I turned this pen with some of the Bubinga scraps.
I also turned a ballpoint twist pen out of some of the Walnut sapwood, and I cut up a few pen blanks that will hopefully turn down into heart/sap mixes.
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Walnut/Maple/Bubinga guitar build
- Thread starter line6man
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I turned this pen with some of the Bubinga scraps.
I also turned a ballpoint twist pen out of some of the Walnut sapwood, and I cut up a few pen blanks that will hopefully turn down into heart/sap mixes.
I'm done with the Tung Oil finish, and now just waiting another day for it to finish curing before I wax it (As per the instructions on the can.), but I've assembled the finished body and neck for the first time today, to get pics.
In hindsight, I didn't use the best Walnut. I'm not a big fan of the greenish areas, and it probably wasn't fully dried, but overall, this came out great for a first build.
Next I'll have to scratchbuild a neck.
As a side note, the sapwood stripe down one side of the trem cavity will be hidden by a spring, to keep a symmetrical look.
In hindsight, I didn't use the best Walnut. I'm not a big fan of the greenish areas, and it probably wasn't fully dried, but overall, this came out great for a first build.
Next I'll have to scratchbuild a neck.
As a side note, the sapwood stripe down one side of the trem cavity will be hidden by a spring, to keep a symmetrical look.
Musiclogic
Commercial User
- Aug 6, 2005
- 6,505
- 73
- 60
- Disclosures
- Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O
Musiclogic
Commercial User
- Aug 6, 2005
- 6,505
- 73
- 60
- Disclosures
- Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O
it is very nice, the wood work is very nice and clean and that top is amazing. When are you building a bass though, because this is not Talkguitar 
it is very nice, the wood work is very nice and clean and that top is amazing. When are you building a bass though, because this is not Talkguitar
Eventually I'm going to do a one-piece Padauk body with a Wenge/Ebony neck and a single soapbar or MM in the sweet spot. Perhaps something of a modernized Jazz bass shape.
Clear Briwax.Hi Line6Man,just wondering what kind of wax did you use for the finish?
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