Today...I have done the damp down and 320 girt sand twice....was so smooth then....did not bother with the third. Both necks and body have had this done.
Then I have done two coats of sanding sealer with an hour in between for drying.
(Piccies taken whilst last coat is still wet....so differing drying give differing shades.)
Basswood is so light...so easy to work....and if you do some prep work....the grain is nice. Not flash like ASH or flamed maple...but the end grain is awesome and the front and back of this body has some really nice figure in it.
They shall hang for a couple of days and then it is colour stain time.
I have been thinking about the amount of soldering with this one. I am not going to be able to build the wiring harness externally and then just insert it. Some areas....like the basic components in the control cavity I can do.....But the majority of the rest is going to have to be hanging out of the body as I attack with the soldering iron. Wow.
Question:- I have some nice lengths of the braided shielded wire. I have seen a number of negative comments in relation to using the outer braid as a ground/earth and the inner as the hot wire. Is there a reason for this? Because I can see that running one wire through some areas of this body will be very helpful. I can see that you can pinch out a leg from the braid and bathe that in solder and then solder that to the back of a pot or earth lug. The wire is shielded so therefore you would think that the hot wire would be better protected from RFI. As long as I get a good solder joint at the ends, and earth points along the length of the wire, I cannot see any issue in doing this.
Suggestions as to why I should or should not do this please? No in depth details with physics involved are required. My alternative is Black and White vintage push back wire I have by the metre.
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