Hey there,
So I've been sanding away almost every night, not the whole night, just a quick 30mins every night.
Today I've been testing the blue-black burst colour on a bit of wood. Only one coat and it's not too bad, so I feel like I"m going to risk it:
I've also leveled the frets, following the methodology on this forum (the cheap version).
I first sat the frets fully with the nylon hammer. I have a full bag of sand that I used as a support with a tee shirt on top. Worked well.
I then protected all frets and made myself a fret leveling tool with a straight bit of wood on which I attached a bit of 240 sand paper with double sided sticky tape. Worked great:
I then reshaped the frets with a small triangular file, and finished the frets with bits of 400 sandpaper rolled around my finger followed by DB issued steelwool.
Pretty happy with the results. They're all level, shiny and I've removed the sharp edge they had on both sides. Fells much better when sliding between frets now!
And to finish the day I shaped the bone nut to the same shape as the plastic one I removed by scraping it on 80 and 180 sandpaper.
It fits snugly in the slot left vacant on the neck.
I haven't fixed it yest as I guess I may need to lower it a bit once the strings are on.
That's it for this weekend!
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