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I never worry, but I have started to fret.
Started fretting the guitars. I have two done so far. These were my first bound fretboards so I had to clip the tang off the fret to go over the binding. I made a little device based on one I had...
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Some catching up to do here
I guess I’ve progressed a bit and neglected to post. All three guitars were fretted, sanded, pore filled where needed, and coated with shellac prior to finishing. I bought an HVLP gun. My finish...
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Building bridges
I finally finished the lacquering on three guitars. Now they need to cure before I can wet sand them. I’ve been doing some odds and ends while I’m waiting. Just a little guitar stuff, like the...
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Intermission for non guitar stuff
While my lacquer was curing for two weeks I took the opportunity to do a couple things around the house. I installed an automatic gate opener for my drive way. Of course I picked a particularly cold...
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Finished Guitars
I guess I neglect to update every so often. My first three steel string guitars, and my 3rd, 4th and 5th total, are finished. Took quite a while. I used micro mesh to polish out the lacquer after it...
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Shop lighting upgrades
Before polishing the guitars, I decided to upgrade some shop lights. I have very poor natural light in my shop unfortunately. I stole two task lamps from above one of my benches. I had a thrown...
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A bit more than making a new bridge
This is my dad’s first and, if I’m not mistaken, only guitar. Its a Harmony archtop, probably from the mid 50′s. Dad just told me he got it in third grade. This has been moved around a bunch. I had...
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Starting a couple more guitars
After a brief hiatus and doing a bunch of small projects for the shop and in the house, I decided to start a couple more guitars. On the subject of shop projects, I should post those soon. I just...
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A bit late on guitar updates
I’ve been really bad at keeping this up to date. There are probably about 15 posts I could make at this point, but I’ll keep it short and post a pictoral update. I actually made a test guitar body to...
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Making a couple rosettes
Hey, I have some time, so I’m catching up. Here is how I made the rosettes for these two guitars. I went with a geometric style. Very similar to my first rosettes. Started with humble beginnings of...
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