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    After HOURS of sanding I have one pickup ring. I am using 60 grit, which is usually pretty aggressive, but man, this is slow! I did some of my test cuts with 1/4" balsa wood, and was surprised how "test" wood ;-)

    Sitting and sanding, mostly I thought about how there must be a better way to do this. Best idea so far would be to use double-sticky tape to attach the piece to the bottom of my palm sander. I could then attach sandpaper to the top of the guitar, with low tack tape like I am using now. Then I could hold the sander with the attached piece down onto the sandpaper.

    ...I'm not going to do this for the remaining piece because I am afraid that a power tool could way to easily mess up the top. But the longer I sand, the more tempting the idea...

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    Quote Originally Posted by fender3x View Post

    ...I'm not going to do this for the remaining piece because I am afraid that a power tool could way to easily mess up the top. But the longer I sand, the more tempting the idea...
    I think you are right about that.

    I just usually remind myself that its gotta stand the test of time, so a number of hours now will pay off in years to come
    Build #1 - ST-1 - Completed
    Build #2 - LP-1SS - Completed
    Build #3 - TLA-1R - Completed
    Build #4 - SGD-612 - Completed
    Build #5 - ES-1G - Completed
    Build #6 - STA-1HT | Completed
    Build #7 - ST1JR - Completed
    Current Build #8 - JBA-4
    Build #9 - Semi-scratch build Tele x 2 - Completed
    Current Build #10 - PRS-1H
    Current Build #11 - AGJR-1 - Completed
    Current Build #12 - ATL-1SB
    Current Build #13 - GST-1
    Current Build #14 - FBM-1

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