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In hindsight you're right it is probably something I should have flagged but I'll call it a learning experience.

Thanks for the help, I'll have a crack (excuse the pun) over the next few days and...

So apparently i like to make my life harder than it needs to be. I wasn't happy with how my tests turned out regarding painting the binding to cover the stain pulled into the cracks, so I decided to...

My Keda wood dye finally arrived so after a little time spent tinkering with colours I found something I was happy with and stained the top, which means one step closer to finishing. I still need to...

That was my first thought too but unfortunately most of it isn't on the surface it's been drawn into cracks inside the binding. There are still a few small spots where glue on the binding has...

Body and neck are now stained, and both have come up fairly well. Unfortunately the vinyl tape I used to mask the binding allowed some stain to bleed through, which was then absorbed by the multitude...

Found some time in between work and family duties to grain fill and stain the mahogany back sides. Filled with black timbermate, then stained with FW Black Japan. Fairly happy with the results, the...

Thanks for the advice! I hadn't thought to use acrylic paint and using photoshop to colour match is definitely not something I would have thought of.

I think you're right Simon, it's probably safe...

So in between my impression of fret levelling (ie hacking at the frets) I've played around with a few different methods to try and remove some of the glue spots on the body as the intention is to...

A few more pictures of the glue in the pores of the veneer, they show up more clearly as white spots after a wipe down with white spirits.

Hi all, I got this kit as a christmas present to myself and have been doing bits and pieces in between spending time with the family. As mentioned in my welcome thread i noticed some tearout on the...

Thanks for the advice everyone, I’ll send them an email later today.

Hi All! Just received my first kit (and early christmas present), the gs-7z. I'm looking forward to spending more time here and sharing this new hobby with you all.

I'm very pleased with the kit...