Astracaster First Build FS-1

[Drashkum]

Dent video...



Some people do small dents with a soldering iron...I have only done it like this guy does.

I think all of the PB archtops are plywood. Back and sides have a basswood veneer as the top. Tops have a figured maple veneer. The latter is super thin. The back and sides are not quite as thin, but I have managed to sand through one of mine anyway. I don't know if they iron trick will work on plywood. It might, but the risk would be compromising the laminations. I have only tried it on solid woods, so am not sure...maybe someone will chime in who has?

I have never tried the stain you are using, but some prefer to go on before grain filling and others after.

You can certainly fill to get the spot flat, but with some stains it might look similar to a glue spot. I'd definitely try it on scrap first. I had some tear-out on one of the holes I drilled for a string through bass. I filled the gouge with small pieces of wood that I shaved off a similar colored wood. I am not sure I recommend this, but I filled the hole with AquaCoat clear filler mixed with some stain. I then put the pieces in place, and then sanded it flat after it dried, and added a bit more stain. It worked reasonably well.

If the hole is not too big, even if it's a mm deep, you could use clear filler. I have a few small dents that I have repaired this way and you can't tell they are there once the clear coat is on. I have even used AquaCoat clear to after starting the clear coat by sanding, filling and then adding more clear coat. AquaCoat is not cheap, but it makes up for it by being pretty versatile.

It is definitely not a dent. It is some sort of a scratch which wouldn't go with sanding. Could it be a small knot or mismatched grain in wood?. In that case I may have to accept it and start staining

I also wanted to know how do u choose the colour of the back & sides of your guitar build and back of the neck?

I tried a few stains yesterday which i though could go well at back. These were all natural wood colours like teak, Rosewood and Redbrown.



Redbrown turned out to be as same as red stain. The other two are sort of OK.
I also have this problem. There is colour seepage despite me using a fineline tape. You can see it in above pic if you zoom.

Is there a way to get a fine line or workaround for it?

I may choose rosewood if I stain the top orange and the teak one if I choose the olive green.



Top could be one of these



I have finally masked the top and sides of the body and neck. So that i can start staining the back of the body and neck. Is this OK?



I have gone ahead and ordered this fret crowning file from amazon as my friend is willing to bring it on 20th when he is coming back to India

https://t.ly/2gO_P

I hope this is good too.

One last thing before staining is I am trying to find a couple of slabs of similar colour wood as the veneer and back just to see how the colour would actually look on the veneer and back as the scrap woods I stained were light coloured yellowish wood and my kit is pinkish brown ish wood.



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