How to blue burst a Les Paul DC Project Guitar Top Luthier Building Bursting poor mans prs transtint
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Follow me on Instagram for more awesome Vids. Here is a video of how I burst my guitars. You don't always need to spray to get the desired effect. This is a 5A flame maple top that I stain black and then sand back. Then I add layers of Blue and Black to get it right
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Here I am doing a Cherry burst:
• Les Paul Cherry Burst ...
here is the finished guitar: th-cam.com/video/oo-cdfYvgas/w-d-xo.html
There is any video of the finished guitar? I could not find it! Awesome work!!!
I've been watching your videos and learning a lot. I notice you keep calling it the poor mans burst. It's funny to hear you insulting your work like that, when it looks so much better than what the factories are cranking out. Yours work is beautiful, Thanks!
Looks like a faker to anyone with eyes you moron! He has no clue, let's just experiment and hope it's ok!
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thats a masterpiece it looks realy wonderful,did you apply anything to the top (like wood sealer)before staining the body?and i really do appriciate if you could please explain what did you use for the final finish .
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Wonderful work! Will try this some day! Thanks for sharing.
I'm a Luthier as well, but I send my finish work to friend who builds & restores furniture. You really nailed the finish here. Tru Oiling the Mahogany is a great idea. I really like the DC. It's Gibson's sleeper. I think it's the only 2 octave neck Gibson does. Once the fret work is cleaned up, it really is a great guitar.
Lovely tutorial.
It's nice to have a plastic binding to stop the dye getting near the mahogany, but I was wondering how you would deal with the stain bleeding into a natural binding. (like PRS) I am about to start an unbound flame maple top using your method of black, then building up the green, but I am concerned that the edges will be difficult to keep perfectly natural maple...any tips?
Hi BigD. I’m planning on staining a maple wood harp with shades of blue. I was told that maple is difficult to stain without splotching. How do you stain maple without splotching?
Crazy i can not get the black lines in mine. I sand,stain it black and sand. It just fills in the grain with spots and does not have strips like that. Did i not soak it enough? This is on a les paul.
so was the black dye a water based dye? Or did u just add concentrated dye to water and let the wood soak in the stain? And could one use concentrated dyes with water as a stain? Sorry if i am completely wrong (im sorta a newbie). but if that is so, could one use water with concentrated dyes(mixol) a black yellow and red colors(sunburst) as a stain and then apply sealer and coats of lacquer to the guitar? Thank you for your time, especially if i am completely wrong.
I have been watching a few of your videos now and I am fan of your work, and explanations. I feel like I am watching the Bob Ross of guitar building!
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Just awhile back
When you refurbished the Les Paul
So I'm catching up on your older vids this looks really Great
Thanks for sharing the details
i liked how it turned out, but im wondering... could you paint it with the same paint with an airbrush to do the sunburst? i think it would look better
The wood for the top have been chosen perfectly!!! Top came out fucking AWESOME!!! In my opinion what you've done is a work of art!!!))) Hope my English is not too bad so this comment is at least readable!)
Very nice, I was just going to do a refin project when I discovered that naptha can no longer be purchased in California. Now I have to order it from StewMac. That is exactly the color I wanted on a Warmoth Strat body. Unfortunately, Warmoth used a turquoise tinted poly coat that turned out to be "jade turquoise". Looked awful and had to have another company strip, re-tint and clear coat it.
hum , i was thinking of making a manhattan midnight finish(flamed maple veneer) and i wanted to go with a turquoise finish, so i was thinking what if i use green dye instead of black; then sand it back to only show the dyed grain and then put a light blue stain on top making a really tropical looking finish and then finish it off with tung oil. do you thing it would work or shoul i just use the black/blue combo?
i want to paint my guitar like yours but in red... and i am not very experienced with this kind of work(i'm a noob) can you please tell me what i need to do to get a dark wine red color onto my guitar and what i need to buy? please i need some help i know it's a bother to look for all the things you used to do this but please i need some help... :) and sorry if my english is kinda bad i'm from Cyprus xD
At the end of the video, you have the guitar sanded down with the color you like. What did you do to finalize the body? I plan to do this to an SG, which I believe does not have a binding the way yours does. I'm going to do the same color as yours and just black on the back. Did you just clear coat the guitar after you had the color you liked? DId you clear coat with layers and sand in-between? I hope mine ends up looking like your finished product
Well, that is exactly what I always do: spraying on everything. Here´s my video about my work: th-cam.com/video/8b-y-HFo07c/w-d-xo.html Amazing result you get there, very inspiring. I will reconsider my method. Thanks for sharing!
Do you think this would work with a white color on top of the primary black stain? I used some white stain and it looks nice, but the grain doesn't really pop like this. I'm also using curly maple rather than flame maple. I got it from StewMac's arch top top wood. Does this mean the grain won't be as likely to pop like this?
