First build - TL-1TH

[jugglindan]

I used GlueBoost CA, as that's non-fuming (well a lot less so than normal as I occasionally got a few whiffs). Even so, it's best done outside for ventilation.

So something like this Fill and Finish Pro Formula?

Also, be careful searching for GlueBoost or GluBoost. It seems there is also something called GluteBoost which I don't need.

[Sonic Mountain]

Might need to go to a hobby store for the thin stuff. I use ZAP brand. Also you can get specialist tape for masking off, but I’ve used electrical tape and it seems to work well. Normal masking tape will just end up glued to the neck.

[jugglindan]

Might need to go to a hobby store for the thin stuff. I use ZAP brand. Also you can get specialist tape for masking off, but I’ve used electrical tape and it seems to work well. Normal masking tape will just end up glued to the neck.

I'm very glad you mentioned that. I was going to mask with my trusty blue masking tape! I can see myself now, cursing and swearing as I sand the tape off the neck.

[Sonic Mountain]

I'd still try and limit the amount of overflow, just do a little at a time.

[McCreed]

It seems like every step in this build requires another trip to the hardware store

You're catching on...

[jugglindan]

Might need to go to a hobby store for the thin stuff. I use ZAP brand.

OK, I can find ZAP Thin CA in the pink labeled bottle easily enough. I will order a bottle of that. Electrical tape I have in spades (or is that rolls?).

[Retroman33]

Wow, I just read all 15 pages of this thread. It’s so informative on the process I am about to undertake! Well done on an awesome build, my daughter now wants to know if i intend on putting Bluey on my guitar, too. Look what you have started!

Did you purchase any of the tools for the neck from Pitbull? What did you find absolutely essential to sort out the neck and frets?

[jugglindan]

Wow, I just read all 15 pages of this thread. It’s so informative on the process I am about to undertake! Well done on an awesome build, my daughter now wants to know if i intend on putting Bluey on my guitar, too. Look what you have started!

Did you purchase any of the tools for the neck from Pitbull? What did you find absolutely essential to sort out the neck and frets?

Thanks, and I am glad this stuff helps someone else. I don't know about "awesome build" just yet. Ask me again when I'm done

I did buy a few specialist tools. I will attempt to rank them in usefulness based on my experience so far.

Most useful: 12' radius sanding block, fret crowning file. These two made leveling and crowning the frets a breeze.
Slightly useful, but could have survived without it: notched straight edge. It made getting the neck straight very simple, but it's also fairly expensive for a tool I might only use a few times. Other people manage to get the neck straight without one. Better value for money the more guitars you plan on building.
Slightly useful, but could have survived without it: fret rocker. Again, it was helpful for identifying high frets (relative to neighbours), but the process of marking frets with sharpie and sanding with the radius block takes care of high frets anyway.

Haven't used yet, but likely to be in the "most useful" category: Nut files. I haven't installed the new nut yet but it's hard to imagine getting it right without these files. Maybe wet&dry glued to feeler gauges?

Didn't buy: fretboard protectors. I just used low-tack masking tape and worked slowly and carefully on the frets.

[king casey]

Most useful: 12' radius sanding block

Whoah!! I'd like to get my hands on one of those!!

cheers, Mark.

[jugglindan]

Whoah!! I'd like to get my hands on one of those!!

cheers, Mark.

Others might go for 12" radius, but I like my fretboards really really flat