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Looking pretty good in a satin.

Headstock inlay complete and all timber components are built and sealed. YAY! Guess that means it's mockup time.....mock,mock,mock. I see the cameras playing funny buggers again, upside down.

Getting myself organised to do the headstock logo so more photos coming soon.

2 sealer coats finally on and what a difference it makes. Decided to keep to my original plan and go with a satin finish I have to admit it's even better than I imagined and once that gold hardware goes on....

Thats some nice work Allen. I like the art nouveau look it has.
Saw this earlier on insta via australianguitars and wondered if your process would be here.
Very interesting technique.

Thank you Fisherman, glad you like it.

Mick, I'm seriously leaning toward a poly satin finish as I like the look and feel of it.

Thanks Mick, the southwest US look was unintended but I noticed it too. There's a little bit of fine detail in that area that doesn't show up until the sealer coat, I hope it shows up. The fret markers are a signature of my builds, these are made from jarrah and silver wattle.

All thats left to do now is the headstock inlay then I can test fit the hardware and get this one sealed.
Probably one of the most enjoyable builds I've ever done, in fact I think I'll build another.....

Back and sides make a minimal difference......yes that's true. I've heard laminate b+s sound just as good as some solid timber guitars. As for a baseline in a study, 1 s/s guitar with an interchangeable back eliminates the issue of variants. Then try and pick the timber used on the back. And just fo...

You got me with the stra-tele, normally I see a strat or tele and keep on walking, LPs as well and I admit I did so here.... Strat with tele headstock I'll keep walking....wait a second...somethings different about this one. Then I actually looked at it and thought yep, that's cool even the color su...

Thanks Trent and thanks Wayne,
So far it's working out as planned, thank goodness.
Already thinking about building another one but with a different top.
Body thickness on this is 28mm outer edge and 40mm at bridge.
The top has a workable thickness of 5mm so its a very subtle arch.

Thank you McCreed and Mark,
I'm currently shaping the back so pics aren't far away,
Just a day or two of other nonrelated things that need to get done first.
It's cleaning up really nicely though.

Hi Mark, That's all my handiwork. Each houndstooth section is made up of 4 pieces 6mmx30mm, hand cut in a little mitre box. Hours of fun. Htoothbegining.jpg I assembled each row as I went just in case there was any variance in my cuts. I've made the control knobs for it in the same material plus pic...

Been working on this beast lately, resembles a 335 in shape only. Jarrah and Tassie oak body, Tassie oak neck. Just started shaping the top and back arches. Jarrah binding. IMG_20190425_115057_012.jpg Keeping it simple with 1 volume, 1 tone and a 3 way toggle. Output jack exits side of body so the t...