Chrissy's ST-1M

[wazkelly]

Found a local hobby shop where I will go tomorrow who sell thin modellers strips of basswood cheap, and as the body is basswood, will cut and glue one to size, sand a little if needed, then stain before assembly of the guitar... perfect...

240 grit too smooth to stain basswood?... I had started it with 180, then the grandson turned up and got interested so let him have a go, he was enjoying it, so left him alone for a while in the garage..he's 17 btw... when i went back he has a perfect finish on the guitar back.... he had changed to a 240 grit he thought was better....

Probably a good idea to check neck, string, bridge alignment before doing any glueing as that shot looks like too much taken off on lower bout side of neck pocket. Sometimes layers of finish on neck heel will take up a bit of that gap too.

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[chrissyinbkk]

Sorted..just about, managed to get a 1/32" thick piece of basswood for just over a quid... cut a little piece off, did a mock assembly, all fit good, scale length etc also fine... well pleased, glued in place now till tomorrow night then will finely sand it to suit the contour.

[wazkelly]

Sorted..just about, managed to get a 1/32" thick piece of basswood for just over a quid... cut a little piece off, did a mock assembly, all fit good, scale length etc also fine... well pleased, glued in place now till tomorrow night then will finely sand it to suit the contour.

Good mod job.

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[Kick]

Very well done!

[chrissyinbkk]

Oh what have I done... lol... this is going to be interesting when the tru oil goes over it

[Andy40]

upside down guitar!! lol nice lemony colour

[wazkelly]

Nice bright yellow.

The TO will add a slight amber tinge which could dull things down a bit if that is what you are after.

[chrissyinbkk]

This is the cheapest kit I have bought, I did it just to use up bits and pieces I had left over from upgrading on other kits, yet funnily enough this seems to be the one I have been happiest with so far, yeh the colour will dull down a bit. happy enough with that as it is a bit bright at the moment lol.
I've got 3 very light coats of tru oil on the neck, think i will do one or two more and let it harden a week then polish it back with the micro mesh pads before a final coat or two, the fret board will do a couple of 50/50 coats. The body I have already got the tru oil sealer to go on as I guess the basswood will soak up tru oil like there's no tomorrow if i don't put it on. Really looking forward to getting on with this one.

It's got to be the right colour as the 1 year old great grand daughter makes a bee line for it when she comes.... little angel already loves stroking one of the other guitars strings to make sounds, the smile when she does it makes it all worth while

[wazkelly]

This is the cheapest kit I have bought, I did it just to use up bits and pieces I had left over from upgrading on other kits, yet funnily enough this seems to be the one I have been happiest with so far, yeh the colour will dull down a bit. happy enough with that as it is a bit bright at the moment lol.
I've got 3 very light coats of tru oil on the neck, think i will do one or two more and let it harden a week then polish it back with the micro mesh pads before a final coat or two, the fret board will do a couple of 50/50 coats. The body I have already got the tru oil sealer to go on as I guess the basswood will soak up tru oil like there's no tomorrow if i don't put it on. Really looking forward to getting on with this one.

It's got to be the right colour as the 1 year old great grand daughter makes a bee line for it when she comes.... little angel already loves stroking one of the other guitars strings to make sounds, the smile when she does it makes it all worth while

So sweet

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[chrissyinbkk]

That Basswood can drink more tru oil than I can neck Guinness!! Never put the filler sealer on just went straight for the tru oil... might end up getting another bottle methinks.. the neck has come up smooth as silk though with just 4 thin coats, well pleased.