New here and to guitars in general. Building my first guitar.
New here and to guitars in general. Building my first guitar.
Welcome Ghost23!
Where are you from, and, more importantly, what are you building?
Kit builds: JBA-4M | STA-1M | AIB-1Q | TL-1 (in progress)
Side projects: Artist TC59 | Sheoak Dreaming | Spalted Marri Metal | Randy Vs | Sassafrassin' | St. Vincent
Welcome Ghost23!
look forward to seeing your build![]()
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
I'm from Indiana
Building a set neck kit guitar flying v. Got the body and neck on ebay. Parts for it are hipshot locking tuners, hipshot baby grand bridge, Bill Lawrence L 500XL bridge PU and L 500R neck, have a white pick guard and a black pearl looking one. Checked neck for straightness and leveled the frets. Polished them to a very nice slick shine. Grain filled the mahogany neck and body. Neck is finished in many coats of thinned tru oil. Body was sanded down after grain fill, put on a 1# cut washcoat of Ruby shellac. Sanded it down, but not all the way through the washcoat. Hit it with some red water based dye. Then put on several more layers of Ruby shellac. Sanded it back to 800 grit. No I'm on the 10th coat of thinned out tru oil. Body has a worn look like red paint has been sanded off, but not all the way.
Welcome Ghost
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck