2nd Build SHB-4

[Stuart D]

Maybe you should ask the audience what to do. Do a poll perhaps?

I vote sanding it down and refinishing it again. But not with water based poly. Anyone else?

[blinddrew]

I've had one final go at fixing it and will now leave it hanging for a month before touching it with anything.

[blinddrew]

Right, I'm calling it done for now:








But here's the 'honesty' shot:


I'm sure I could probably sand and polish a bit more, but frankly I'm scared of polishing through the finish completely and ballsing it up again.

[blinddrew]

And a quick audio demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ4UUuq4buM
There's some noise coming from somewhere, tomorrow I'll have a look to see if it's the amp or the guitar.

[DarkMark]

Some perseverance has gone into this build. I was actually in agreement with Stuart D in starting over...I just didn’t want to say it. That water based poly sure has a different feel about it, not necessarily unpleasant. All’s well that ends well. Good looking colour contrast. How does it sound? Look forward to seeing/hearing it in action.

[blinddrew]

Will do a better demo once I've figured out where the noise is coming from.

[McCreed]

Congratulations on crossing the finish line! (puns intended )

However, it's good you used the phrase "done for now". I've done very little new building of late, but have "re-visited" at least two previous builds just recently. It just happens...

[blinddrew]

I've got another thing built, it's a kit guitar with an amplifier built in, but I never did the finishing on it. So when I redo that I'll redo the top finish on this at the same time I reckon and get it nice and flat.

[McCreed]

A bit of distance from any build is usually a good thing, but more so if it has been a problematic one.

How do I know this??? Been there, done that!

[Trevor Davies]

Love the colour scheme. Looks great.