Next to get the treatment was one of my very early builds - Lyn #2.
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=1920
The fretboard was pretty filthy like my first refurb. I’m a cheapskate and only replace strings when I have to so the fretboards of all my guitars get fairly neglected. And once again the grime was so ingrained that the TruOil lifted so I had to re-coat the fretboard.
I thought I would try something new (for me) this time and experimented with SuperGlue on the fretboard. It turned out a little streaky but looks highly polished, I like it. Not sure how it will wear but I’m always up for something new. If I were building the guitar for someone else I would try and smooth out the SuperGlue a bit, but its only cosmetic and doesn’t worry me.
One of my “signature” features now days is to replace the black plastic fret dots with MoP. So out with old and in with the new, Voila, nifty fret markers.
Sanding, sanding, to get rid of the original TO but unfortunately I went just a little too far and sanded through the first layer of the thin plywood top. Meh! Nothing I can do about it, so yet another character flaw of an already flawed, but much loved guitar. I think it gives it a homely well loved/worn persona.
I had learnt by my mistakes with the last burst I did and got it OK’ish on the first attempt. When I do burst it is hard for me to know when enough is enough. I reach a point when I think, I’m not there yet, but if I keep going I’m only going to make it worse, so now is a good time to stop. So not perfect, but good enough. Its art, not science.
Again the final coats were TruOil, but unlike my last refurb I thought this one would look better with a gloss so kept going after the satin stage and brought it up to a gloss. I figured if I don’t like it I’ll hit it with some micromesh or 2000 grit paper and knock it back a bit. But as for now I think it will stay gloss.
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Cheers guys and thanks for dropping in.
rob
