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									BYO-399 - Electric				            </title>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8589</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2021 20:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[That&#039;s good then. The &quot;Walnut&quot; is actually SwampAsh with a Walnut veneer 😜 😝]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That's good then. The "Walnut" is actually SwampAsh with a Walnut veneer 😜 😝 </p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>Roland</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8129</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 10:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Cheers!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cheers!</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>Bill Flude</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8125</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 09:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Did you glue it on or use double sided tape?

Tape.  NEC floor tape, naturally.
 

Who did you use to put the image onto perspex?

I really don&#039;t remember @frocesterbill.  There are n...]]></description>
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<p>Did you glue it on or use double sided tape?</p>
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<p>Tape.  NEC floor tape, naturally.</p>
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<p>Who did you use to put the image onto perspex?</p>
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<p>I really don't remember @frocesterbill.  There are numerous companies out there online who will put a photo onto canvas, or t-shirts, or perspex, or various other formats.  </p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>tv1</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8124</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Who did you use to put the image onto perspex?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who did you use to put the image onto perspex?</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>Bill Flude</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8123</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@tv101
Thanks for the info and you did a stellar job, it looks pretty awesome!
Did you glue it on or use double sided tape?]]></description>
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<p>Thanks for the info and you did a stellar job, it looks pretty awesome!</p>
<p>Did you glue it on or use double sided tape?</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>mattbeels</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8112</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@boo

Oh I see, I miss understood. I thought you had just doctored a photo to upload on here. 🤣 

Ah haha, now I understand what you meant earlier 😂😂😂]]></description>
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<p>Oh I see, I miss understood. I thought you had just doctored a photo to upload on here. 🤣 </p>
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<p>Ah haha, now I understand what you meant earlier 😂😂😂</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>mattbeels</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8103</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I did a couple of trial runs with that, printing the photo onto paper and cutting it into a scratchplate shape, putting that on the guitar, and making sure that the grain lines ran where I w...]]></description>
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<p>I did a couple of trial runs with that, printing the photo onto paper and cutting it into a scratchplate shape, putting that on the guitar, and making sure that the grain lines ran where I wanted them to.  Once I'd got that bit sorted, I spent the time on editing the photo, then another test print/cut before sending it off.</p>
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<p>@tv101 Oh I see, I miss understood. I thought you had just doctored a photo to upload on here. 🤣 </p>
<p>Now I see what you meant. That’s really good, it looks great, I might have to try that sometime. </p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>Boo</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8102</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Could you shine a liite more light on the process please? 


Take a photo of the guitar, once all the staining is done.  This is the tricky bit as the camera has to be at 90deg to the bod...]]></description>
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<p>Could you shine a liite more light on the process please? </p>
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<li>Take a photo of the guitar, once all the staining is done.  This is the tricky bit as the camera has to be at 90deg to the body, and with no fancy lens stuff going on.  There can be no distortions caused by (eg) wide angle perspective.</li>
<li>In an image editing application of your choice, edit the photo so that the grain lines / patterns extend over the neck tenon join.</li>
<li>Send the edited photo off to once of the places that turn a photo into a piece of Perspex.  The benefit here is that you need the cheapest/thinnest option!</li>
<li>When the piece of perspex arrives back, cut it very carefully into the shape you want, and place on the guitar.  This is the moment of truth.</li>
<li>Then attach to the "scratchplate" to the body.</li>
<li>Look, no scratchplate screws - they would have destroyed the illusion!</li>
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<p>The trickiest bit was step1.  </p>
<p>I did a couple of trial runs with that, printing the photo onto paper and cutting it into a scratchplate shape, putting that on the guitar, and making sure that the grain lines ran where I wanted them to.  Once I'd got that bit sorted, I spent the time on editing the photo, then another test print/cut before sending it off.</p>
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						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>tv1</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8100</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@tv101

Photoshop.  

That’s what I meant! Err...
Ok, I suck at photoshop! Could you shine a liite more light on the process please?]]></description>
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<p>Photoshop.  </p>
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<p>That’s what I meant! Err...</p>
<p>Ok, I suck at photoshop! Could you shine a liite more light on the process please? </p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>mattbeels</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: BYO-399</title>
                        <link>https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/byo-399/paged/3/#post-8099</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Photoshop

@tv101 Ohhhhhh...... You manipulated. 😮 You monkey! 🤣]]></description>
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<p>Photoshop</p>
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<p>@tv101 Ohhhhhh...... You manipulated. 😮 You monkey! 🤣</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/">Electric</category>                        <dc:creator>Boo</dc:creator>
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