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..