Color match back plates

[NBW]

I have a wonderful SE custom 24 with the spaulted maple top. I just bought some mahogany back plates, but they are unfinished. Can anyone give me some advice on how to get the finish close?

 

[markie]

I got nuth'in......

 

[jak3af3r]

If the back of the guitar is natural, just seal them with shellac or some clear sanding sealer and spray some clear coat on them. Wet sand the high spots out, buff and then you'll probably have an exact match as long as the wood was similarly colored to begin with.

 

[NBW]

It seems to have some red stain or dye. I have been advised to do a light poly followed by a medium brown gran filler, then I need to figure out the dye situation and urethane. I may bring the axe by the local woodcraft and see what they say.

 

[NBW]

So after a lot of work the answer was 8 parts empire red 3 parts amber on top of some timber mate filler and many coats of lacquer.

Not perfect but pretty good

Oh and here’s another project called “suitcase full of tonel

 

[NBW]

And of course the photos don’t work.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

And of course the photos don’t work.

Try Imgur/Postimage or a similar third party hosting site and upload the share code into the text box and your image should appear.

Good luck

 

[matt3310]

Bobs Custom Plates!

He has done several for me.

 

[toothace]

I have a wonderful SE custom 24 with the spaulted maple top. I just bought some mahogany back plates, but they are unfinished. Can anyone give me some advice on how to get the finish close?

Watch this...

and others like it...search "how to finish mahogany" on youtube

 

[NBW]

Let’s try this again

It doesn’t seem to want to let me embed video from flicker.

 

[NBW]

Flickr doesn’t seem to work either

 

[Black Plaid]

And of course the photos don’t work.

Google doesn't want anyone using their service for embedding images, and will fight anyone attempting to do it.

Try putting image up on Imgur.com!

 

[NBW]

Okay I tried Imgur and it didn’t work either.

 

[Black Plaid]

Okay I tried Imgur and it didn’t work either.

What's the Imgur link? I can at least re-post it here for you.

The trick is using the "Direct Link" URL

 

[NBW]

So my version of the imgur app doesn’t have that menu. I tried the copy link widget, no love. I also tried opening the image in my browser and copying the link from the browser.

 

[NBW]

Ok I have it working now

Giant image of back plates

 

[NBW]

My other project. Suitcase full of tone.

 

[NBW]

Thanks. In my app it’s called link to post. I am sorry for being so dense. I’ve been writing code for 40 years and found this befuddling.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

My other project. Suitcase full of tone.

This belongs in the pedalboard thread. Nice one!

 

[NBW]

I wouldn’t have done so much work on the pedalboard but my wife bought me a super nice suitcase.