I know it's totally counter intuitive...but maybe just be a little rough with it when yu play it and if you hit it against the table, just let it happen.
I did the sunburst on CBG_prototype by using a very thinned shellac coat first, then a wipe of Golden Oak stain over the whole thing, then Dark Walnut (?) stain on a tip of a rag to 'burn' the edges with little rubbings towards the center (just don't do too much at a time so you don't go over the lightest center areas of each panel/side).. let it dry a bit, then I used a little bit of Ebony stain or actually I think just a darker something called "Old English Cherry" stain (actually I think it was the Dark Walnut that was the darkest, Old English Cherry the medium reddish, and Golden Oak the lightest ... but you get what I mean, go with the lightest color over all, then the medium as a gradation towards the center and the darkest right around teh edges and use a dry rag to work back out of the center so you don't darken the nice middle burst
...I did a test piece recently where I used some very very watered down acrylic yellow to yellowize the center burst first...iit actually worked. the Golden Oak stain still went over and through it, and left a nice gold/yellow pop in the center when the darker vignette was added.
as for the hesitation to relic...totally understand...I just do so much of that to the art that I do (movie posters/ DVD art, fine art paintings) by destroying photo quality on purpose, and the scneic art i did on movie sets, I have no fear, the 'grindhouse' look is part of my makeup (though I fetishize the hell out of regular guitar builds and finishes...I just love the CBGs to have a used and abuse broken in feel...
Got it.. i know it from an old furniture refinishing thiing.i need to know how to do that sun burst finish u did. this thing took 2 weeks to sand prime mask and paint cant bring myself to beat it up yet
I just want that WHITE to be yellowed a bit. You can do all kinds of relic stuff -- kindof fun in its own way. I tend to build the relic into the process, shooting for a feeling of deep experience...like it was new 40 years ago, then got beat up through use, then a thoughtful but amateur poor refurbish attempt by somebody, then another 15 years of beating, then a refurb on the neck, etc makes any caveman quality to our builds feel fully on purpose and natural
relic job --- Beat the living hell out of it with keys, or metal, a screwdriver, a flat piece of metal to scrape the edges where things would naturally get abuse ...just generally bang it up and use sand paper in the right places --- to fake 50 years of use... it makes them immediately feel like an old friend
totally love it! But it's dying for a relic job! love the bridge. kinda like the one that's going on my uke-body build I think...and how cool is the sound port method! that's what I did for my uke-body build...left the center neck block intact and just half-circle with a grill over it.
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I know it's totally counter intuitive...but maybe just be a little rough with it when yu play it and if you hit it against the table, just let it happen.
I did the sunburst on CBG_prototype by using a very thinned shellac coat first, then a wipe of Golden Oak stain over the whole thing, then Dark Walnut (?) stain on a tip of a rag to 'burn' the edges with little rubbings towards the center (just don't do too much at a time so you don't go over the lightest center areas of each panel/side).. let it dry a bit, then I used a little bit of Ebony stain or actually I think just a darker something called "Old English Cherry" stain (actually I think it was the Dark Walnut that was the darkest, Old English Cherry the medium reddish, and Golden Oak the lightest ... but you get what I mean, go with the lightest color over all, then the medium as a gradation towards the center and the darkest right around teh edges and use a dry rag to work back out of the center so you don't darken the nice middle burst
...I did a test piece recently where I used some very very watered down acrylic yellow to yellowize the center burst first...iit actually worked. the Golden Oak stain still went over and through it, and left a nice gold/yellow pop in the center when the darker vignette was added.
as for the hesitation to relic...totally understand...I just do so much of that to the art that I do (movie posters/ DVD art, fine art paintings) by destroying photo quality on purpose, and the scneic art i did on movie sets, I have no fear, the 'grindhouse' look is part of my makeup (though I fetishize the hell out of regular guitar builds and finishes...I just love the CBGs to have a used and abuse broken in feel...