The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. - Page 5

JDB · 10-03-2011, 03:12 AM

After some opinions?
I took the damaged finish of this black custom coz it was stuffed but as its 1 piece and not bad looking, instead of respraying black I'm thinking.
1: clear coat as is.
2: Clear coat with a tint of black.
3: stain black, sand back then clear coat
4: a combination of both
5: I have know Idea and should just spray it black.
6: other.

Cheers

slapshot · 10-03-2011, 03:52 AM

Stain black then clear

twchua · 10-03-2011, 03:58 AM

That's a nice piece of lumber, would be a waste to hide it. Definitely wont spray it. Maybe like what slap says, stain and clear.
What do you ave planned for the top?

JDB · 10-03-2011, 04:28 AM

@ slap, if i did that would I just put the stain straight on or thin it down. Light sand after?

Twchua, the top has a similar damage mark from a sticker also but only small.
I am very tempted to see what the top is like but is it worth it? I don't know. I have sanded in the pup cavity's and one side looks to have potential while the other side has me stumped. By the look of it, it's probably a total mismatch. I suppose i could take it back and if its no good spray it black again.

Udonitron · 10-03-2011, 08:28 AM

I'd go with #4

twchua · 10-03-2011, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDB

@ slap, if i did that would I just put the stain straight on or thin it down. Light sand after?

Twchua, the top has a similar damage mark from a sticker also but only small.
I am very tempted to see what the top is like but is it worth it? I don't know. I have sanded in the pup cavity's and one side looks to have potential while the other side has me stumped. By the look of it, it's probably a total mismatch. I suppose i could take it back and if its no good spray it black again.

If you're planning to have a black top with natural sides, then you should just leave it.
I like mismatched plain tops as they have a certain uniqueness to it. But that's just me...

JDB · 10-03-2011, 09:00 AM

The original plan, because of the neck repair, was to do the top and back and leave the sides and neck black?
Stingers just don't look right to me and I would be bound to stuff it up anyway.
Like Udo, I think number 4 would be good. (the back only )A bit of black stain and a sand to accentuate the pattern in the grain then some black tinted clear coat to blend it all together. Only problem with that is I would need a spray gun for the tint V's an areosole can. But I could probably borrow one.

Udonitron · 10-03-2011, 01:56 PM

Added 5 uber thin coats of amber lacquer over the tung oiled Nav yesterday.
Sanded and ready for the last today, if it does not rain!

Ohjay · 10-03-2011, 02:42 PM

Looking reeeeaaaaally purrrrdy there Udo

Udonitron · 10-03-2011, 02:45 PM

Thanks man, appreciate it

Udonitron · 10-03-2011, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDB

The original plan, because of the neck repair, was to do the top and back and leave the sides and neck black?
Stingers just don't look right to me and I would be bound to stuff it up anyway.
Like Udo, I think number 4 would be good. (the back only )A bit of black stain and a sand to accentuate the pattern in the grain then some black tinted clear coat to blend it all together. Only problem with that is I would need a spray gun for the tint V's an areosole can. But I could probably borrow one.

The guns are fairly cheap man.
I got my 1.8 and my 1.4 guns in a complete kit for $60 and they work very well, rebranded DeVillbiss I think.
You have a compressor?

slapshot · 10-03-2011, 03:03 PM

i think it's time you stopped ****ing around and stripped the whole thing
stained it black
then cleared it
no sanding just black stained guit

Udonitron · 10-03-2011, 03:12 PM

Wait what...you condoning stain with no filler?
You drunk?

slapshot · 10-03-2011, 03:16 PM

i didn't deem it necessary to mention standard preparation techniques.

