my eyes

 

[ragamuffin]

I'm no wood expert, but that walnut could pass for koa from my eyes

It's a gorgeous piece of wood! I actually had someone else say it looked like koa haha

 

[ragamuffin]

I did a bit of a dumb today: the canary control cover was slightly cupped so I tried to correct this with clamps and snapped it in half down the middle...

This made me decide though to get a piece of ziricote to replace it, which I sort of wanted to do in the first place.

 

[Spud]

Look at you getting all ziricotey!

 

[ragamuffin]

I think I've applied the final coat Tru-oil! I meant to keep count my coats but lost track early on. I'd guess I've done around 20, and it's built a pretty high gloss; a little too much gloss for me actually. To me the combination of slight grain showing plus high gloss just looks weird, so I plan to let it dry for at least a few days and then buff it down to more of a satin/semigloss using Birchwood Casey "Stock Sheen".