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The neck is a Charlie Christian, bridge is a PA Bigbsy style, both in matching nickel dogear bezels. Marc at mojo pickups really rose to the challenge here, I think they look awesome!!
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Also routed some ledges in the top and smoothed them out to guvve a subtle radius
The back is marked up for the same, just need to make a wooden cavity cover first so it can all be radiused at the same time.
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It will also have a recessed string block and cavity cover round back. Along with recessed wooden knobs on the front.
With a block colour for the body it should make the afromosia really pop. Likely plain white or plain black I think, I might try a milk paint finish too.
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I used a basic holesaw like this
I started with the drill bit in the holesaw and went half way through, then removed the drill bit to cut all the way through. I left them tall at first, then cut down to size after double checking the depth of the center hole to make sure I didn't drill all the way through.
once that was done I drilled them out for some knob inserts, and a recess for the washer and nut (slightly off center, not on purpose) mounted them on the wrong end of a drill, put it back in the drill press upside down. Then i could turn them to shape with a file and various grits of sandpaper and finally a bit of boiled linseed oil
simple, but i think they will suit the guitar. They feel great so I'm really hopeful the neck will be similar
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The ridge is still as high as the pickups, so i will probably take a few mm off the top of it and recarve the curve from there. worst case if i don't like it is i flatten off the whole section
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Back of the body has had an afromosia plate made, then both body and plate have been subtlely radiused
Headstock has been cut to a shape that's mostly ibanez in size and shape, with a different end.
Board has been radiused and nut slot cut
Body is just about ready for finishing. Think I'm going to try some milk paint for it, but will see how the test go.
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Like the headstock, such a tricky thing to get right but that looks really smart.
When I first saw people using it, it was all for shabby chic easy relic style stuff. But with people like millimetric and schorr guitars getting good solid colous on modern guitar styles I thought it could be worth a look for something like this.
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Neck has been inlaid with some pearl dots. Just need to glue a truss rod fillet in place before carving and fretting
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https://oldfashionedmilkpaint.co.uk/collections/old-fashioned-milkpaint/products/providence
the instructions say to mix the powder 1:1 with water. This is what I did for the first coat, and it was a little thick. It also starts to gel up pretty quickly if you don't stir regularly.
This is one coat applied with a crappy brush. Its applied to raw wood
not a bad start for one coat on raw wood
It sands well and burnishes to a nice eggshell at 240g. feels pretty sturdy. Clean up is really easy with water
I'm going to build a few thinner coats and see what we end up with. I'm going to try a mini roller for application once i have a good solid base coat laid down. I might try spraying, not sure yet.
I'm currently thinking an oil based top coat will be best, mainly because it seems counter intuitive to overspray a traditional water based finish with lacquer.
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Definitely a contender for me as well, if my mtn sprays don't work out. I've read some people use this stuff to top coat it, but can't find any good threads on method:
https://www.littlefairs.shop/products/littlefairs-extra-strong-varnish?variant=39424105971814¤cy=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=CjwKCAiAxJSPBhAoEiwAeO_fP3Ee7DuiHk1B9TpqbzK7voIO64JuMDwsFygmQMg_9g5fhN9dvS8ibBoCOfMQAvD_BwE
Available in matt or gloss.
I got a gloss "water based varnish" spray, which should be a clear acrylic, but I'm thinking I might go for a matt finish for a change.
Ahem...watching the build with interest
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I will level that off tomorrow and see where we are at. I expect it will need two more coats before I start on top coat
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I'm not sure how matte it will be once done. With a bit of practice I could probably roll on a nice final coat and leave it that way.
More likely it will need some levelling, which burnishes it up to an eggshell like sheen. Adding oil will probably push it towards semi gloss, and obviously darken it too
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Anyway the coat of oil prevents adding more, so I'm currently experimenting with mixing milk paint powder with boiled linseed oil.
That seems to be getting more consistent after 1 coat
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My hope is to finish off with a few coats of osmo once I have a good consistent colour.
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