Udonitron · 10-03-2011, 03:19 PM

Pfff!
Grain filler, meh!

slapshot · 10-03-2011, 03:20 PM

just cause you don't know how to use it

Udonitron · 10-03-2011, 03:26 PM

Nothing to do with that, I just like the wood to look and feel like wood, not smooth like glass.
Fretboards are raw wood (other than finished Tele & Strat necks).
I just think wood should still look and feel like it did when it was alive, not glossy smooth unless it is an Arbutus after moulting.
Finish, to me, is just a protectant, not a beautifier per say.

slapshot · 10-03-2011, 03:27 PM

you be scared of grain filler
but i understand.you like some texture in your sheeeeeeeeit

Udonitron · 10-03-2011, 03:30 PM

Haha yeah terrified of gunking up the natural grain and beauty of wood with more crap.
The rawer the wood the better.

slapshot · 10-03-2011, 03:42 PM

ok bareback brokeback

Udonitron · 10-03-2011, 03:51 PM

5 uber thin coats of spit

Udonitron · 10-06-2011, 09:56 AM

She is all done with the lacquer on Monday and was put together yesterday, 1st time EVER being completed and strung up.
The lacquer is still curing so not handling it much but did play it for 5 mins last night.
The wife was sleeping so I could not crank it but man oh man, talk about a resonant guitar.
Whatever that mystery neck pickup is, it is unreal and never coming out.
It has the stock Seth or Antiquity in the bridge it looks like.
I will take a few pics of it complete today after work, with the Slap approved pickguard on it, if anyone wishes to see it.

jacco · 10-06-2011, 10:22 AM

Yes! Is it the Nav?

snaredrum · 10-06-2011, 10:29 AM

Slap got banned?

jacco · 10-06-2011, 10:33 AM

Prob only for a week or so? standard procedure here

Udonitron · 10-06-2011, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jacco

Yes! Is it the Nav?

Aye

Slap is still around I think

GammyBird · 10-06-2011, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Udonitron

Aye

Slap is still around I think

He's watching

slapshot · 10-06-2011, 03:58 PM

jacco · 10-06-2011, 04:22 PM

what is this? vow of silence, only sign language allowed?

wulfman · 10-06-2011, 04:23 PM

Welcome Back Slapper - YouTube

10-03-2011, 03:12 AM	#121 (permalink)
JDB Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: australia Posts: 4,894 Thanks: 2 Thanked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. After some opinions? I took the damaged finish of this black custom coz it was stuffed but as its 1 piece and not bad looking, instead of respraying black I'm thinking. 1: clear coat as is. 2: Clear coat with a tint of black. 3: stain black, sand back then clear coat 4: a combination of both 5: I have know Idea and should just spray it black. 6: other. Cheers

10-03-2011, 03:52 AM	#122 (permalink)
slapshot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fishing.it's like yoga but I get to kill something Posts: 17,884 Thanks: 208 Thanked 68 Times in 32 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Stain black then clear

10-03-2011, 03:58 AM	#123 (permalink)
twchua Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: South East Asia Posts: 790 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. That's a nice piece of lumber, would be a waste to hide it. Definitely wont spray it. Maybe like what slap says, stain and clear. What do you ave planned for the top?

10-03-2011, 04:28 AM	#124 (permalink)
JDB Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: australia Posts: 4,894 Thanks: 2 Thanked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. @ slap, if i did that would I just put the stain straight on or thin it down. Light sand after? Twchua, the top has a similar damage mark from a sticker also but only small. I am very tempted to see what the top is like but is it worth it? I don't know. I have sanded in the pup cavity's and one side looks to have potential while the other side has me stumped. By the look of it, it's probably a total mismatch. I suppose i could take it back and if its no good spray it black again.

10-03-2011, 08:28 AM	#125 (permalink)
Udonitron Oh Great...99 Yen!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,147 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. I'd go with #4 __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

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10-03-2011, 09:00 AM	#127 (permalink)
JDB Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: australia Posts: 4,894 Thanks: 2 Thanked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. The original plan, because of the neck repair, was to do the top and back and leave the sides and neck black? Stingers just don't look right to me and I would be bound to stuff it up anyway. Like Udo, I think number 4 would be good. (the back only )A bit of black stain and a sand to accentuate the pattern in the grain then some black tinted clear coat to blend it all together. Only problem with that is I would need a spray gun for the tint V's an areosole can. But I could probably borrow one.

