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Location: Route 66, just east of the Cadillac Ranch | Oddball gave you some good advice. If you sand through the finish into the graphite fibers, you'll never get a decent finish again. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do, just don't f*** it up. ;) |
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Location: Virginia | I called my local custom shop...who makes a fine boutique instrument. he said he'd just rough up the top enough to give the new finish a grab. Im gonna let him do it. In the meantime, I'll start collecting hardware. Who's the OFC part guy? |
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Location: Virginia | In the meantime, my tattoo artist friend is sending me rough sketches of what he wants to do to this guitar. His work makes the DJ Ashba stuff look like finger paints.
One design is a 3-d look "through" the guitar into my body at my playing position... |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Posted this in that other thread:
Originally posted by Koenig Kurt:
Nice idea. Should look something like this one:
Saddle, nut and preamp are black as well, in the meantime.
Go for it!
Best regards,
Kurt |
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Location: Virginia | Thanks Kurt. I responded in the other thread as well.
I like that guitar... as well as your porch rail! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Once you get your gitter painted flat black you need a few red and white pin stripes like you'd see on a 32 Ford. |
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Location: Virginia | Epaulets off this morning... surprisingly easy to do. I got all the glue off with Googone and the underneath matches the stock finish.
The wife saw one of my sketches for painting cogs and gears around the soundholes and she is certain I should apply REAL gears there. That's an interesting thought. I may borrow a few from my machinist and lay em out... see how it moves me.
I am pretty sure I will vote against it, due to adding weight. THis is already a hefty instrument. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Playdbluz, Please tell me that you are taking photos of your progress with this creation.
Dems da Rulez! :cool: |
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Location: Virginia | I am Arthur. I will get photos moved from my phone to my email tonight. I will keep them on this thread until I set up a separate member page.
I just played with the finish a little... drawing a fine grit gently over a test spot. Didnt like it.
I will continue to sand the top in the same direction as the graphite till the clear is mussed up. I am going to do a test of Flat Clear Coat on a discarded sheet of sheet metal I have in the shop. It was a suggestion from one of my biker buds. I just want to have a handful of samples before I choose the finish.
The binding may be the biggest challenge. I want it black. I am pretty sure I can tape off the bowl and airbrush some high quality model paint, but I could same myself a lot of trouble if I just continue the same finish all the way around, front and back. The bowl already has some "belly rub", so there's nothing to lose.
I was hoping to keep this a playable work in progress until I got all the accessories, because once I take off the string and paint, it's gonna move like gangbusters to completion.
I have searched the net for some sort of Ovation/Adamas parts catalog. Such a thing?
looking for a nut and saddle in flat black... and matching tuners and all other metal parts (jack and strap nuts) in a matching brushed nickel of stainless.
Nothing on this is set in stone and I welcome input.
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Location: Utah | Stew Mac is a good online source of parts. The mothership would be another possibility. They might even have a nut and saddle that are cut close enough to begin with that you only have minor finish work required on them. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by playdbluz:
looking for a nut and saddle in flat black... and matching tuners Check with the MS for the saddle and nut. I got a black saddle for my MOB 47 from 'em. I've seen several black tuner sets on eBay in the recent past. |
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Location: Virginia | after removing the epaulets..and a picture of the chip on the stock. As you can see, there's nothing I can do to this to "mess it up". Worse case, I but a replacement neck.
http://api.ning.com/files/7Pi*bhIoNqUmkhJgCaT0HfGSSpReoFsCN-gyt4eRX... |
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Location: Virginia | Ive set up a fanclub page for those that want to follow this.
Thanks for the comments and/or support
http://ovationfanclub.ning.com/profile/Kevin |
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going flat black?
