Shellacing tweed

I'm building a clone of a 5e5a pro right now for an old friend who has gone on to bigger and better things .
I was working tonight and realized that my tweed finishing process has evolved fairly radically over the years and it is now almost a science. The process is too long and convoluted to type out and probably takes more time than it should to remain financially feasible but, it's something i enjoy and money's not everything, right ? :)
I'll be posting pictures of each coat as i go along so you can sort of see how it works.
coat 1 :



coat 2:


coats 3 and 4 :

and then here we are at our final color:

This took upwards of 7 coats (with inbetween steel wool treatment)But the results were fantastic and the new owner is overjoyed with his new amp.

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Flowery compressor for sale

Like compression,flowers and hand picked components? Well, have i got the pedal for you.....

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Time Flies.

Things have been weird since the last update.work and sanity comes and goes in spurts but, there are a couple of new things on the breadboard and a few amp things on the bench that I'll post about in the near future.
The pedal being constructed right now is for a super nice guy that wanted a bit of a warmth with some hair around the edges for his bass.I've got the circuit worked out and the board soldered up and as soon as i can get some time on the drill press it will be getting wired up and sent to its' new home.
I figured a little zombie love was way over due..

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what do you do when someone needs a utilitarian pedal to solve a specific problem?

You give it a quirky name, paintjob and call it something silly and hope they love it.
I present to you the a/bee switch...
sigh...

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