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Some of you may remember awhile back I posted some pics of me in my misspent youth with my S.D. Charvel Star. I vowed to make a replica of it, and here's what I got! It started out innocently enough...just a simple black Star body with a red spiderweb graphic. But, never being one to leave well enough alone, I decided to do something different. So, I made a 2 piece hardtail mahogany body at work:
Plain star body
Then, I decided to put a 5A, bookmatched flame maple veneer on it:
Bookmatched Flame Maple veneer
After it dried, I trimmed the veneer down, and added a thin line of wood putty around the body, to make sure I had a smooth body line when I did a final sanding:
Trimmed Star
Next was the first of 3 dye jobs. (NOT stain!)First up, black dye:
Star dyed black
Next, a light sanding to bring out the "upper" grain, and leave the black stain in the "lower" grain:
Black dye, sanded
Next, it was time to lay down the main dye, overtop of the black:
Blue over black dye
The nexy step will be to lightly sand the blue dye, just enough to where I sand the highest grain of the flame maple. This will give me the "3-D" effect, and then I'll clearcoat it. More pics as the project continues! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
Some of you may remember awhile back I posted some pics of me in my misspent youth with my S.D. Charvel Star. I vowed to make a replica of it, and here's what I got! It started out innocently enough...just a simple black Star body with a red spiderweb graphic. But, never being one to leave well enough alone, I decided to do something different. So, I made a 2 piece hardtail mahogany body at work:
Plain star body
Then, I decided to put a 5A, bookmatched flame maple veneer on it:
Bookmatched Flame Maple veneer
After it dried, I trimmed the veneer down, and added a thin line of wood putty around the body, to make sure I had a smooth body line when I did a final sanding:
Trimmed Star
Next was the first of 3 dye jobs. (NOT stain!)First up, black dye:
Star dyed black
Next, a light sanding to bring out the "upper" grain, and leave the black stain in the "lower" grain:
Black dye, sanded
Next, it was time to lay down the main dye, overtop of the black:
Blue over black dye
The nexy step will be to lightly sand the blue dye, just enough to where I sand the highest grain of the flame maple. This will give me the "3-D" effect, and then I'll clearcoat it. More pics as the project continues! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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