Introducing Daphne 2

[thewizardofaz]

Very good point! That's the key to a good final finish....proper preparation of the body surface first - sand the body level, dampen it and sand level again, prime, sand lightly, primer if needed, then color, sand between coats, clear and sand between each 3 coats. I use dupont chromabase color coats, which is very, very thin. If you miss something, it will show like nobody's bizness. 

[mcjt]

Ms Daphne is coming along nicely. i thought you guys might want to see... here  she is with my favorite precision (warmoth) Soon i'll get the decal and klusons back on, then... finish the blue and i am Rocking!

[Stereordinary]

Daphne is my favorite blue. 

[RumorsOFsurF]

That thing's a beaut!  Blue guitars are great, and Daphne is one of the best. 

[eupat]

Daphne is my favorite blue.   ::)

+1

[Jazzprod]

That's awesome!!!!
I really like the white pickguard with the daphne!

[fuzzking]

Njummy!

[Sonic Youthz]

don't hate on sonic now!

[mcjt]

photos to come... but i got a little tired of dicking around with the nitro, not having the temperature, the place or the humidity to shoot... so....
i worked on the neck, tinting it with a nice water-based stain, then 12 coats of hand-rubbed teak and tung oil. Doweled many holes on the body that had changed over the years, installed the klusons, then thought of all my buddies who have been dying to play Daphne (2)... so i installed the neck and strung the damn thing.

Holy. Crap.

This is essentially a nitro thin-skin finish on alder body, and a Musikraft neck with an oil finish....... it is VERY resonant! when i have a bit more time, i might just level out the finish on the body and stay VERY thin. this guitar sounds like a million bucks!

i put on d'addario chrome flatwounds (11's)

[berlinbetty]

MAN!!!  That thing is gorgeous!  (Sorry, just now seeing this thread! )  Is that pickguard cream (or parchment)?  It seems to match the pickup covers quite nicely!  I always thought mint was beautiful on Sonic (or, in this case, Daphne), but I never liked the way the pickguard didn't match the pup covers.  That looks really good.  If I wasn't such a sunburst fiend, I'd definitely have a Sonic or Daphne Jazzmaster!!!

[Regan]

Nice!!!!! Personally I liked the tort guard best, but they all look good!

[mcjt]

thanks guys!
i might hold out for an extra special ERA 60's tortoise guard.
it's daphne blue- not a very manly colour, but i am ok with that.
the guard is avri mint. the covers are actually cream, i think. the sun made them look close, but i like the contrast
new pics to follow

[DB]

Fantastic!  I almost went with Daphne (I even have a can of ReRanch here) but went with the IBM.  The pastels are such cool colors.  Great job!

DB

[mcjt]

The Musikraft neck is very stable. I gave the rod a good turn and mounted the neck, strung the guitar, and the curve on the neck is perfect after 3 days-- not bad!
it's a brazilian rosewood board, chunky C 59 contour, 1.75 inch nut for big hands.
i used Allparts locking Klusons. BOY, would i like to get my hands on a set of original Single Lines...
That, and a PAT PEND bridge.
the string tree is from my 1978 Tele.

I'll have to get some lacquer on the headstock so i can add my J Shine decal---------

[eupat]

i love it