CURRENT CATALDO

[dadagoboi]

Blue Monday





Ain't nothing like the real thing. Honduras Mahogany,no sealer, no grain filler.  Two coats of Mohawk Piano Lacquer nitro.



Rattlecan 'vintage tint' over bare, sanded to 320, maple.  3+mm 'Geezer Dots'.



Five minutes in ~150F water increases pressure in can, better volume and atomization.  Less 'dry spray' and orange peel.



Two coats Piano Lacquer


Scuff sanding, two more clear coats, and finishing will be done.

[Highlander]

Gorgeous, my Don... 

[dadagoboi]

Thanks, Ken.  Having fun with this one, weight with its bag of components is 8.1 lbs.



Can't wait to buff and polish it in the newly cleaned and rearranged shop!

[Highlander]

Putting my disaster area to shame, my Don...
I was talking to Scott the other day about some old mahogany I have acquired from a scrapped door frame from an old house in Inverness, big enough for a through-neck, and how I could find a luthier locally that I could help me build my own (i.e. use their workshop) but there is nobody local... and also discussed required tools, or speaking to a furniture-maker...
Last comment was how I could re-locate Carlo and his entire workshop to the Highlands...

[dadagoboi]

Putting my disaster area to shame, my Don...
I was talking to Scott the other day about some old mahogany I have acquired from a scrapped door frame from an old house in Inverness, big enough for a through-neck, and how I could find a luthier locally that I could help me build my own (i.e. use their workshop) but there is nobody local... and also discussed required tools, or speaking to a furniture-maker...
Last comment was how I could re-locate Carlo and his entire workshop to the Highlands...

That's quite a find, Ken!  Maybe someone on Basschat UK could help with locating what you need.

Free haggis for life?

[Highlander]

Not sure you could or would settle for veggie haggis, my Don...

ps... worth checking out when ready to... ta...

[Rob]

Not sure you could or would settle for veggie haggis, my Don...

ps... worth checking out when ready to... ta...

Wait until July when the temp and humidity are both in the mid to high 90's and I'll bet your negotiations are far less difficult.

[Rob]

Not sure you could or would settle for veggie haggis, my Don...

ps... worth checking out when ready to... ta...

Is that baked in a potato skin?

[Highlander]

Trrrradionally boiled in a sheep's stomach... aye, the Scot's have some fine trrrraditions... 

[dadagoboi]

Trrrradionally boiled in a sheep's stomach... aye, the Scot's have some fine trrrraditions... 

If you go back far enough (and not very far for most), all cultures, except for the ones with nutty dietary rules, ate every part of the animal, or made use of it in some way. It's only 'moderns' who consider anything they don't eat as strange.

I'll take a bowl of beef tripe cooked in tomato sauce any day vs a steak.

[Highlander]

We're sticking with the nuts, my Don... suits my state of mind...

[shadowcastaz]

 
Absolutely

If you go back far enough (and not very far for most), all cultures, except for the ones with nutty dietary rules, ate every part of the animal, or made use of it in some way. It's only 'moderns' who consider anything they don't eat as strange.

I'll take a bowl of beef tripe cooked in tomato sauce any day vs a steak.

[clankenstein]

Woo- loving the grain through the blue finish there. Interesting neck through approach too.Great work as usual!

[dadagoboi]

Finally getting these guys dialed in, both a lot of fun!



'64 Gibson neck pup in the 12er, lots of chime. ThunderBucker Max (12+ ohms) in the Eighter, very grindy. I'm digging the upsized Doublecut with 32" neck, proportions are a lot better, IMO.

Color sanding on this one started with 220 dry and a block


Up to 400 and then Meguiar's Ultimate Compound



Through neck is attached with 5 screws, three tailpiece (standard Fender 1-3/4" neck screw) and 2 countersunk 1"x 6 under the bridge.

Set neck one piece Honduras body gets mated to neck as soon as the weather cooperates so I can shoot it.

[Stjofön Big]

Wow! Beautiful work! Eternity next!