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After an embarrassing start with my previous sparkly pics , I decided to take some more manly ones...

Wow, there is fire in that top!

charangohabsburg wrote:Wow, there is fire in that top!

Hmm fire I never looked at it that way before, cheers mate that's another selling point lol...

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.

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


Congratulations a nice Guitar .

Cheers,

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.

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,

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


Congratulations a nice Guitar .

Cheers,

Cheers Ozwood...

Has any mentioned the finish

Steve

Kamusur wrote:Has any mentioned the finish

Steve

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

Very nice indeedy Rob.

Regards

Bob Connor wrote:Very nice indeedy Rob.

Regards

Cheers Bob...

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

Shane

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Stunning looking guitar Rob

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

Thanks
Dave

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 this is my 5th guitar so no need to injure yourself,lol...

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...

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.

Jim

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.

Jim

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