This is going to be fun!

[Tonar8352]

• I received this beautiful body yesterday to finish for Black Dog.  WOW! This is an amazing piece of wood.  I’m looking forward to doing this in a Cherry Burst. I’ll add pictures as I go so Black Dog can loose sleep.  :icon_smile:

 

[jimh]

I think they call that.......  FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMED Maple  :dontknow:

 

[dmraco]

thats got to be some 5A

 

[Mor Paul]

A gibsonish cherry burst?

 

[whyachi]

I'm glad that is not top-routed.  :headbang:

 

[bbl4ck]

A gibsonish cherry burst?

Yes, that is what I am hoping for a Gibsonish Dark Cherry Burst... 
Or whatever Tonar cares to play with should be great  :headbang1:

I'm glad that is not top-routed.  :headbang:

Yea, I don't think that I would have got it if it was top routed.  Would not want to waste that beautiful flame.


Thanks for taking her in Tonar.  I can hardly sit still in anticpation...
And yes, I will likely lose some sleep now that you are posting your progress.
:blob7: :hello2: :blob7:

 

[tfarny]

WOW that is some flame! Don't forget mine Tonar with this beauty on your bench!  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[Mor Paul]

A gibsonish cherry burst?

Yes, that is what I am hoping for a Gibsonish Dark Cherry Burst... 
Or whatever Tonar cares to play with should be great  :headbang1:

Perfect. Those dark ones can look so great. So can the really light ones, too.

 

[dmraco]

with flame like that...I am in favor or leaving off the burst and just going with a deep red flame job.

What color for the back?  Is that alder or ash?

 

[Nando Vallart]

DAMN!!!!!!! That's a hell lot of flames!

 

[DangerousR6]

WOW....

 

[Alfang]

You must have to watch the showcase closely everyday, and be ready to pull the trigger, to get that level of OMG!

Or is that a custom order?

That's as good as I've ever seen in all my years here

 

[Tonar8352]

You must have to watch the showcase closely everyday, and be ready to pull the trigger, to get that level of OMG!

I think that it sat for a while waiting to be snagged.  Black Dog should tell us his story about pulling the trigger on it. I’ll tell you this; he scored a great deal for this piece of wood!

 

[Return of Guitlouie]

Uhhhh, yeah, that's pretty awesome.  Is it wet in that picture? 

 

[Mor Paul]

Bridge pup cavity says yes.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Damn, that's Burn Unit kind of flame!!  :toothy11:

 

[DangerousR6]

Damn, that's Burn Unit kind of flame!!  :toothy11:

Possibry....

 

[bbl4ck]

You must have to watch the showcase closely everyday, and be ready to pull the trigger, to get that level of OMG!

I think that it sat for a while waiting to be snagged.  Black Dog should tell us his story about pulling the trigger on it. I’ll tell you this; he scored a great deal for this piece of wood!

Yes, you are correct Tonar.  It was just sittin' there waiting for me. 
I am not certain when it was placed in the showcase, but I started checking the RSS feed several times each day the afternoon the sale started.
I never noticed it entering the showcase.  One night I was just sifting through all the pages of strats and stumbled upon it.
I watched it for quite awhile.  Finally about a week before the sale ended, I could not take it any longer...  I pulled the trigger :evil4:

What color for the back?  Is that alder or ash?

 

Likely the same dark cherry burst for the 1 piece alder back.  Same as the top...

:rock-on:

 

[Tonar8352]

Ok here we go.  Sorry for all the pictures but I cut as many as I could and this piece of wood wants to be photographed!

The stain is made with equal parts of lacquer thinner and lacquer retarder with a small jar of Luthiers Mercantile MEK Yellow dye mixed in.  Again I love the stuff!  I'll add pictures as I do additional steps.

Start with the top. Notice I have an extra rag to tamp my stain rag on if it is dripping, I don’t want drips on the wood only stain flowing out of the rag.

Fast and simple!

Moving to the sides.

Last the back.

And the heart attack shots.  Wow what a piece of flame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dmraco]

what is the back wood?  It seemed to have taked the dye well.