How much you want that ?
Nice vid Guy! The Result is amazing! I'm gonna try to make an attempt; I'm not English and i cannot understand what kind of Paints are u using..are them some kind of acrilic or what? can you show me where i can purchase them? =) thanks a lot!
I'm working on doing this to a swamp ash strat. I bought a minwax water based wipe on stain (both black and blue), any thoughts on diluting the black that I use to bring out the grain? Im a first timer, so I'm a little unsure of myself.
Seriously I find just watching this therapeutic, it's so calming to just watch it slowly transform. I need to do this one day.
i have a bass guitar body, and i would like to stain it in walnut stain, how ever, it has sanding sealer on it, so would i have to strip off the sanding sealer to apply the stain? please help!!
2:42 Hi, I enjoyed this episode and I was wondering how much you would charge me to make me the same Les Paul Jr. DC? 2:49
Ive started building a les paul alike guitar, from zero... i even cut the body using a jigsaw... would you please tell me how to make holes to install pickups and bridge?
cool vid. well done, easy to understand as well! Could you stay with the trans-black if you wanted? Or would you do the same thing just using black die?
more easier and cheaper than painting :)
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The top looked amazing when you sanded the black off and applied the napththa. Could've stopped there unless you wanted a blue top. Either way, nice top.
I can't help wonder- why do you call it "poor man's" burst? I always thought hand-stained burst finishes were more fancy than sprayed ones.
sorry to bother u with another question, but where do u get black and blue stains? do they sell other colors? how much do they cost?
Is it necessary to stain it black in order to get the grain to stand out? I'm planning on doing a sunburst finish for a les paul.
@13YZRacer i built one around the same age and i would suggest not getting anything from stew mac very unreliable and poor quality
do you have to sand it after putting the black on? also can you not put any black and just put the color that you want?
u don't use gloves for the naphtha, but for the dye...? why?...arent you supposed to protect yourself when using naphtha?
Hey bud, why wouldn't you use an airbrush for your outer burst effect?? Just wonderin' Awesome job nonetheless!!!
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Ok. I haven't gotten started on anything yet, no job = no money :/ but thanks for the input
hi, im interested on making my own guitar but im wondering how did u get that line effect on your guitar?
Please nobody do this with a Western Maple flame top, "BBQ Grill" tops in trans blue look disgusting.
what materias did you use?
what is the black and blue paint???
Its beautiful the guitar...
I'm thinking about making, of doing this with a les Paul kit in yellow. Is the process the same or ?
Turquoise ?? I don't see any green in this finish just blue, I'm not a big fan of a blue stained wood it just looks unnatural to me.
Kits* rather.
You can do the sanding and applying the stains or whatever you want.
Great work. Just about to do exactly the same stains. Black under Blue. Not poor mans at all.
Yea that's not a les paul, you never take binding off either!
Why do you have to put black stain then sand off before staining with the colour you want ?? Thinking off doing staining and making my own bass so just wondering.
the black gets into the figure and makes it pop. multiple colors highlight different pieces of wood.
everything, but with cherry i wouldnt put black there. doesnt really fit.
Looks awesome when its wet, I liked it before you did the burst
Do you sand the sealer before adding finish??
How do I contact you if I want to get a custom guitar built. Do you have a website?
Is it better to stain the body first before gluing the neck. Or not.
Why doesnt the naptha melt the dye dust and turn into stain again?
Les Paul to me is the most classy bodied guitars not to mention the throaty mellow tones it makes.
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing
Is that a Performance Bike water bottle?
@thebigdguitars does all that sanding affect the tone at all?
We can't get Naptha in CA, what's a good substitute?
That “time to go for a swim “ color
Very impressive craft you have perfected. I feel certain you do some other creative artwork. I know you are a woodworking expert, but do you also create in other mediums?
i want to biuld my own guitar but i dont know what i need
what would i do if i wanted it to stay the color at 4:38
Can you explain why, particularly on Les Paul style guitars (but on others too) that when it's a flame or quilt top the seam is so visible? Even more so when it's a burst finish? Doesn't matter if it's a $10k guitar, it's very visible. I look at a Gold Top LP and there is zero seam visible. Every now and again I'll see one of a hundred LP's where it isn't visible. Seems to be less prominent on PRS, but it's there on ESP's, Aria Pro II PE's, etc. It doesn't bother me per se, but my woodworking neighbor saw my new LP-style blue burst guitar, and freaked out at the seams like it was bad construction. I figure it can't be if some of the most expensive guitars have it, but I don't know how to explain it to him.
The glue seeps into the wood and causes that line. The more open the grain in the worse it gets. Old Les pauls don’t have it because they used hide glue and the wood had really tightly packed grain. The trees today they don’t let get as old so the grain isn’t as tightly packed.
