Tat Strat

[Jusatele]

as always, practice on a donor board, not the product, One of the hardest things I had to learn was how to get that blue tape on GOOD so the stain did not leak,and also if it does to sand till it clears, Patience is the key here. Look at Danuda's excellent job on the tele, he had to sand completely back to wood the entire thing one time because the paint leaked like your stain.

When you can catch the fly with the chopsticks grasshopper

 

[Paul-less]

more?

 

[Patriot54]

more coming soon I hope - I ordered one little burning tip online and it took them about a week before they even shipped it  :dontknow:

 

[Patriot54]

Here's how the shaded areas of the woodburning will look. In the photo, there's much more orange than how it looks it real life.

 

[Jusatele]

OK, I just fainted,

 

[Paul-less]

Part of me thinks that after the wood burning is done, it would be cool to tape off the burnt parts, and spray the light parts with white..... or at least bleach it.

Even if you don't do that, this guitar will turn out beautiful. Please, DO NOT rush this project. It is so beautiful, it would be a shame for eagerness to ruin it! Having said that, MOAR

 

[Patriot54]

Thanks guys - the unburnt maple should take on a slight color once I put -the Tru-oil on. The shaded areas already have a shiny surface so I can't wait to see it with the clear finish.

 

[dmraco]

are you going to sand that black off?

 

[Patriot54]

are you going to sand that black off?

I've changed my mind about the back stain a bunch of times but now I think it will be a black undercoat with maybe a dark brown finish

 

[Patriot54]

Here's a closeup in natural light just before the sunset. Tomorrow or Monday I'll have more woodburning done and some photos in full sunlight.

 

[CrackedPepper]

This may be one of the most ambitious owner finished guitars to grace the UW.  Keep up the good work, it looks awesome!

 

[Nando Vallart]

May look incredible cool!

 

[dmraco]

looking great...cant wait to see this complete.

 

[Danuda]

That guitar in incredibly cool looking.  I'm jealous. 

 

[hannaugh]

Gahhh this is so awesome.  You're giving me major art nerd-related GAS. 

 

[CrackedPepper]

I could envision you attempting something like this hannaugh

 

[hannaugh]

I'm seriously thinking about doing something like this, but with Jay Ryan style drawings of dinosaurs.  Oh, I have artwork to do now...

 

[AGWAN]

Jay Ryan? Pffft.

WILLIAM FREAKING STOUT.

 

[B3Guy]

Stout +1

 

[hannaugh]

I like William Stout, but I would get Jay Ryan because he has done massive amounts of poster and album art for about 1/2 of my favorite bands, so it's music related.