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LiveOVErdrive

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The farther I get this along the more I want to do a natural finish. But I've got a couple glaringly obvious wood fills in there that might look bad.

Might still do it.
 

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Might do a trans finish like this

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I already have so many blue and green guitars though.

If I stick to the original plan I'll paint it black and shoot blue/green chameleon paint over that.
 

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The carving on that is gorgeous!! I would say finish it in anyway that highlights that grain! The pine grain the body is extravagant!
 

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You can do the fretboard dying like kiesel does on their color treated FBs.
 

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nah, don't do the fretboard too, unless the figure is super strong. It just ends up looking cheap if you don't have good figuring ime.
 

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Wasn't happy with my frets so I'm redoing them. This time it is going much better.

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This is my first time doing blind ends. Last time I was too generous with my tan nipping. This time I am cutting them JUST to size, I'm gluing them in with pva glue, I'm overbending them beforehand, and I'm seating them by striking the center first. Also I'm using the Jumbo frets I meant to use in stead of the medium ones I used before because I couldn't find the jumbos I had bought the week prior.
 


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