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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:23 pm 
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Wow! I liked the feathers before the etching but they are outstanding now!

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:39 am 
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Tony_in_NYC wrote:
Wow! I liked the feathers before the etching but they are outstanding now!


Here too Tony - I am excited to see hour the Green Abalone feather is going to come out - it has some flippin' amazing colors on it - we'll see tomorrow!

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:13 am 
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Impressive work as always, are you going to start spraying your own finishes?


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:25 am 
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jimmysux wrote:
Impressive work as always, are you going to start spraying your own finishes?


+1

If you can do that you can finish a guitar.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:19 am 
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Chameleon wrote:
jimmysux wrote:
Impressive work as always, are you going to start spraying your own finishes?


+1

If you can do that you can finish a guitar.



Hi guys - thanks so much - I have done different types of painting for years, heck, I even painted an aircraft for a movie once (Iron Eagle III). And believe it or not, I have no fear of it, I just LOVE the polyester finishes that Moe puts on guitars....for now..... I am also lacking an area to do this. If I had my own garage, or a shop, shed, etc. I would do it. I have the spray gun, compressor and all the goods and I have been doing quite a bit if finishing on these FretBoxes I have been making (http://www.fretboxes.com But also, I am trying to make some high-end builds right now where I don't want to risk screwing things up. I may do my own finishes down the road if the logistics permit, but for now, if you saw the work this guy does, you would probably agree.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:23 am 
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Spectacular job, V [clap] . Well done, my friend


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:52 pm 
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RogerC108 wrote:
Spectacular job, V [clap] . Well done, my friend

THANKS!

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:54 pm 
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Fingerboard Inlay DONE! (Day 9 of inlay)

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:45 pm 
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Yesterday I had to re-saw the fret slots, because of the inlay:

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:16 am 
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Dude, what is wrong with you laughing6-hehe You know you coulda just put a few lines on those feathers to indicate detail without scratching in EVERY LAST BARB. Excellent work. That's a lot of lines not to have any major slips! I especially like the abalone one near the end.

And the lines on the strings too :shock: But here's a thought that would have been a heck of a lot easier, and pretty cool too... use a light colored but slower growing wood, maybe pecan, and cut the pieces so the grain lines run diagonal to the string, making the twisty lines for free :) Sort of like radial purfling. On the other hand, this way they have some actual 3 dimensional depth to them.

Oh, and as for the coloring... if you're going for that faux binding effect, then forget everything I said. No amber. But I still say natural center, and fade to black at the edge. But if it must be colored, then blue/turquoise.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 5:51 pm 
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Thanks Dennis - yeah, I had some redwood and the grain looked pretty cool from the side - wanted to try the woodburner - it don't look too bad - Yeah, that's Paua Ab at the end and Green ab near the 12th fret - they are funny because they change so much as you are sanding them down - I lucked out and they both had some great colors at the tips.

I have been a pen & ink artist since I been playing guitar - mostly rapidograph on bristol board and was always into the fine line stuff - it's kinda neat I am able to apply this to the guitar making now! [:Y:]

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