Tristans FV-1

[Analyst69]

I will also admit to having done that too, on my first guitar kit...I left the hole on mine (with a red headstock face)...for me, it's a reminder to be more careful in future

[tcjbrown]

The wudtone arrived today, so tomorrow will involve sanding, sanding and you guessed it, more sanding.
ordered some more carmine gypsy for a strat refin that I'll start after the fv-1's finished.

[tcjbrown]

Unfortunately a tuner screw managed to break as I was removing it.
I did an shoddy job of extracting it and there was a nice uneven hole in the back of my
headstock. Luckily timber putty came to my rescue, as I found a colour in my garage that will blend well with the carmine gypsy. This build has already been a great learning experience for me

[Gavin1393]

Quote from tcjbrown on June 6, 2013, 08:27
Unfortunately a tuner screw managed to break as I was removing it.
I did an shoddy job of extracting it and there was a nice uneven hole in the back of my
headstock. Luckily timber putty came to my rescue, as I found a colour in my garage that will blend well with the carmine gypsy. This build has already been a great learning experience for me

Hate it when that happens......

Here is a link to the process I use to avoid or fix the problem.

http://pitbullguitars.com/?page_id=4...70#postid-5765

[tcjbrown]

For the wudtone experts out there, when the deep colour coat's all good, applied yesterday (pics soon) would I be able to use masking tape on it when I steel wool the bindings? I don't want to take any of the wudtone off of the body accidentally and masking would make the job a lot easier. and less scary

[Gavin1393]

You really want to do the bindings up to a smooth polished state before painting....then if you get paint on the bindings it will come off with a light steel wool application!

[tcjbrown]

First coat's done and I polished it (binding) up as per instructions. I just wanted to check to see whether or not masking off the body while cleaning off the binding was advisable.
Thanks.

[Gavin1393]

If you are careful, it will not be an issue at all. Be measured in your approach and keep the steel wool only on the bindings and you should be fine. I think it will take you more time to mask off the body in between coats!
I have not masked ANY of my guitars....by doing so you also run the risk of pulling pain off the body. But if you must mask up the body...make sure when you remove the tape that you pull the tape along itself...in other words as if you were folding it in half from end to end. Do this slowly as it reduces the risk of tear-out.

[wokkaboy]

Tristan I used painters tape on my 1st wudtone build LP-1S and it was very time consuming applying it, in the end I did 2 coats of back sides, then 2 coats of the top between re-taping. I never got any tear out so if you must do this method be careful as Gav said and make sure the wudtone has plenty of cure time before applying the tape.
In hindsight it was a pain in the bum taping and I'd just steel wool the binding between coats anyday !

[tcjbrown]

Thanks Gavin and Wokka, I'll just steel wool the binding. Since I ordered the extra carmine gypsy and vintage yellow, I think I can justify a tl-1 or baritone if there's one when the v's finished