Search:

Thanks guys, for all the tips concerning the pickups. Since getting the wiring installed was much less a hassle than I expected, I decided to go with the stock pickups first.

They do sound better...

I always assumed that poly only adheres mechanically to the previous layer and it thus requires light sanding between coats. I thought only nitro-lacquer adheres chemically by softening the previous...

Ha, that's actually a great idea. Thanks for the tip.



Gesendet von meinem EML-L29 mit Tapatalk

Anybody ever tried pups from this company:

https://roswellpickups.com/product/lph-n/


I found some decent reviews, but still not sure.

Gesendet von meinem EML-L29 mit Tapatalk

Haha... Oh my... This will be a tough decision..


Gesendet von meinem EML-L29 mit Tapatalk

Great. Thanks, I'll check them out.

Gesendet von meinem EML-L29 mit Tapatalk

I love the depth that you achieved in the color. And the racing stripes look amazing. Great work. I'll definitely have to work on my staining and finishing process to achieve a similar effect.
...

Thanks everyone. It's kinda funny that everyone is going for black. I also asked around among my friends and they almost unanimously went for gold. Haha..

I definitely agree with what some of you...

Thanks, the learning curve is quite steep:)

Something I again experienced during fret leveling. I noticed that some of the frets were a little proud, so I gave them a gentle hammer treatment, than...

So after around 25 coats of clou wipe on poly, I started level sanding and polishing the back. It is not perfect, but I can live with this.

Unfortunately, I also managed to put a Ding in the neck...

Super Glue worked. Thanks for the tip. On with the poly.

Gesendet von meinem EML-L29 mit Tapatalk

Thanks for the quick response, DarkMark. I am not sure what happened. The binding seems pretty solid, so maybe a wood layer has separated? There is not a lot of movement, not even half a mm I'd say....

Help!!!

After staining and applying two coats of wipe-on-poly I glued on the neck. So far so good.

However, while applying the third coat I saw a tiny gap between the back and the binding (see...

Had some time to work on the guitar over the weekend, with limited success, however.

Drilled the holes for the bigsby, did some filing on the neck heel, gave the body a light sanding and checked...

I am actually really glad that I don't have to mess with the neck angle. Hope it works out fine for you.

I thought about your workflow quite a bit and I am thinking about doing it in a similar...

Hi DarkMark and Wazkelly,

thanks for your thoughts. I had some time on the weekend to work on the guitar, so I did some sanding and got rid of most of the tiny scratches and dings - as well as...

Hi, thanks for your help.

I will check the neck angle again - just to be extra sure. When I checked it last time, I put the tune-o-matic bridge in place just with some tape around the posts and...

Hi everyone,

this is actually my first build and I am really looking forward to it. A couple of days ago I received the GR-1SF kit from PBG and after letting it sit a while I did the mock build...

Hi, just a quick introduction before I head over to the build diary thread.

I hail from Munich Germany. I am looking forward to my first kit build (GR-1SF) and am hoping to find a lot of help...