hooglebug
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although having just looked at both side by side, I'm going to put some brown around the edge, just to make it that touch darker
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that's what I thought, but when I looked at the mockup it was like this. its not THAT red in person - its not quite as bright red. plus the clear coats will darken it a touch as well.
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yup
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if you ignore the sides its all good. it sounds and plays really nice.
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tease
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I need to make some room and get some pennies, so this is up for grabs cheap
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it was pretty much all over. maybe I just got a bad plank
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i'll say sycamore and americans can learn something for a change instead of us saying their words to placate them I cant remember but I THINK theres a bit of chambering done on it. its very light so I'm guessing I did do that. when I say it doesn't finish very well, what I meant was theres a LOT of feathering which never really sands down - that's the main problem with it. I got it from john boddy's years ago and always got their south american after that. it sounds great and its light and everything its just a prick with the feathering and big splinters lifting off it and stuff and james, it'll probably make it a bit lighter sounding, but it wont be THAT different
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I was just going to refinish it, but when I took the finish off I remembered how terrible a finish Fiji mahogany gives, and there was a rather large, not split, but one part of wood lifting off (it would make sense if you saw it) so I decided to take a fair chunk of mahogany off the back, stick a bit of sycamore on and carve it like the front. its then all going to be finished in gold. so less of a goldtop, more of a goldeverythingapartfromheadstockfrontandbackandfretboard
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goldtop makeover
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this will be sanded back again, but yeah, oof
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that's just it. by the time it gets here with greedy customs its probably about the same. I don't know. i'll have to see what it looks like and decide whats going to suit it. I just covered the top in superglue so when that's dry it'll give an idea of what it'll look like with some finish on - the plan is some amber and a slight red burst, but really really subtle, but it'll give an idea to start with anyway
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them, but with the small buttons. that's what I normally get. its just really expensive getting them one set at a time from japan. I've found a nickel bridge over here, but no x-gold. the plan originally was to have nickel parts with gold higlights - saddles, screws, washers etc. then I could use the opposite ones on another. but I'm not too sure how that would look. I am liking the look of those worn gold ones, but you can only get the tuners in that finish. which is a bugger
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ah. I shall have to have a try at that
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I've got a catalogue, but I don't know how old it is. unless you're talking about something else, in which case no
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Why does no one sell nickel or x-gold gotoh parts but gotoh japan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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fretboards not glued on yet, its just sitting there
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its weld-on fast set acrylics glue. or something. I got it from smallwonder. it smells like its an acetone type based thing - it all melts together anyway
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that's a whole heap of binding
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after many MANY tries to get the sides on, many many cracks later, everythings on and binding is happening,
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doesn't have to be, but its just easier to line the neck up with the edge. and now I'm going to have to put it on after so... ugh so annoying. I was going to do some long thin slots to get the weight down a bit anyway. i'll do them from the back and stop a few mm before it goes all the way through
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side is off again. cut the neck pocket - sooo carefully - and the shitting mirror cracked.
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the sides are on. I mean, the side is on, but that doesn't sound right. the neck has a fretboard and a headstock cut out. now the side is on (still doesn't sound right) i'll get the neck pocket cut and then do all the routes and stuff before I glue the front and back on. and at some point get the neck done I suppose.