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Thanks for that, will swap the wires around.

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Have just finished soldering. Could someone check if I have everything...

Thinned from the back after the veneer. Hope this isn't going to stuff anything up?

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Finished the headstock veneer today and glued the neck up. Veneer was quite thick so I had to thin the headstock down by about 5mm for the tuners to fit properly. I'm thinking now of making a...

Laminated the headstock today. Was going to with rosewood but decided to go with some recycled River Red Gum. Ripped a piece on the bandsaw and the grain was really nice. Will give it a nice Aussie...

Great, thanks heaps. Will drop in and pick some up.

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I'm in Canberra so no Carbatec here. Might try to get it from another supplier. Was just sure Bunnings would have something similar.

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Hi guys, I'm ready to glue the neck and forgot to pick up titebond from Pitbull when I ordered. Does anyone know an equivalent from Bunnings? Is the standard brown woodglue sufficient?

Thanks...

Built a fretboard straight edge today. Straightened the fretboard and checked the fret heights. Looked good for now so I think I'll assemble the neck and body and dress the frets down the...

Will check out DarkMarks build as well.

A few imperfections finally got the better of me and I ended up sanding back some areas of the top of the body. Sanded to 600 then did a wet sand with water...

Blindrew, I have read your post back to front and the suggestions section was very helpful. Will certainly be following your tips.

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Great, will either use lemon oil or mineral oil I think. I'm sure either will be fine.

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Your finish looks great so I'll follow your steps then!

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Second layer of tru oil on the body. Some small imperfections in the veneer that I was too scared to sand out but don't think they will be really noticeable when it's finished. Rubbing with 0000...

Put a bit of a chamfer on the fretboard today and gave the back of the neck a sand. Just checking what to finish the fretboard with? Was thinking of just doing a few coats of tru oil.

Have also...

Yep definitely not going to test on the body itself. If I can't come up with something that looks perfect then I'll leave the blemish. Nothing worse than a bodgey repair! All part of the fun and...

That's an interesting idea. I'll have a test run at using pencil and also Sharpie pens to try and blend the colour a little.

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Thanks heaps for the tip Mark. I ended up not using glue remover and instead lightly sanded the area to see if it would clear up but instead sanding seemed to increase the size of the marks. Would be...

First layer of tru oil applied. Sanded the body to 600. Will let it dry for 24hours before applying the next coat.

Definitely arrived with some of the first layer of veneer cut through on the...

Could have sworn the veneer had worn through but I'll check this afternoon with some glue remover. Would be brilliant if it is glue!

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First layers of sanding sealer down. Will sand to about 800 before starting the tru oil process. Does that sound about right?

Also, looks like some parts of the veneer on the sides of the body...

Great, thanks for that. I'll clean it up and leave it overhanging then.

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Hi all, kit arrived today and am really excited to get going. Test fitted the neck and noticed quite a gap between the fretboard and body. I put the bridge on and used a straight edge to check the...