New Member - with a Kit to Build

[moonreader]

This is awesome. I am just looking for some general advise to start learning different guitar chords. Greetings from HongKong

[Drashkum]

Youtube is the best site for learning basics of music

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[fender3x]

Youtube is the best site for learning basics of music

True. But I am pretty sure that MR is not an actual person and doesn't have actual fingers. A bot or AI in training perhaps?

[fender3x]

I am guessing you'll be putting it on a light colored wood? I cannot say that I have tried this yet, but I have a flamenco guitar with a spruce top and back and sides that are (I think) poplar, which is mostly light, except for green streaks. I am pretty sure this guitar was finished with shellac, and is a lovely butterscotch.

I have in mind doing a finish that is a bit darker than butterscotch on a paulownia body (which is a little darker than maple or basswood...more like oak). My plan was to finish with garnet shellac (the darkest kind), however, it's probably not as dark as I thought it would be...but maybe more like what you are interested in?



I have used platina shellac (aka super blonde) on necks to get them a little darker. It doesn't give them a lot of color, but is nicer than natural, IMO, and also has the advantage of giving the grain, and especially curls or birdseyes, some chatoyance. There was one spot on a maple neck that I got from PB that looked like a tiny knot when the neck was unfinished. When I finished with platina shellac it "became" this lustrous birdseye.

Although not quite as dark as I think I wanted, I am still planing to use the shellac to darken my bass body. Any alcohol based dye will work with shellac, which also may be useful for your purposes, particularly if you'd like it to be a bit more amber or brown.

I always have some platina shellac around to use a lot as a sanding sealer, and to seal between coats of finishes that I am not 100% sure are compatible. So, another reason I plan to use it is to to sanding seal, color and prep for clear coat in one step. It's worked well on maple. Hoping it will work as well on a more open grained wood.

[Drashkum]

I always thought Butterscotch blonde was a thin coat of yellow Lacquer paint sprayed on a alder body in such a way that the paint is so thin that you can see the grain through. I thought it is not a hand stained colour guitar. Pls correct me if I am wrong

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Good luck with your build

Drashkum

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[JamKo]

I always thought Butterscotch blonde was a thin coat of yellow Lacquer paint sprayed on a alder body in such a way that the paint is so thin that you can see the grain through. I thought it is not a hand stained colour guitar. Pls correct me if I am wrong

https://amzn.eu/d/ar5X7KY

Good luck with your build

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Drashkum

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Same type of paint as found on the original 1950's Fender guitars
Hmmm, now I see why this paint is so popular..

[Trevor Davies]

I always thought Butterscotch blonde was a thin coat of yellow Lacquer paint sprayed on a alder body in such a way that the paint is so thin that you can see the grain through. I thought it is not a hand stained colour guitar. Pls correct me if I am wrong

https://amzn.eu/d/ar5X7KY

Good luck with your build

Drashkum

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Sounds good to me. I have no idea.

[fender3x]

Oops! I focused on "stain" rather than "milky"