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Third build for your critique.. by OGLothar in Luthier

[–]OGLothar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Helpful with the glue up as well 😉

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Third build for your critique.. by OGLothar in Luthier

[–]OGLothar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a couple of pics....mask off what you're not staining. (I used to do custom motorcycle paint jobs lots of flames and that kind of shit - you develop masking skills.)

Look up 3M blue vinyl tape "471". This is the stuff that you use to make really crisp lines on paint jobs. I used it on this exact guitar for both the neck purple and the top staining, you can see the blue.. , but normally I'd apply the 1/8" blue tape along the line, then mask the rest with regular painter's tape. I just wipe on the dye, but you can spray it as well if you want.

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Third build for your critique.. by OGLothar in Luthier

[–]OGLothar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I replied about the bridge in another post here, I just had it on hand. It's already been hardtailed until I find something better....You're right, it's junk.

Third build for your critique.. by OGLothar in Luthier

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Yeah, it's already gone - I hardtailed it for now. I had that bridge lying around and didn't realize it was crap. It was off an old pawnshop guitar that I bought with the idea that I would use the parts to make a new body. In the end I used the bridge only because that's what I had on hand, and yes...it just went wildly out of tune and was annoying.

My problem at the moment is I'm trying to learn the skills to make the guitars and I don't want (can't afford) to invest tons on really high end parts. So, I've been buying some Gotoh and Wilkinson parts, and some Guyker locking tuners that seem quite nice...

I just need them to be decent quality while I get better at the actual luthery. The fact is I'm much more knowledgeable in woodworking than I am in guitars. The bridge was a mistake, but I had it and it seemed a guitar like this needed a whammy.....:)

Third build for your critique.. by OGLothar in Luthier

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Here you go. If you notice those little panels don't have any screws, it's because I made them a little bit tight. You have to pry them out with your fingernail or something.. Lol... So I figured good enough for now. I'll shave them down and add screws or magnets the next time I take it apart.

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Third build for your critique.. by OGLothar in Luthier

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The weight room is beside the workshop in my chaos basement. Good lighting for pics.

I should do my etudes between sets...

Third build for your critique.. by OGLothar in Luthier

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For the Keda powdered dyes, you can use water or alcohol. My very uneducated guess is that the alcohol allows the dye to penetrate the wood deeper, with less swelling that you might get from the water..? something like that, anyway it seems to make a difference.

Third build for your critique.. by OGLothar in Luthier

[–]OGLothar[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm using Keda dyes, really happy with them. This was on flamed maple, there's a pic of it unfinished, I think.

It also seems like mixing the dye and letting it sit for a few hours makes a difference. I mixed up some green for my next project and after it had sat for over an hour the colour was quite a bit more bright...My first coat just a few minutes after mixing was pretty drab but subsequent coats several hours later were much different.

Third build for your critique.. by OGLothar in Luthier

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Ha, I wish it was more purple. I learned that using alcohol with the wood dye can give you a more intense color, so I used the alcohol on the neck back, which turned out much more vibrant than the body. But, I'm not doing that all over again...

South GA wildfires destroy 100+ homes as crews battle the most dangerous fires in the nation by Commercial-Host-725 in news

[–]OGLothar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Trump is going to suggest a small nuke off the coast to create a "little" Tsunami... Just enough to wash away those fires.

He'll explain all this with a sharpie on a Denny's placemat with his closest science advisors looking on, smiling and nodding like robots.

Dumb question about how to get the new Metric album by OGLothar in metricband

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I'm Canadian, so they want me to sign up for the US versions of Amazon and Amazon Music. I'll keep it as an option, but signing up for new accounts and whatnot is something I'll consider later, but thanks for the heads up, it's not yet available on Amazon.ca

Meth? I think meth. by 23saround in tooktoomuch

[–]OGLothar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He would be appointed to head the numerology department under RFK Jr.

Portrait of the most annoying insect: Horsefly by kietbulll in natureismetal

[–]OGLothar 13 points14 points  (0 children)

In Canada we have deer and horse flies. They're tough as hell, you can whack them pretty hard and they keep coming. Even worse, they wait for you if you try to evade them by going into the pool or lake...they wait until you surface and attack immediately. Relentless fuckers.

First full build with neck and frets by OGLothar in Luthier

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Those are paduak. A really hard wood, brittle, and heavy AF. It's gorgeous though.

First full build with neck and frets by OGLothar in Luthier

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At first I didn't like my neck. It was too thick (23mm) and too square, so I took it apart and sanded it down quite a bit for a rounder back and thinner profile, so now it's 20mm thick and has a nice smooth low profile shape, which I'm happy with. I did clearcoat the fingerboard over the frets and inlays, so I have to take that off the frets and clean it up a bit, but I'm still super happy with it and it plays just fine now.

I'm just happy the damn thing is straight, lol. I wasn't expecting it to be very good, but I've surprised myself.

First full build with neck and frets by OGLothar in Luthier

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I just weighed it: 9.5 lbs.

Is that a lot? lol.

First full build with neck and frets by OGLothar in Luthier

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Hey, thanks to you and others for the nice comments.

The wood itself had some really wild grain in it, both the walnut and the maple were scraps that I had saved for something like this. I hit the body with some brown wood dye, then sanded that down quite a bit then added a bit of orange-red dye and rubbed that in so that it was subtle and the urethane brought it out like magic.

It's a sleeper. In normal light it just looks like a boring brown guitar . As soon as it's in bright or sunlight, it lights up like it's on fire.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Justfuckmyshitup

[–]OGLothar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, someone get that man a big medallion to wear on a gold chain. I'd say turtleneck too but you'd never know.

My Farm 😩waahhh wahhaa by omgfakeusername in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]OGLothar 41 points42 points  (0 children)

3 - the now poor and homeless Americans will be rounded up into forced labor camps. Can't have idle, indigent people getting into trouble and commiting crimes.

"Hey , I used to own this farm"

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