Patriot54 said:
Jusatele said:
I wood burned my tele for the effect I wanted, word of advice would be get a GOOD wood tool and parctice a good bit for that kind of detail.
Oh, that thing looks uber great so far, I am waiting with baited breath for the thread to continue and I see the final result.
the Idea is really original and the artwork is really nice, I would work it without the wood burn and make it look like a real tattoo, not to shiny or anything, but like a real tattoo.
So many ideas start out nice but get clouded in the finish process, a tattoo should look like a tattoo.
Are you talking about the Barn Door Tele? That's a very unique and well-done guitar - I've been following your thread since I discovered Warmoth guitars.
Yes Barn Door. which by the way is finally finished
look in the Tele section for the first 2 pictures
more will be coming this weekend after I polish her up and go out to find a place to pose her and get good light for pictures
one of the hardest parts about Barn Door is taking a picture, I first dyed her a med maple to get the grain to pop up, then sanded down and then I went and did a clear sand fill and did the art work in sharpie. then I put on the Burnt Sienna stain, I looked at it and did not like the art work boards so I bought the Wood burn pen and went to work, needless to say I had to sand and fill the areas I worked.
Just as a intergection here,each simulated board on Barn Door was stained individually so that I could get slightly different colors.
Now each area butnted needed to be re worked, so I sanded, filled a and repeated the stain process, while doing that I noticed I was getting a really cool effect of the wood being, well for lack of a better word, weathered. I was kind of impressed with the way this and that happened. TO add to that, I added the nail head burns and went for some cracks and pits. Then I sanded a bit and restained and started the Lacquer process, some times sanding a bit to far and needing a bit of stain. I would let the stain dry in stages, 2 or 3 coats and 3 days of drying, a sanding and repeat sanding with a smaller grit till I was up to 800, then I did 2 final coats and applied Rotten Stone, Wow that popped the finish right up there, so now I have this really deep complicated Satin finish. I used a really fine bees/carnuba wax on that which looks great and does not feel gunky because it is so thin it is barely there.
My problem now is taking pictures, the sun turns the color but it needs light to come out,
What I am trying to say I guess, is do this Strat up correct, it is a Killer idea you have here, but lets see it look like a tattoo, not a painting of a tatto. Tats have a look we all love, well I love mine, but it is not a Uber shiny gloss, it is a eye popping flat at beast but it looks natural. That would be the ticket on this, Like one of those body suit tattoos, Just go and do it whatever it takes, you will love the finish
if you followed Barn Door then you know it did not take overnight to do the finish, and I am soooooooooooo glad I agonized over it, discussed stuff online here with guys, and did it how we did, because it is a unique build and it is the idea I had, not just a emulation of that idea, I think it looks like part of a barn door, not a shiney painting of one.
