Fender Cyclone project

[CROSS_guitars]

Wowsers!
Such a relief!

[HNB]

I know right? Safe and sound.

[CROSS_guitars]

So what's your plan for this?
I can see a can of wood stain. Are you going poo brown?

[danp3man]

Beautiful body- love the grain of the Alder. Can't wait to see the finished product!

[HNB]

Whitewash stain is the plan. It is hard to tell, but the front is stained now. If you look at the routed areas, you can kind of tell.

20161031_132423 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

The back is stained.

20161101_174618 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20161101_174627 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20161101_174642 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[CROSS_guitars]

looks cool. Nice and subtle.

[garyptaszek]

Awesome... now I want one

[HNB]

Semi gloss finish going well. I think this is coat three. I will try to get ten or so.

20161104_204846 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20161104_204853 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20161104_204900 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20161104_161047 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20161104_161030 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20161104_161042 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

By the way, I love how the white stain brought the grain lines out. It highlighted them so well and in such a subtle way, I am just so excited. Stain (for me anyways) can always end up a surprise in how the wood will take it and what it shows. I think it worked better than I expected.

[HNB]

Front Tung Oil is done. Tomorrow I will do the last coat on the back and then I will make sure to let it dry for the week just to be safe.

20161106_181103 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20161106_181044 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20161106_181052 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[Bothand Nether]

That looks fantastic, that's the nicest pale I've seen so far.

[HNB]

Long time no post. I finally got the kick in the pants to order parts so this will be getting finished this month. Kluson tuners arrived. The bushings fit in the holes, but not snug, so I did the trick where you wrap the bushings with masking tape and that did the trick. The back side installed fine since it had screws and tuners already. Just had to put the tuners on and screw them down. Waiting on the string tree and neck plate with screws to get it attached to the body. I also need to drill a hole for the bridge ground. (Or run a bare wire between the body and the plate to under the guard.) Pickups are coming in as are pots, jack, and switch.

20170105_163306 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170105_163319 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[kosta]

Loving that finish on the body. WOW. What kind of white stain did you use?

[HNB]

Whitewash stain from Ace.