Flattened the clearcoat on this pink thing yesterday, did a little bit of a graphic with my airbrush and re-clearcoated. I’ll leave it for a few days and then flatten it again and put a few more coat...

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Thanks @markbailey. I have not carved the braces. Will carve them the day I'm ready to glue it on. I will keep the clamps on it though to help prevent as much movement as I can. 🙂

Storing the back - TIP! After gluing the braces on to the back you should not carve them until you are ready for assembly - If you are leaving it for some time there is a danger of it changing shape.....

@boo considering how much money people will pay for a reliced guitar maybe there's a business opportunity here for a whole new class of buggered finish?

I had an oily rag once but I had to let her go. She was just too… oily… and raggy, is that even a word?!?

Don't use a WD40 rag when you should be using an oily rag, the pros will know you're an amateur because you're confusing WD40 with oil and either sneer or laugh.. or both at the same time (would that ...

@jonhodgson I’m going to put some racing stripes down the middle of this Jazz bass and clearcoat it all, it’s that chameleon flip colour. I’ll use two white Pearl stripes I think. I’ll post it on Inst...

@jamesbisset I’m presuming this isn’t a serious question!?

I consider myself fairly handy. I’ve stripped down and rebuilt bicycles, ripped out and installed kitchens, bodged innumerable guitars… but I’ve never, ever had an oily rag. And yet every set of DIY i...

@boo thank you for the advice, I don’t have an air compressor to hand not the money to buy one right now, not the space for another big tool. What would be the lowest spec worth parting with money for...

@boo other think I meant to ask is that I have some Isopropanol alcohol but not any denatured alcohol which seems to be suggested is best, what’s your experience?

@tej This Tele is Ash and as you know it has an open grain. The grain needs to be filled and sanded flat if you want to achieve a gloss mirror finish or a smooth, flat matt effect. You may have to go ...

@rocknroller912 I appreciate your vote of confidence, sir. Thank you for the link, as well.

GREAT! Let us know if you have any trouble...

Thanks Mark. I will be taking out a premium membership so I'll catch up with your accoustic course. Will also be ordering a ready to go blank set aswell in next few weeks, but great advice on here so ...

It is really not a good idea as you will fill your workshop with steam, thus causing all your precious timber to warp, and your benches, and your walls, and your mind. Seriously thoo...There is normal...

Thanks for asking, Tej. I've successfully built my prototype, and have since finalized a multitude of mods, from body shape, pups selection, harness, to final headstock design and neck/board construct...

Though not a stranger to the world of building custom musical instruments "from scratch," I am relatively new to the custom guitar building realm. I grew up building high-end hammered dulcimer (of all...

where can I find his livestreams can see a link from Here too them. Am I missing the obvious Here? @tej: Workshop Weekend Sunday Special !! Building a guitar at home - Making a Thru Neck Guitar