Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
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Neck is pretty much done!
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Another completely random guitar mashup idea.
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Good choice of eras there
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The Broncuar rides!
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Well, it's a Squier Musicmaster crossed with a Jag stang.
Both are products of circa '96. So I guess it could be called the Ninety-Six?
Both are products of circa '96. So I guess it could be called the Ninety-Six?
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That is a piece of art. Love the shade of red on the front, too.
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Thank you!
I had to recess the back of the headstock for the tuners to be long enough.
I haven't seen this done before. It worked out quite well.
I had to recess the back of the headstock for the tuners to be long enough.
I haven't seen this done before. It worked out quite well.
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a WRHB would look/sound dope...
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The recess looks great, and adds to the overall design.CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:26 amThank you!
I had to recess the back of the headstock for the tuners to be long enough.
I haven't seen this done before. It worked out quite well.
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I managed to get a few coats of paint on today.
It's been a cold week but there was some sunshine.
The alder grain shows through a lot clearer in person.
It's been a cold week but there was some sunshine.
The alder grain shows through a lot clearer in person.
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I imagine that's going to be intentionally translucent?CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 2:24 amI managed to get a few coats of paint on today.
It's been a cold week but there was some sunshine.
The alder grain shows through a lot clearer in person.
I'm waiting for it to be a little more consistently warm (New Jersey seems to like giving us winter AND summer in the same day lately) before I start painting the bodies myself.
That looks super even on the top surface. Would I be correct that you're laying on as little as possible with each coat? Would your advice for me to achieve the same to be to just be patient?
Yes, I know they're leading questions but I haven't had much coffee yet and the brain hasn't fully booted up.
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Always a big love from me for the half regular/half slotted headstock. I think Wire Instruments (Earnie Bailey, Nirvana tech IIRC) does something similar and I always dug it :
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Yeah, the paint I bought is the transparent red that is meant for sunburst finishes.GilmourD wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 4:10 amI imagine that's going to be intentionally translucent?
I'm waiting for it to be a little more consistently warm (New Jersey seems to like giving us winter AND summer in the same day lately) before I start painting the bodies myself.
That looks super even on the top surface. Would I be correct that you're laying on as little as possible with each coat? Would your advice for me to achieve the same to be to just be patient?
Yes, I know they're leading questions but I haven't had much coffee yet and the brain hasn't fully booted up.
But it is also quite opaque. So the grain will be subtle.
I only put 2 coats of red on it, the rest will just be built up layers of gloss clear.
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A quick mockup between coats..
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It's all done and wired up.
Still needs the usual tweaking. But it sounds great. The kill switch isn't wired in because they sent me the wrong one.
It does the opposite. It only works when the button is pushed
Still needs the usual tweaking. But it sounds great. The kill switch isn't wired in because they sent me the wrong one.
It does the opposite. It only works when the button is pushed