First build - TL-1HA

**lenoir** · 07-03-2019, 04:56 AM

Resanded. Restrained. More small scratches. I sat it on carpet as I sanded it but still seem to be rescratching the back while sanding the front. They’re nowhere near as bad though. Moving on to prepping the neck

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**Andyxlh** · 07-03-2019, 07:58 AM

Nice shape, well done!
I agree with the comments re the sanding, you can get those out, simply going through the grits slowly from 180-320. You must also only sand in the direction of the grain, ie up and down the body, not across. A sanding block will help the flat areas and throw the paper away if it clogs and has large lumps in it.
Re the tuners, Pitbull sells the Grovers for under $50 set inc freight - they are a huge upgrade and a massive bargain. I have several guitars with the kit tuners on them and they are OK, I have had one or two dodgy ones only over almost a dozen builds. The problem you show in the pics isn't a faulty tuner, you may just need to ease the holes out a little to allow them to slide all the way in. The Grovers will go into the holes you cut for the stock tuners including the small hole for the screw so you can upgrade later.

**DarkMark** · 07-03-2019, 10:01 AM

The coarse sand paper does the work. The finer grades of sand paper removes the scratches from the previous grade of sand paper. Took me a while to learn the benefits of sticking with the coarse paper longer than I thought I would need to.

**lenoir** · 09-03-2019, 05:26 PM

Sanded and stained the neck.

Fairly happy!