Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

[CROSS_guitars]

Final coats of Tru-oil

[Shadoweclipse13]

Love it! Gorgeous wood, but I love the tuner style. Very retro.

[epizootics]

Yeay!
How come all the cool stuff (both guitars and music!) seems to come out of Melbourne these days?
I really like the final color you got, and the veins come out beautifully.

If I may chime in with a secret tip for finishing necks (and bodies in a natural finish for that concern), you can speed up the process greatly by starting off with shellac before applying your tru-oil. Shellac dries a lot faster, granted your coats are very thin, and if you flatten it out with steel wool every other coat, you'll get a mirror finish within a day or two. You still want tru-oil on top to make the guitar alcohol-resistant.

[CROSS_guitars]

Love it! Gorgeous wood, but I love the tuner style. Very retro.

Thanks. I have since replaced them with Kluson tuners. The open geared ones were too course and stiff.

[CROSS_guitars]

Yeay!
How come all the cool stuff (both guitars and music!) seems to come out of Melbourne these days?
I really like the final color you got, and the veins come out beautifully.

If I may chime in with a secret tip for finishing necks (and bodies in a natural finish for that concern), you can speed up the process greatly by starting off with shellac before applying your tru-oil. Shellac dries a lot faster, granted your coats are very thin, and if you flatten it out with steel wool every other coat, you'll get a mirror finish within a day or two. You still want tru-oil on top to make the guitar alcohol-resistant.

I have given it a cut and polish since that pic and it has come up quite nice.
I think I'll just stick to vinyl sealer and nitro from now on.
The mistake I made with this one was staining the wood. I kept rubbing it back and sanding through the stain.
I have had better results before on bare wood which hasn't been stained because it's not a big issue if you sand through.

[DrQuasar]

That headstock is gorgeous.

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[Shadoweclipse13]

Surf green isn't my thing very much, but Cross, that thing is classy as fuck from head to toe!!

[Rgand]

I agree, "Classy" is the best description of it. Beautiful guitar.

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Surf green isn't my thing very much, but Cross, that thing is classy as fuck from head to toe!!

I have to admit, the surf green is a bit too much for me too.

[solfege]

Dude! That is just 100% excellent work. And gorgeous.

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Melbourne members.

If you wanna try out one of my guitars. My CrossRite is available at Echo Tone on High Street in Thornbury.

https://echotone.com.au/collections/ele ... naustralia

[blimpage]

Melbourne members.

If you wanna try out one of my guitars. My CrossRite is available at Echo Tone on High Street in Thornbury.

https://echotone.com.au/collections/ele ... naustralia

I was at Echo Tone today and had a play of this beauty! My man, that is one hell of a fine guitar. The neck feels so nice - super thin and super comfy. And the finish and binding are dreamy.

Very very nice work!

[CROSS_guitars]

Melbourne members.

If you wanna try out one of my guitars. My CrossRite is available at Echo Tone on High Street in Thornbury.

https://echotone.com.au/collections/ele ... naustralia

I was at Echo Tone today and had a play of this beauty! My man, that is one hell of a fine guitar. The neck feels so nice - super thin and super comfy. And the finish and binding are dreamy.

Very very nice work!

Thanks, blimpage.
It's great to get this thing out of my workshop and know that people are playing it!

[timtam]

Echo Tone is a cool store. Went there for the first time a few weeks back. We're spoilt in inner Melbourne ... over a dozen guitar stores within 10km or so.