Custom Instrument
Transluscent Black Burst S - SSOLDLD

This one features a chambered ash body with a flame maple top, maple neck, all Callaham vintage style hardware and Evans noiseless pickups. It is soooo light weight!

Here is what the finished body looked like before completely shielding with copper foil.

Some pictures documenting the finishing process

Beginning to tape up the flame top

I protected the gorgeous flame top prior to priming the ash sides/back with a lacquer washcoat in preparation for the grain filling.

Nice looking grain pattern.

Sanding back of the initial red dye. My goal was to get some of the red buried into the finish so it can hopefully pop out a bit once clearcoated.

I then hit it with some black, sanded the black back so it remains in the grain, and then re-applied red dye.

I then sanded back the red and re-applied black. The end result is a funky black/dark gray with a strong purple undercurrent. This will become another animal once clear coated.

After 2 coats of fullerplast. Its amamazing how the clear coat changes everything. Fullerplast is used as a sealer and is by no means the final top coat.

.....another view. I Can't wait to burst this one!!

Here are a picture of the top after completing the black back/sides as well as the burst with an airbrush.

Here are some pictures of the ash back

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