Rosewood Soloist Build Thread

[ruscio]

That headstock turned out great, build is looking fantastic!

 

[Hagwood]

That headstock turned out great, build is looking fantastic!

Thanks !

 

[Hagwood]

I don’t get it… although I’ve been married for a while, so that’s probably why

My Wife thought of the Everybody Loves Raymond episode as soon as she saw it…..

 

[Spud]

I like the custom knobs and especially that switch tip.

 

[Hagwood]

You mean, you don't help to chop onions.

I prefer helping my Wife plant Tulip Bulbs…..

 

[Spud]

I prefer helping my Wife plant Tulip Bulbs…..

Tragically, We all come up short sometimes.

 

[Hagwood]

Started taping up the body for the masked accent line and applying the shellac as a blocker, but still undecided on the color for the Swamp Ash core. Testing Rubio colors on some scrap swamp ash and keep going back and forth, but will decide tonight one way or another. I'll have a few drinks when I get home, that always helps me make decisions faster and stop hem hawing around.......

 

[Hagwood]

Got the Rubio color on the Swamp Ash last night and I'm pretty happy with it. The masked accent line turned out good with just a few small bleed areas I should be able to touch up. Now to do some 'Precision Sanding' to remove the shellac on the line and clear coat the entire body.

 

[ragamuffin]

Great work! I wasn't understanding what you were doing with the masking before but it turned out looking good!

 

[Hagwood]

Great work! I wasn't understanding what you were doing with the masking before but it turned out looking good!

Thanks. Yeah Warmoth refers to it as 'Masked Accent Line' so I just go with that. I've also heard Faux Binding.

Here's the example from Warmoth's site. Once the clear is applied it just all homogenizes (how do you like that big word @Spud ). I'm thinking about an ever so slight dark burst like this, but might be difficult - those finishers at Warmoth are good !! @aarontunes, any insight as to how this is applied ?

 

[Hagwood]

Decided to go with a darker color on the swamp ash so the accent line would pop. A little more touch up then time to clear the whole thing.

 

[casper100]

Got the Rubio color on the Swamp Ash last night and I'm pretty happy with it. The masked accent line turned out good with just a few small bleed areas I should be able to touch up. Now to do some 'Precision Sanding' to remove the shellac on the line and clear coat the entire body.


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That looks awesome.

 

[Hagwood]

That looks awesome.

Thanks

 

[casper100]

Thanks

I ended up sanding off the white back and sides on my AggieCaster, because I just couldn’t stop spillover onto the 0.5 mm black veneer between the sides and top. So I’ll go natural. Your accent line looks really nice and sharp and a great, modern take on “binding”.

 

[Hagwood]

I ended up sanding off the white back and sides on my AggieCaster, because I just couldn’t stop spillover onto the 0.5 mm black veneer between the sides and top. So I’ll go natural. Your accent line looks really nice and sharp and a great, modern take on “binding”.

Thanks, and thanks for the Rubio idea. The accent line was a bit of a pain, taping off, brushing shellac on the line, removing tape and taping back over the line…. You might could do that same process on the veneer accent line. But I’m not in a hurry, I enjoy the build process.

 

[Spud]

Thanks, and thanks for the Rubio idea. The accent line was a bit of a pain, taping off, brushing shellac on the line, removing tape and taping back over the line…. You might could do that same process on the veneer accent line. But I’m not in a hurry, I enjoy the build process.

Oh...............I'll give you a Rubio idea

 

[Hagwood]

Oh...............I'll give you a Rubio idea

Cerusing ? That may be a little complex for you Spud……

 

[Spud]

 

[Hagwood]

Faux binding all done and Rubio Pure Oil 2C applied to the whole body. Tomorrow I can put the Sheen Plus on unless we’re too busy cooking out…..

 

[Spud]

Faux binding all done and Rubio Pure Oil 2C applied to the whole body. Tomorrow I can put the Sheen Plus on unless we’re too busy cooking out…..View attachment 65050View attachment 65051View attachment 65052

Looks great! it really "Grabs em by the kitty"!!