When they spray the burst vs hand rub the burst that’s another reason. Usually hand rubbed dyes have a line and the sprayed don’t.
Hope this helps, thanks for watching an old video!
Hey! Question, what type of stain you use? And you need clear finish in the end? That's.
Great job guys~ >MF
Many of us have kit guitars with a veneer top. Would This technique be possible with a kit guitar?
yes but don't sand as much. here is the finished guitar
th-cam.com/video/oo-cdfYvgas/w-d-xo.html
It is called Electric Guitar Builders
What would it look like if you used blue instead of black?
This only works in figured woods. The reason it works is in figured woods like curly the grain is undulating and at times comes up and terminates on the face of the board. This is end grain and is the darker spots in the curl. since end grain takes more dye, you can sand the dye back off the face grain (light areas) and it will stay in the end grain since it went in deeper.
This is great...!!! Whale blue is the best...!!!
i have a paint gun. can i do the burst with this?
Great job and thanks for the vid, do you think this stain technique would work on alder or black walnut?
Hello Sir, I am doing a project guitar similar in nature to that of yours. I would like to ask if I would need to seal the mahogany with a sealer first because it is a porous guitar or can i apply directly on, like in this video?
Hey could post a video on how to do a like tiger eye/black gold finish? You really show in depth and thats a finish I'd like to learn how to do.
Do you just use sand 'n sealer on the body when youre done dying the body? Im doing one of these right now. Let me know please! Thanks :-)
What are the best dyes to use? I plan to do a very similar finish on my custom Quilted Alder Tele in the near future. Can't wait to do this process. The black, then sanding, then blue is just amazing. I saw it on another vid, and i think the guy got the idea from you. He used office depot stamp inks hahaha. I want high grade dyes man! No office depot crap for me! What do you suggest? Money is not an issue either.
hey...im a beginer and i really want to learn how to do the complete finish on DIY les paul style guitar...could you please walk me through and list the specific stains and everything u use to finish a guitar... please also say when u sand the guitar,and do u buff your guitar?
This technique tends to kill the "flip" in the maple top if you go too dark on the stains. You can get a more lively looking top by doing a lighter top stain and then shooting tinted clear in the same color range over the top. This gives you the best of both worlds. Then you clearcoat everything.
not necessarily. but dont use top-spec expensive materials in your first try, if you mess up it will be a costly mistake. with shome decent pickups and a cheap bodywood like basswod it can sound pretty good. a lot of tone is in the materials, the craftmansship has way more effect on the playability.
@thebigdguitars I'm going to be painting a custom strat I'm working on here very soon, and this all is very helpful. I have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to be making it look like. Just wondering, are the transfast colors ok to mix? Also is the black dark enough to make a decent black fill around the edges or should I use something else? Thanks!
Im thinking about building a custom speaker cabinet for my guitar and I'm trying to get a nice very high gloss charcoal burst finish on it, the top wood is flamed maple like the guitar here. Any tips and advice on which products to use and how to get that finish would be much appreciated, thanks.
Now that I'm rewatching this video I also was wondering if you could have started the clear coat without sanding at 13:13...if you liked that color. Or should you sand it before the clear cloat
Dude that is beautiful. It looks almost exactly like my Les Paul Custom Shop class 5 Les Paul
thanks!
Hey Derek, any tips on dying on a thin maple veneer on a kit guitar? I can't really power sand since there isn't much material but do you think just using steel wool would work? Also would you suggest as a good finish for a hollow body guitar? wondering if finishes impact the sound.
Nice video !! How thick is your maple top?I want to do the same thing in black and green.My maple top veneer is super thin(0.006"guesstimate) and I will have to be very careful sanding.I'll probably use 1000 grit just to be safe.Would you suggest going heavy on the black base coat or just enough to make the green "pop"? I'm just looking for a nice contrast,nothing bold. Thanks!
There are sets that give you all you need, I personally would upgrade most of the electronics and hardware to what I think is quality parts :)
No wonder why burst finishes can cost more hahha. Now i get it. I never complained about it, but now i understand it. Lots of work goes into such beauty! :)
Do you use grain filler on porous woods when you using the Stain/Tru-oil method?
no I don't use grain filler with tru-oil does not look
hey that loks awesome. i have a question, What kind of stain would i use to get a like dark brown finish. would i use like minwax furniture stain or something specialized?
Is the process the same for a lighter top color? I'm doing a lemon drop finish and was wondering if I should still sand back the first layer and add other layers on top? Thanks Big D. Love your work.
would this technique work with other woods?? example ash?? obviously not the same effect but will it work?? thanks, nice job
What brand stain do you use?
What name of color you use?
Yes i tryd it on ash and it works
its a flame maple top
What kind of paint do you use?
I couldn't find naphtha... I used a wet rag... which i should of invested in naphtha but eh... :|...
Fantastic job!!!