Almost done with my first USACG project. Then I bought a Web Special neck. Ooops, here we go again! I did not know this could be so addicting.
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First USACG
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 Copperhead |
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Posts: 2 Thu, Feb 26, 2009 13:21:28 |
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Posts: 3 Thu, Feb 26, 2009 13:42:23 |
Dang new guy! First post and he double-taps.....
Sorry, here's some pics: 
And the new neck: 
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Posts: 2171 Thu, Feb 26, 2009 14:17:35 Contributing Palladium Member
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Cool pickguard. And stunning flame on that neck! Do all of USACG's web specials look like this?
You can say you to
me.
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Copperhead |
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Posts: 4 Thu, Feb 26, 2009 14:36:12 |
Thanks. I'm so used to recessed Wolfgangs, that my pinky gets lost on flat tops, so the pickguard really is my finger rest. Tommy got me a thin piece of
ebony for it. I used a trim router bit to follow the pickup wells.
There are some steals to be had for sure on the web specials. You could see the flame real prominently even without finish on this neck, I could not pass it up. Tommy is a great guy to deal with, lots of ideas and help to get you what you want. |
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Posts: 365 Fri, Feb 27, 2009 07:20:38 Silver Member |
Wow! That flame figure is incredible!
Great, now I want one of these aswell. Congrats on your pieces! I love that ebony pickguard |
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Boris Bubbanov |
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Posts: 127 Fri, Feb 27, 2009 19:04:14 |
A bound but arm cut Tele body - not sure I've seen that, looks great!
The pickguard is really nice, too. I've been planning to get some scraps from Tommy for some 3D control plates to cover a conventional Thinline Tele controls access hole. Yes, folks, a lot of the stuff coming down the Webspecials pike will have this character or that, and if bold tiger stripe is what you want, you will find it if you are patient. |
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Posts: 1244 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 07:26:47 Contributing Palladium Member |
Unfilled ash, damn that looks good.
--Garrett--
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Posts: 6 Sat, Feb 28, 2009 16:42:08 |
Thanks for all the kind compliments on my first endeavour! I will be sure to post photos of the completed project as well as the specs, in the appropriate
sticky.
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Posts: 1173 Sun, Mar 22, 2009 23:19:00 FIB Humble Man of Steel |
Floyd's aren't my thing, but the rest of that guitar is a slam dunk! Did you finish it yourself? How?
Blah Blah Woof
Woof
-Jimi Hendrix |
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Copperhead |
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Posts: 10 Mon, Mar 23, 2009 21:47:28 |
Thanks! It's at the luthier's right now for final set-up and fret finishing.
W.D. Lockwood water based stain, Oxblood Red w/10% IPA. Two coats, sanded in between. I then burned the grain black with a heat gun. Birchwood Casey TruOil, 'bout 10-15 light coats, steel wool in between coats. Polished with 3M Finesse and Meguiars carnauba wax. |
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Posts: 3194 Mon, Mar 23, 2009 22:27:04 Contrib. Silver Charter Member |
Very clever idea on that pickguard. I like it.
I'm not sure what you meant by "burning the grain" with the heat gun.
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their
women." - The Governator
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Posts: 11 Mon, Mar 23, 2009 22:47:50 |
Hahahaha! Hold a heat gun on it 'til it smokes..... I was going to use the MAPP torch, but I did not want to accidentally melt the binding. The coarse
grain areas were not receptive to the stain and stayed yellow, and the grain burned while the surrounding soaked and wet areas did not. The end result is that
the grain pattern is pronounced and dark. Unintentionally, the swamp ash also took on a "flame" pattern, no pun intended!
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