Category Archives: Guitar Two

Sanded back the black dye. 240 grit for the most part, with 320 on the end grain. I tried to make sure I was always going with the grain, where possible. This stage showed up any finishing marks that where … Continue reading →

One of my few, “in action”, shots. Black coat has been applied, which is to make the grain stand out (well that’s the plan). It will then be sanded back with 240, to leave it only in the grain. I’m … Continue reading →

An, out of focus, shot of the body after final sanding. If I get more into this blog and building, I need to consider how I document the work. For now, it’s blury low res images! The body was sanded … Continue reading →

Having built my second neck from scratch, I wanted to look back at what went well and what didn’t. Post mortems are really useful things if you remember to re-read them before you repeat a task. For this reason I’m … Continue reading →

I decided to drill the holes in the end. I used a 2mm drill bit (1.5mm seemed too tight) for the holes. Using a screw to mark the holes worked a lot better than a pencil mark. I’m going with … Continue reading →

The test fit of the neck looks “ok”, though when shaping/sanding it seems I have again thinned the neck on the high e side. Oddly the low e side seems dead straight, while the high e bows in around the … Continue reading →

Well due to the wet weather and darkness, I haven’t done any work on the guitar for ~4months. Last weekend I cleared out the garage and got it ready. It’s still wet this weekend but almost light and warm enough … Continue reading →

So the dyes arrived from America this week. They are ~15grams each, which makes 1-2 litres of dye. However, I didn’t have any scales which could measure tiny quantities, so I had to do the test mixes with guess work … Continue reading →

The weather has over taken me, it’s getting pretty damp in the garage and light isn’t good, so I don’t think I’ll get the guitar finished this year. Instead I’m switching my focus to learning how to finish wood, which … Continue reading →

Here is a shot of the first test fitting of the hardware. I haven’t done any finish sanding on the body, so there is still a lot of tooling marks. This was to check everything worked before I moved onto … Continue reading →