Duo-sonicish build

WezV

Roland said:

How about transparent red?

You could be onto something.  A nice cherry red lacquer on the body solves both issues.

poopot

Could you not whip up a “clear daphne blue”...
Keep the surf vibe and show the grain!.. that’d look the nuts!

WezV

Maybe, but blue will look too modern if I get it wrong. Trans red can go through  many shades without looking wrong for a vintage styled instrument.  Think of it as a 60’s style fender with a 60’s style Gibson finish and trans red starts to make sense

poopot

Fair point!.

dindude

Just custom colour it and be done I say.

paganskins

Just saw this (bottom right) and thought of you @WezV ;

WezV

paganskins said:

Just saw this (bottom right) and thought of you @WezV ;

I quite like that as an idea.  Might be nice as a dark wood inlay on this... hmm, something to think about

paulnb57

@WezV ;Is this finished yet Wez? Interested to see the completed guitar....

WezV

Nah.  I need to take it apart again and get it ready for spraying, but I have just been playing it instead.

paulnb57

WezV said:

Nah.  I need to take it apart again and get it ready for spraying, but I have just been playing it instead.

Thats got to be a good thing if you like it that much....

WezV

I finally took this apart, recarved the neck a bit now it’s been stable a while

and I decided on the finish which will be a variation of CAR based on the finish ingredients I already have here.  

So bronze powder gold oversprayed with a cherry red.  Likely more Candy Cherry than Candy Apple.... although it could all end up a bit browner.  We will see.  

It will I’ll have a matching headstock, but neck and fretboard will be left natural

im tempted to do aluminium plates, but will decide on that later

WezV

first red tint, i might stop here

WezV

and a quick idea for the plate

WezV

added an amber tint to the whole thing.   

paulnb57

Bloody fantastic, right up my alley!....

WezV

paulnb57 said:

Bloody fantastic, right up my alley!....

What do you think of the plate idea, rough as it is?

Andyjr1515

Certainly needs a plate. 

 I like the S curve across the pickups but I think I would either miss the metal control plate altogether or take the completely opposite approach and take the plate all the way to the end radius of the metal control plate into a sort of stretched, stylised ying-yang

WezV

You just described a variax plate

normula1

You say that like it's a bad thing

I think the one you've mocked up fits very well

paulnb57

WezV said:

paulnb57 said:

Bloody fantastic, right up my alley!....

What do you think of the plate idea, rough as it is?

Im in two minds about the plate Wez I think it looks great with and without, a bit different to the norm without and trad Duo with, either way its Pukka...tough call....I think if it were mine I go without as I really like the clean simple lines of it...