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With more hardware and a bigger headstock than previous weigh ins
That will do. On to finishing soon
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maybe???
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Also got a coat of white primer on body and head.
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Needs buffing out properly. But so far so good.
The NuAge Rosewood took a finish pretty well, but it did drink up more lacquer than I expected... certainly not like the fully acrylised wood I have used before, which was more like plastic than wood. This stuff behaves like alder or basswood when finishing with lacquer
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I want to give it a bit of light ageing still, but its wired up and playable
the pickup seems pretty good, loads of clarity and more power than I expected... will see how it copes with a bit of gain soon
break angle over the bridge is a little low, but strings are staying in the saddles so no issue. I am kinda tempted to put a screw through the middle of the diamond with a spring underneath so I can control break angle a bit
I think the end result looks like a cheap 60's catalogue guitar, somewhere between dano, supro, guyatone, teisco etc??? Funny how mixing fender, gibson and bigsby got me there? Thankfully it's a lot more playable and reliable than the looks suggest
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Nice
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If I had thought about it sooner I might have gone that way.
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He also recesses it very smartly
I did try a vintage teisco trem too, but couldn't bring myself to do it
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The NuAge body has worked well. Its final weight is 8.9lb. So weighty, but not crazy heavy
The nitro finish has carried on shrinking into it, more than I expected... It even looks a little ridged in places now. I had assumed the treatment on the wood would reduce this, but its actually behaved just like wood does.
I added some more ageing to the neck. Also put a screw though the tailpiece with a spring underneath so the break angle can be controlled.
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