10-03-2011, 01:56 PM	#128 (permalink)
Udonitron Oh Great...99 Yen!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,147 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Added 5 uber thin coats of amber lacquer over the tung oiled Nav yesterday. Sanded and ready for the last today, if it does not rain! SingeMonkey, GammyBird, Guitar Freak and 4 others like this. __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

10-03-2011, 02:42 PM	#129 (permalink)
Ohjay Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sweden Posts: 696 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Looking reeeeaaaaally purrrrdy there Udo __________________ Aria Pro II aficionado

10-03-2011, 02:45 PM	#130 (permalink)
Udonitron Oh Great...99 Yen!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,147 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Thanks man, appreciate it __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

10-03-2011, 03:03 PM	#132 (permalink)
slapshot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fishing.it's like yoga but I get to kill something Posts: 17,884 Thanks: 208 Thanked 68 Times in 32 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. i think it's time you stopped ****ing around and stripped the whole thing stained it black then cleared it no sanding just black stained guit

10-03-2011, 03:12 PM	#133 (permalink)
Udonitron Oh Great...99 Yen!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,147 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Wait what...you condoning stain with no filler? You drunk? __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

10-03-2011, 03:16 PM	#134 (permalink)
slapshot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fishing.it's like yoga but I get to kill something Posts: 17,884 Thanks: 208 Thanked 68 Times in 32 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. i didn't deem it necessary to mention standard preparation techniques.

10-03-2011, 03:19 PM	#135 (permalink)
Udonitron Oh Great...99 Yen!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,147 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Pfff! Grain filler, meh! __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

10-03-2011, 03:20 PM	#136 (permalink)
slapshot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fishing.it's like yoga but I get to kill something Posts: 17,884 Thanks: 208 Thanked 68 Times in 32 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. just cause you don't know how to use it

10-03-2011, 03:26 PM	#137 (permalink)
Udonitron Oh Great...99 Yen!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,147 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Nothing to do with that, I just like the wood to look and feel like wood, not smooth like glass. Fretboards are raw wood (other than finished Tele & Strat necks). I just think wood should still look and feel like it did when it was alive, not glossy smooth unless it is an Arbutus after moulting. Finish, to me, is just a protectant, not a beautifier per say. __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

10-03-2011, 03:27 PM	#138 (permalink)
slapshot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fishing.it's like yoga but I get to kill something Posts: 17,884 Thanks: 208 Thanked 68 Times in 32 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. you be scared of grain filler but i understand.you like some texture in your sheeeeeeeeit

10-03-2011, 03:30 PM	#139 (permalink)
Udonitron Oh Great...99 Yen!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,147 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Haha yeah terrified of gunking up the natural grain and beauty of wood with more crap. The rawer the wood the better. __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

10-03-2011, 03:42 PM	#140 (permalink)
slapshot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fishing.it's like yoga but I get to kill something Posts: 17,884 Thanks: 208 Thanked 68 Times in 32 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. ok bareback brokeback

10-03-2011, 03:51 PM	#141 (permalink)
Udonitron Oh Great...99 Yen!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,147 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. 5 uber thin coats of spit __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

10-06-2011, 09:56 AM	#142 (permalink)
Udonitron Oh Great...99 Yen!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,147 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. She is all done with the lacquer on Monday and was put together yesterday, 1st time EVER being completed and strung up. The lacquer is still curing so not handling it much but did play it for 5 mins last night. The wife was sleeping so I could not crank it but man oh man, talk about a resonant guitar. Whatever that mystery neck pickup is, it is unreal and never coming out. It has the stock Seth or Antiquity in the bridge it looks like. I will take a few pics of it complete today after work, with the Slap approved pickguard on it, if anyone wishes to see it. __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

10-06-2011, 10:22 AM	#143 (permalink)
jacco Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Netherlands Posts: 3,331 Thanks: 6 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Yes! Is it the Nav?

10-06-2011, 10:29 AM	#144 (permalink)
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10-06-2011, 10:33 AM	#145 (permalink)
jacco Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Netherlands Posts: 3,331 Thanks: 6 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Re: The Unofficial Official (etc) so you dick about with your Les Paul Thread. Prob only for a week or so? standard procedure here GammyBird likes this.

10-06-2011, 03:58 PM	#148 (permalink)
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