I found a beautiful handmade guitar at a local pawnshop that unfortunately has been quite abused. It has a cigarette burn on the spruce top. It has a laquer...
how deap is the burn? if its not to deap, you may beable to sand the burn out and refinish the whole top? ... From: ajchance [mailto:ajchance@...] Sent:...
It all kinda depends on the age of the guitar. IF it's old, you are better off leaving the burn there. Refinishing an old guitar is a risky proposition and is...
Thanks for the prior suggestions for my finish dilemma. I'm attempting repairs project initially to work up the nerve to tackle a project from scratch. I...
My son and I are building a flat top semi hollow electric guitar and we have a question about applying the plastic ivoride binding. He wants to make a comfort...
Hi Fran, I used to do this on tele bodies, it worked fine. The tricky bit was cutting a neat slot and I found I had to do the compound bend by hand, I never...
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I picked up an old Lotus guitar for a few bucks as a project guitar and I am in the process of putting in new electronics. I thought this might be the ideal...
I picked up an old Lotus guitar for a few bucks as a project guitar and I am in the process of putting in new electronics. I thought this might be the ideal...
I am new. I am a bass player, and I want to build my own bass. I have a question. I am planing on making it a neck through bass. I am going to use a carvin...
The key to a good glue joint is to have both surfaces as close as you can to being perfectly flat. If you do this you don't need dowels. The Carvin necks...
I am replacing binding on a repair job and am curious if anyone has an idea of how I might cut the plastic binding down to a thinner thickness. The strip is...
I made a tool once for cutting thin strips of laminate. It was a sliding T shape like a scratch gauge only it used an xacto blade with the tip snapped off and...
Hello, All. I have a friend who is interested in the guitar played by Sting. The bouts seem to be more equal in size than a Torres pattern would have, and they...
I bought some plans from LMI for a Martin O body guitar that was very "parlor" like. Try also Larivee as his catalog does have bout and wasist sizes and ...
I have an old (mid-1970s) Aria 6-string acoustic that has more sentimental than cash value. Unfortunately, the bridge finally gave way a couple of months ago,...
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I will be purchasing a bandsaw quite soon. I would like to get some other suggestions as to brands and anyone using one. I have been using at school a 14"...
Hello. I am making a guitar and was wondering what the best kind of wire was to use. Is there something I can use from Radio Shack. I'm on a budget....
... I recommend using sheilded four conductor wire for wiring an electric guitar. Keep your wire as short as possible. The sheilded cable will keep the noise...
Also, dont forget to shield the cavities with a foil tape, conductive paint or liner of some kind. The # of conductors will vary as to what is being...
My 10 year old just snapped the headstock of my BC Rich off. I'm fairly accomplished at building and repairing solid body electrics, but historically, my one...
I got a chicken or egg type question concerning scale length. I am in the process of designing a LesPaul Junior double cut copy, but I want to use a 22 1/2"...
yea, that's a real chicken/egg question. Probably getting a chicken/egg answer from me. The 12th fret is the mid point between the nut and the saddle (except...
Wow, thanks dude. Your answer gave me an ideal solution. I think I'll do exactly that, cut a stick 22 1/2" long and the mark my fret positions on it then cut...
Another thought I have used previously to design smaller bodied acoustic is to us e the Kinko reducing method. You realize when you cut the scale length you ...
