Corvus Guitar Works - builds, paint, mods/servicing, Cambs

Corvus · October 2022

What's clear, black, purple, clear, white, black, red and clear all over? With maybe another white in there.
An '89 Hamer Chaparall Elite, that's what. Seems to be levitating as well.

Image: http://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/alex-hamer-1.jpg

Image: http://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/alex-hamer-3.jpg

Seriously thick layered paint in there, took a while to strip it.
Very nice 1-piece honduran mahogany, it's light (lots of routing aside) and very lively. It's getting a nitro refinish.

Corvus · October 2022

Non-trad LP in non-trad colour.
Quick polish just to see what it looks like in daylight, more to come -

Image: http://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/ross-lp11.jpg

Image: http://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/ross-lp10.jpg

Corvus · November 2022

Andy's bass in candy apple micro flake: silver groundcoat, then silver flake, red candy, clearcoat. The body & neck were supplied, needed some correction like pocket angle on the skew and some worse things... Gave the board a bit of natural darkening up while at it.
I hope the spangly glow thing comes across, found it hard to get that showing in pics =

Image: http://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/ag-bass-body-1.jpg

Image: http://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/ag-bass-flake-detail-1.jpg

Image: http://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/ag-bass-flake-detail-2.jpg

TTony · November 2022

There’s some seriously shiny guitars.

Very nice work.

Corvus · November 2022

Cheers Tony.

Another one, the Hamer formerly wearing about 8 colours/clears before stripping back is now in nitro -

Image: http://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/hamer-chaparall-700-3.jpg

grappagreen · November 2022

Corvus said:

Cheers Tony.

Another one, the Hamer formerly wearing about 8 colours/clears before stripping back is now in nitro -

Love it Bill! As a Hamer man I'm looking forward to seeing this come to fruition..

Corvus · November 2022

Cheers Si

Hopefully I'll get completed pics, the owner's taken it away to put back together.

Corvus · December 2022

As seen elsewhere, for completion: GSP husk, purple stain with nitro and a couple of candy tricks pulled. Not that it shows here really but -

Image: https://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/purple-lp-modern-top-11.jpg

Corvus · December 2022

Here's a baritone Jazzmaster, routed for a single active EMG plus battery box. Custom pickguard, custom nut spaced to suit custom string gauges. For a top local chap's noise/filth band project:

Image: https://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/scuz-jm-bari-700-1.jpg

Corvus · December 2022

And a pre-CBS Strat owned by a chap for many a year, in for some repairs and repaint, more pics later, just assembling it later today -

Image: https://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/barrie-64-strat-head-600.jpg

TTony · December 2022

Corvus said:

As seen elsewhere, for completion: GSP husk, purple stain with nitro and a couple of candy tricks pulled. Not that it shows here really but -

Reminds me of my first car.

1973 (mk1) Ford Escort 1300E, in “purple velvet metallic”.

Paintwork finish on the guitar will be just slightly better

Corvus · December 2022

Cheers, I looked that up, great colour, just right in the times

Corvus · December 2022

And a sneak preview of something hopefully all done by the end of the week -

Image: https://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/fire-ice-preview-500.jpg

webrthomson · December 2022

Corvus said:

As seen elsewhere, for completion: GSP husk, purple stain with nitro and a couple of candy tricks pulled. Not that it shows here really but -

With some light:

Sounds every bit as good as it looks - Thanks Bill @Corvus

paulnb57 · December 2022

Corvus said:

And a sneak preview of something hopefully all done by the end of the week -

Wow! What an amazing finish, how did you achieve that?

Corvus · December 2022

Cheers, it's basically a super-saturated solution that crystallise to form a mask or resist. A simple idea in theory, in practice a bit more like herding cats.

grappagreen · December 2022

Corvus said:

And a sneak preview of something hopefully all done by the end of the week -

I'm getting excited now Bill

normula1 · December 2022

Have a couple of wows

Corvus · December 2022

Cheers normula

Corvus · December 2022

Here's a 1964 Strat that the owner's had for 40-45 years, some repair and refinish in arctic white - he wanted it non-aged/new, so that's what we've got.
There's replacement parts but he's got the originals, replacement fretboard done a long old time ago too. The prev refin had yellowed loads quite quickly, which the owner didn't like, along with unsightly cracking (not in your vintage fashion) from stress risers like holes etc. It was also massively thick -

Image: https://corvusguitarworks.com/images/misc/barrie-64-strat-700.jpg

This one plus my own, having a rest -

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