@rathius fender fit everything including the frets then spray, then carefully scrape the finish off the frets. I can’t help thinking the finish will get messy fitting frets after. Especialy as you have to level, crown and polish. I’m still…   Read more»

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I would fit all the dots fisrt, you’re going to want to sand them flat.

@rathius https://youtu.be/Unp0clPhqVo

@rathius On the youtube channel have you clicked the live tab? There’s loads in there as I just found out last night.

Thanks @rathius. This one has been on pause while I tried to get to the end of my working year, and progressed the other build. Almost finished the messy work on the other build now, so will be able to…   Read more»

@rathius Oh man, that sounds really bad. Yep, health and safety should always come first, you got to wear a mask for almost everything when guitar building or any woodworking. I leave mine on all day, not just when I’m…   Read more»

@rathius Thank You!

@rathius Ok Thank For Suggestion

Yes it did. I’m very…   Read more»

Looks like that worked really well @rathius.  From what I can see on the pics, it looks like it left a nice smooth finish that’ll tidy up quickly and easily.
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BIG congrats @rathius!
You now have something in common with every big successful business.
 
 
 
Your first customer!

Hi @Rathius – yes, I have CNC! 😀 I don’t “need” it either, but I got lucky in that a friend of mine upgraded his original set-up to something much bigger (think the bed on his new one is 1m…   Read more»

Hi @rathius, Nice job! It looks almost exactly like one that a friend of mine had back in the 80’s, same colour, pretty much identical shape, you’ve made a great copy! Where did you see the original?      …   Read more»

@rathius I saw your build on one of those guitar build groups on facebook this morning. Immediately recognizable  Looks really good!

Posted by: @rathius I can play a little bit I was so damned nervous I couldn’t play shit. Oh well, stage fright I suppose. We’ll stage fright coupled with my thoughts on how I can’t play @rathius Ahh the old…   Read more»

Looks fantastic @rathius. 
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@rathius  Looking good, that has got to be unique.

@rathius Yeah! 🙌 It’s all come together very well indeed sir. Top marks. 

@rathius. That looks very cool. Well done. I like the blue. 🙂

@rathius Nice paintwork man, I love it. The guitar is looking good.