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Sanding Sanding Sanding and strangely enough even more sanding.
Guys,
I have to find some 125mm velco discs for my random orbital sander. I can easily get to 240 grit....but nothing finer than that.
Today I have done both the body and the neck to 400 grit. A couple of times each grade, and a damping down with water on a sponge between each sand....let dry and then sand.
I get some injections in my right shoulder tomorrow....old injury....so it will be numb and then painful for a few days. Sad I am not happy with sanding to the point that I could put some stain on....but as the boys say in the videos....PATIENCE.
I will go 600, and then 800 on the neck....it is so smooth. I wonder what a whole guitar of maple would feel like....with Dingo Tone over it....so smooth and I imagine so full of tone. :)
Whilst I was sitting on a chair sanding a long. The Aussie Post parcel bloke arrived....scared the poo oot me boot....he had the Seymour Duncan pick-ups for me. They look cool in the box and even cooler just sitting in the guitar body....yes I know the P Bass ones would be up in the pickguard.....cool hey. :)
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The end of the sanding day.
Seeing as I have the needles and pain coming tomorrow I thought I should push through until I get the body and neck/headstock done.
I got the body done....with some bits I would like to give a little touch up....the bottom of the curly bits near the neck pocket are seriously hard to get the sanding/machine marks out of.
I went to 800 as in the Dingo Tone videos DB suggested he is tad retentive as far as necks go and he takes his to 600 or 800.....so I did it to 800.
I don't know why Basswood is sort of thought as oh yeah it is a wood.....I don't know if the camera caught it....but there a little bits of flame in the wood....and some nice grain/figure.
Well back in the box for the body and neck until I can move my arm again. The bridge has hit Sydney and should not be too far away....that would mean I just have the staining and waiting times to go.....cool huh. :)