Sat May 19, 2018 9:33 pm
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Sun May 20, 2018 12:41 pm
BitchPudding wrote:First of all, I was thinking of staining the wood red. I want it to be transparent so you can still see the wood grain. Kinda like some nicer SG's. I'm also not opposed to leaving it unfinished. What I wanna know is what would I use to get that finish color and how hard is it to pull off? And if I do leave it unfinished, is that a good idea or no?
Sun May 20, 2018 1:02 pm
Mudfuzz wrote:BitchPudding wrote:First of all, I was thinking of staining the wood red. I want it to be transparent so you can still see the wood grain. Kinda like some nicer SG's. I'm also not opposed to leaving it unfinished. What I wanna know is what would I use to get that finish color and how hard is it to pull off? And if I do leave it unfinished, is that a good idea or no?
First of all.. staining is no big deal at all. What IS is choosing what finish you use with what stain you use.
Example I know for a fact that the dye that Stu mac sells reacts very badly with natural oil finishes such as: Tru oil, linseed oil, tung oil, waterlox and teak oil, and you have to use a lacquer or poly sprayed finish. Woodburst is a tung oil base stain BUT if you don't add something like naphtha to cut it it will make your finish stay tacky.. for ever.. Powered wood dyes like what LMI sell and stuff you find in woodworking store are awesome but you have to be careful about applying it evenly, you really want to test the color mix on scrap until you have what you want and then mix enough to do the whole thing in one go otherwise you will light and dark patches. My all time favorite is [this what I used on my orange bassVI and my upright] is a mixture of waterlox high gloss finish and artist oil here is my mini tutorial on that viewtopic.php?f=192&t=36508&p=690744&hilit=waterlox#p690744 basically what I am saying is read read read, test test test and you will be fine
neonblack wrote:Consider adding a series/parallel switch. Can really add some beef!
Sun May 20, 2018 1:10 pm
BitchPudding wrote:[neonblack wrote:Consider adding a series/parallel switch. Can really add some beef!
I mean, definitely could. But I'm not sure I'd ever switch off the out of phase thing. I love that sound. Just need to know how to wire it that way, since it was done totally by accident on my SG. haha
Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:39 pm