Lyn #14 - Solid-body Acoustic

[robin]

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Finally, how much Tru Oil I apply. These 9 drops will do half of the top of the guitar.


The neck and the headstock has been stained a Walnut colour so I could not apply my usual black printed decal on the headstock so you can see it here applied to the body of the guitar.

That’s it for now. I will start assembling the guitar in the next few days and then comes the tricky part of positioning the bridge and hoping that it lines up with all the pre-drilled holes and cavities. Fingers crossed.

Cheers guys
rob

[gavinturner]

Looking amazing as usual Rob! I Love the contrast between the top and back/sides. Looking forward to seeing it assembled and hearing a demo!

cheers,
Gav.

[FrankenWashie]

Wonderful stuff Robin.

[Dedman]

great to see you back at it Robin.

[Zandit75]

Damn! Was wondering what happened to this build!
If that's not a good finish, then I'll just quit now!!

[wokkaboy]

Nice work Westie07 great to have you back. You have and always will be the king of naughty oil. Binding and colour contrast look very good

[Ghaynas]

Hi Robin! I'm amazed for this building, it's something like a work of a genius, I'm starting building guitars and I've read all your posts like a student at the university hehehe. I have one question, if I may ask, I've seen you've used brasso as the final coat of the body and the result was surprisingly shiny, can it be used with any kind of finish? I'm planing using polyurethane in my first proyect, will brasso work with it?

[WeirdBits]

Welcome back Rob. The build's looking great, as always.

[G-Axe]

This is a pretty amazing build. Can't wait to see it all done. Looks like you're in the home stretch (curing time notwithstanding).

[robin]

@ Gav, Frankie, Dedman, Zandit, WARREN , Antonio, Scott and G-Axe
Thanks so much guys. I know this is a well used, and often an over used statement, but the encouragement and support we all get from this Community is truly amazing and much appreciated. Thank you guys.

@ G-Axe
I’m hoping to have her finished next week, time permitting. I have to admit that I applied the Tru Oil over a month ago, so it has cured nicely, but I then lost interest and motivation again. But I’m back into it again and hopefully will see her through to the finish without any back sliding this time

@ Antonio
Thank you my friend, but there are far more capable guitar builders than me on these forums. I just have the luxury of more spare time than most to indulge my hobby. Just over 3 years ago I had no carpentry skills and, like you, was looking forward to building my first guitar. Trust me when I say that if I can do it, anyone can.

In regards to Brasso, I have only used it on Tru Oil, so I can’t really advise you on how effective it is on Plyurethane. It is actually a metal polish similar to a cutting compound that is used to polish automobiles. Most people use the auto cutting compounds that are available at most car accessory shops. It’s just that I had some Brasso in the house and thought I would give it a try. Try and avoid anything that has silicone in it.

I hope this helps.

rob