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Thanks for the quick solution.

The nut came off, unbroken. Need to reglue it. What glue do I use?

I am facing the same issue with my ES. Gibson has a pickguard over the top of the hole at the top on the side with the electrics. You could enlarge the upper hole and if you do not like your job,...

2 at once. Why not. This is already half made so a quicker build and a different style of guitar. Plenty of room under the guard to dabble with the electronics later. The 3rd pickup introduces...

I had some trouble with the neck. That's problem's resolved. While I was waiting I successfully destroyed the bridge pickup when I did the coil tap. I get the single coil working but the first...

I am not making a copy. Considering imitating the wiring on a different project. Once I have it worked out I will probably test wire it outside the guitar body before committing to internal and...

Thanks. 2 alternatives with different outcomes. I guess I will work it out from first principles and see if I get the same result and whether both can be incorporated together relatively easily. ...

Last version was blue on hardwood.
When I first dyed it late last night it looked black. I was thinking OMG I have gone too far. Dried lighter.
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After sanding the grain reappeared.
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Here is the hardwood. It has a few remnants of black and red ink after I sanded it. Most of the ink, a previous attempt at staining, disappeared. The dark is shadows, it was late afternoon.
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I did 2 woods, marine ply and a hardwood in 2 colours, red and blue.
This is the result of dyeing then sanding marine ply. I overlapped the colours to see how they would blend.8366
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Anybody got the electronics layout and maybe some simplification since the guitar is quite old and hardware technology has evolved?

Done my google search. No mordant for beetroot. Cochineal is a colour that can be set with a mordant. Spent my xmas break tie-dyeing. The die I was using comes in a range of colours with the Alum...

My understanding is French polish is fairly weak, i.e. cannot take the knocks that a guitar suffers in use. 45 years ago I helped my father French polish a grandfather clock. Many very thin coats...

Has anyone tried using beetroot as either the main colour or the pop colour for the grain? I have plenty of beetroot in the garden ready willing and able to make the sacrifice for the sake of art.

Thanks for the welcome. I am doing some pre-build research. Using an old mantlepiece I tried black ink rubbed into the grain, sanded and a light coat of red ink over the top. Much better than just...

Found this site recently and thought the ES-12G was just what I needed. I am looking forward to holding a thing of beauty once its finished. Hope my playing does it justice. This is my first kit...