Veneer under the paint of my 99 7421

[kigorri]

Man.. I don't know what to really say about this one?

I have a project 7421 (7621 neck..yay?).

I spent yesterday removing the paint as I am taking it back for a natural finish.

To my surprise, beneath the paint was a beautiful heavy grained (similar to swamp Ash) one piece veneer, its on the front and back, I was so happy to find this until I stuffed up one of the horns, pressing too hard, exposing what would have to be the basswood as it is tan/reddish in colour.....thus discovering that it was a veneer

Anyway, what is up with that? I would love some feedback.

and finally what would you reccomend, Oil the body or stain & laquer.
or even recomend where you guys get some great looking veneers from as I have no experience with these


Many thanks

[jazzedout]

I have stripped the paint of an 1990 RG550 and a 1998 RG7620 and they both had similar veneers. These were put on top of basswood in order to have a smoother finish that won't have cracks at the wood joints. I also believe that the veneer material absorbs less primer and paint than basswood, so it probably turns out more economical for Ibanez to paint.

[kigorri]

hey, great,

that makes total sense, it looked so good though, I thought I was lucky before I found out it was a veneer (thin one at that).

Thanks for that.

[jazzedout]

See here how mine looks naked, I still haven't decided what to do with it yet, but you can clearly see how the wood looks. It is a three piece body. How many pieces is yours?

http://www.jemsite.com/forums/showth...t=72468&page=2

[kigorri]

Nice, I am pretty sure it will be a 3 piece as I have seen others that have been taken back to natural and they were 3 also.

I am still yet to get through the veneer, mainly because of the joys of having a 6yo and trying to bring him up with power tools

I wanted to go for the Honey stain look but that will depend on what it looks like once its cleaned.

I have considered taking the path of a veneer but I cant seem to find any decent sources, but i have to dig deeper on that note.

Yours came up pretty clean, I'm crossing my fingers in that regard.

[jazzedout]

Well, I didn't sand through the veneer, since I don't like how it would look with a see through finish (3-piece, veneer on the flat surface etc...), so it will be some solid finish. I left the venner so I can have a smother final finish.
Oh, no power tools were used, just a sanding block with 180 grit and at the end 320 grit dry sandpapers...