Hi guys, I’m fed up with filing 6 nut slots so have we got any acoustic bass builders out there who might be able to point me in the direction of good plans or just share with me some hints and tips? ...

Lovely @koendb. 👍 🙂🎸🎶🙏

Guitar build on one side of the bench... acoustic bliss on the other. Perfect music for a perfect hobby. 🙂 Attachment : 20210805_193021.jpg

Another couple of well produced wee performances tonight @tv101 & @jamesbisset. Enjoyed them both. 🙏🎶🎸🙂

@rocknroller912 yeah very displeased with my Frankenfinish! I took to it with the random orbital in the end and took it right back finishing by hand with the grain. First coat of deep colour went on w...

Welcome @riccardo. I've been a part of this community for 8 months now and I am currently in the middle of my second acoustic guitar build. The entire build process seems very daunting but Mark has th...

@tej It must be bad if you don’t want to show it. Scraping is sometimes better than sanding to remove a failed finish as sanding can just rub it further into the grain. I’ve been there so learned the ...

Sadly what I created was a mess @rocknroller912 I know what you’re getting at but that’s really not what it’d have come out like and is about as far away from what I wanted as you can get. No matter, ...

@tej Its difficult to comment without seeing a photo but not all instrument finishes are designed to be even all the way over, and stain often looks bad until the final finish coat. Sounds like you h...

@robin I had done, it just looked a mess, really uneven texture and colour. Just need to suck it up and start again.

, while sanding down the filler I caught the edges too much and took all the colour off them. Couldn’t get it back the same as the rest so literally need to sand everything back now I feel your pain ...

Well this is al getting rather infuriating, finish was going well until I added grain filler, it’s now a total mess, while sanding down the filler I caught the edges too much and took all the colour o...

Apologies to all for radio silence, not a lot to post about while I’m applying coat after coat of finishy coloury gloop, it’s all just more green than it used to be 🙂 As for the headstock logo...

@robin If you have already sanded it with 400, sand those scratches out with 600 at least and apply more clear coats. Be very careful not to sand through your sealer and into your colour stain/dye. It...

Thanks for the great advice. I've only put two coats on at a time so far and scuffed it with 400 grit after the first two. Its been fairly high temperatures and low humidity the last couple of days, I...

@boo Thanks for the great advice. I've only put two coats on at a time so far and scuffed it with 400 grit after the first two. Its been fairly high temperatures and low humidity the last couple of da...

I am using rattle cans, but not nitro. Its Plasikote clear gloss lacquer that I've got. @robin Oh, I see. I haven’t used that before so I’m not sure. I would read about the application method on the ...

@boo I’m assuming you are using nitro in rattle cans, is that right? I am using rattle cans, but not nitro. Its Plasikote clear gloss lacquer that I've got.

I'll try to be patient and keep piling the coats on. @robin I’m assuming you are using nitro in rattle cans, is that right?

Keep going with more coats yet Robin, you need at least 10, I would say. Thanks @boo, I'll try to be patient and keep piling the coats on.