Hi All,
I had initially started creeping on this page because I was planning on getting my brother a kit for Xmas. After a few weeks of cruising though this forum and seeing how genuinely helpful and excited everybody was for one another, I had decided to get myself one as well. I had played bass and guitar when I was younger, but never took lessons and only learned cool riffs but never enough to play seriously. I do enjoy projects, and figured if I went through the process to built my own, it would give me the kick in the ass to learn how to properly play it as well. I am very excited for this journey.
I have done weeks of research in types of finishes and have gotten a bit of paralysis by analysis, so I had started with some scrap red oak to mimic my ash body as best I could. I have so far really liked the outcome of using Rubio Monocoat, which I have used in the past on some live edge tables, however I have found next to nothing on any guitar forums for this as a one coat oil sealant finish. Does anybody have any thoughts on this? My second choice is a general Minwax oil based stain with either an Orange Oil, or a Tung Oil finish. My tests have shown no issues with an oil stain and oil finish, however my Tung Oil is also minwax branded and not 100% as they list a small percentage of solvent on the can.
Additionally, today I had begun my mock build and have a few questions regarding the fit of some of the components.
For the tone knobs, there is one knob that will not fit onto the pots, I have a picture below of both the furthest I can push it on, as well as the knobs itself. The one that is giving me issues is in the lower right of the photo, it does not have one of the internal quadrants cut out like the other three. Could this be the problem?
I know part of the gap, is due to the washer and hex nut not being on, but this one is much larger than the other three.
Lastly, my input jack only goes in maybe 1/5 of the way. I do not want to force it in, however I am unsure of how to best bore this hole out without it being too loose at the end.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.