O.M old whisky barrel look...Without the sparkles...

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O.M old whisky barrel look...Without the sparkles...

Post by Rob the luthier » Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:20 am

After an embarrassing start with my previous sparkly pics :oops: , I decided to take some more manly ones... :D
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Post by charangohabsburg » Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:55 am

Wow, there is fire in that top! :shock: :D
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Post by Rob the luthier » Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:37 am

charangohabsburg wrote:Wow, there is fire in that top! :shock: :D
Hmm fire I never looked at it that way before, cheers mate that's another selling point lol... :wink:

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Re: O.M old whisky barrel look...Without the sparkles...

Post by Nick » Tue Jul 16, 2013 6:03 am

Now that sparkles without the assistance of an effect! I'm liking the colouring/subtle burst. What a great way to use up odds and ends! May have to pinch your colour scheme myself one day Rob, would be really good for a slightly less than "ideal" piece of spruce. :cl :cl :cl
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Post by ozwood » Tue Jul 16, 2013 6:15 am

I really like the look, classy but simple nicely built with real attention to detail.


Congratulations a nice Guitar :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl .

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Post by Rob the luthier » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:34 am

Nick wrote:Now that sparkles without the assistance of an effect! I'm liking the colouring/subtle burst. What a great way to use up odds and ends! May have to pinch your colour scheme myself one day Rob, would be really good for a slightly less than "ideal" piece of spruce. :cl :cl :cl
Cheers Nick, to be honest the spruce top was a lovely stiff board with nice grain and lovely bearclaw and I erm coloured it in lol, :x

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Post by Rob the luthier » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:37 am

ozwood wrote:I really like the look, classy but simple nicely built with real attention to detail.


Congratulations a nice Guitar :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl .

Cheers,
Cheers Ozwood... :D

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Post by Kamusur » Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:57 pm

Has any mentioned the finish :cl :cl :cl

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Post by Rob the luthier » Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:14 pm

Kamusur wrote:Has any mentioned the finish :cl :cl :cl

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Thanks Steve, the finish is water based lacquer and hand polished with micromesh and final polished with autoglym car polish... :)

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Post by Bob Connor » Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:53 am

Very nice indeedy Rob.

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Post by Rob the luthier » Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:06 am

Bob Connor wrote:Very nice indeedy Rob.

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Cheers Bob... :D

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Post by Shane Woonton » Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:33 pm

Beautiful finish Rob. How did you do the burst? Looks a bit like its hand rubbed?

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Post by matthew » Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:28 pm

Beautiful guitar with a really manly look to it. I like the simple, manly bindings and manly centre strip and the smoky, manly, tobacco-stained finish. If i were a pirate I'd have no hesitation in slinging it onto my back and sailing off to Angostura.

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Post by Rob the luthier » Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:17 pm

Shane Woonton wrote:Beautiful finish Rob. How did you do the burst? Looks a bit like its hand rubbed?

Shane
Hi Shane the finish is indeed hand rubbed, the whole finish was done using Stewmacs tobacco colourtone , firstly mixed with water and laid on bare wood, when enough colour had built up I lightly sanded the centre area of the sound board to create a random rough pattern effect I then mixed the colourtone with shellac and built up the darker areas of the rest of the guitar, finally I added the colourtone to waterbased sanding sealer to give a few tint coats before several more coats of 90% sheen waterbased top coats... :)

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Post by Rob the luthier » Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:20 pm

matthew wrote:Beautiful guitar with a really manly look to it. I like the simple, manly bindings and manly centre strip and the smoky, manly, tobacco-stained finish. If i were a pirate I'd have no hesitation in slinging it onto my back and sailing off to Angostura.
Haha Mathew I really lol'd out loud reading this, don't forget to sail of to Angostura in a manly way lol... :lol:

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Post by outbackjack » Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:48 am

Hi rob this is one truly GORGEOUS GUITAR
just one thing please don't tell me this is your first because if it is i am going out to the work shop to do myself
a terminal injury
BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL
CHEERS gEORGE

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Post by outbackjack » Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:53 am

Sorry Rob spelt your name with a small r no disrespect intended now i will write out 10.000 times first and last names are spelt with a capital letter first and last namesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

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Post by Dave » Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:24 pm

Stunning looking guitar Rob :)

Do you mind me asking what water based finish did you use?

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Post by Rob the luthier » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:18 pm

outbackjack wrote:Hi rob this is one truly GORGEOUS GUITAR
just one thing please don't tell me this is your first because if it is i am going out to the work shop to do myself
a terminal injury
BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL
CHEERS gEORGE
Hi George thanks for the brilliant comment :D this is my 5th guitar so no need to injure yourself,lol... :lol:

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Post by Rob the luthier » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:23 pm

Dave wrote:Stunning looking guitar Rob :)

Do you mind me asking what water based finish did you use?

Thanks
Dave
Hi Dave, I used a brand called ISF aquabuild sp, I got 5litres of sanding sealer and 5litres of 90% sheen for £68.00 which is really cheap compared to some brands... :)

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Post by DarwinStrings » Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:41 pm

I thank the powers that be now the sparkles have gone. I kept rubbing my eyes and wondering if someone had spiked my drink. Lovely bit of design work there Rob.

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Post by Rob the luthier » Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:00 pm

DarwinStrings wrote:I thank the powers that be now the sparkles have gone. I kept rubbing my eyes and wondering if someone had spiked my drink. Lovely bit of design work there Rob.

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Lol :lol: Cheers Jim, definitely no more sparkles from now on hehe...

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