Time to reveal goings-on with the Aria 5102T rebuild/zoot

slyd · 2011-07-07T17:02:12+00:00

Well, a coupley months back, I was brought this old early-70's Aria 335 copy. I t was sad . . . very sad. It had been the guy's (late some while) uncle's axe. He had managed to dig it up, and REALLY wanted it fixed-up (although everyone told him to buy a new guitar!). Big issues: body separation, neck-pocket displacement, top warped away from neck pocket, general warping, neglect, sun, water, rats, spiders, etc. Once I found the neck was cool, and my wood-prof told me we could re-shape some wood, . . . I was off . . . . . . . . Check some pics: Just some of the before pics, . . . what a hectic journey and learning-curve ? Many more pics and details to come . . . :-[

Neon-Gecko

Please Mister Slyd, I going through some awful with-drawls here, don't you wanna put me outta my misery and start posting some of your good stuff again... Pleeeaaaasssseeee! ???

slyd

Neon Gecko wrote Please Mister Slyd, I going through some awful with-drawls here, don't you wanna put me outta my misery and start posting some of your good stuff again... Pleeeaaaasssseeee! ???

'tis a-comin' sir. patience, she be a virtue ?

It's been a hard-workin' week, but I don't want to give her colour away just yet, . . . .
Maybe after an extra-full day's work 2morrow . . . we'll see . . . hang in there. I'm as excited as you all are. . . . (and scared sh*tless)

Neon-Gecko

slyd wrote
Neon Gecko wrote Please Mister Slyd, I going through some awful with-drawls here, don't you wanna put me outta my misery and start posting some of your good stuff again... Pleeeaaaasssseeee! ???
'tis a-comin' sir. patience, she be a virtue ?

It's been a hard-workin' week, but I don't want to give her colour away just yet, . . . .
Maybe after an extra-full day's work 2morrow . . . we'll see . . . hang in there. I'm as excited as you all are. . . . (and scared sh*tless)

Hahahaha no worries, I can wait a little longer. I've finished more that my fair share of guitars and I still scare myself sh*tless before I shoot colour. But that's a good thing because it keeps ya on yer toes ?

slyd

Sorry . . . . still not finished putting colour. Maybe day after 2mrrw. :-[

Hectic goings-on here ???

domhatch

something tells me we'll be waitin'

McDangerous

Wow, just discovered this thread, and I have to say, amazing job man! Really, your craftsmanship is inspirational!

To be honest, I really like the look of the light wood with the contrasted black binding. If it were my guitar, I'd just give it a matte clear coat and be done with it, leaving the colours as-is, but I totally get the whole idea behind keeping it traditional looking.

Well done!

slyd

McDangerous wrote Wow, just discovered this thread, and I have to say, amazing job man! Really, your craftsmanship is inspirational!

To be honest, I really like the look of the light wood with the contrasted black binding. If it were my guitar, I'd just give it a matte clear coat and be done with it, leaving the colours as-is, but I totally get the whole idea behind keeping it traditional looking.

Well done!

Thanks McD
I was sooo close to actually leaving the natural wood too ? , but it's certainly not going to look traditional though 8)

slyd

Well, well , well, . . . there we were . . . 4 against 14 . . . . boy we klapped those 4 . . . ?

Thanks for you r patience ev'body . . .

A little filler:

I was at the "finished binding stage", with just the final-sanding to be done b4 staining (yeah, sorry neonG, staining, I had a plan in mind, and couldn't change it. . .)

Givin' a good sandin' .

Applying sanding sealer . . (a few times)

Sanding back down: . . (a few times)

After finally (thanks to Chemspec) finding my stain colour after a few(+) days (good ol' SA ???),

Testing the stain in various situations . . . . and more . . .

I did a number of tests with it; sanding-sealer/no sealer, sanding back the stain/ not sanding-back, etc. etc. Right, I was ready . . . .

Ready to ROCK . . . .!

costafonix

and then??..... AND THEN??????????? ? ?

G-Man

Looking good!! 8) Can't wait to see it with some colour.

slyd

CostaFonix wrote and then??..... AND THEN??????????? ? ?

. . . ? You crack me up . . .

Stained for 2 days, my dear wife and I. . . . . . Hectic . . . Reacted totally different to my test plywood . ... .. . . a difficult process with the quick-dry time of the stain . .. .. >☹

But we got it almost reasonable, I think. Prof was going to help spray with nitro, but he's also a busy man, so I just checked other avenues.

Now, not being an experienced spray-painter, I just met with our local panelbeaters (Giorgio's Express) what they would charge to spray the axe. Giorgio, great guy, no charge, put his best guy on the job.

These are not the best pics, as the light doesn't do it justice.

But OMG . . ? ? ?
I'll post sum pics in sunlight tomorrow . . .. chek these in the meantime: . . . .
?

How's that for a richsmooth, colour !
more soon ?

costafonix

oh mama.....that looks incredible :yup: :applause:

Neon-Gecko

? ??? :applause: :woohoo: Ok, so I am now officially gob smacked, speechless and all that! That really does look awesome mate, a job to be super proud of... Now the big question? So what's next... ?

slyd

Wot's next . . . . . ?

The ASSEMBLY of this this entire project :dance:

:woohoo: Can't wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ?

Warren

I have to say: this is the most amazing thread. I'm in absolute awe of stuff like this. Thank you so much for sharing your project! :woohoo:

DaFiz

Oh dear, I just messed in my pyjamas :-[

Bob-Dubery

Wow! Looking very good. Thanks for such an interesting thread.

Wizard

Just stunning.

G-Man

Wow. Incredible Slyd! It's going to look even more stunning with that neck on.

Jacquesg4j

That is just amazing!!

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