Hey All,
First post here - I've just taken the plunge into building my first guitar. I build custom hand wired valve amps from scratch so I figured I'd give a guitar a go and pulled the trigger on a TL kit! I'm actually a bass player who dabbles in guitar but figured I need a new guitar so will build 6 strings instead of 4 first!
I've done a fair bit of reading on this forum thus far and I am amazed at what you guys are turning out. Fantastic stuff. I'm hoping to draw on your knowledge here throughout the process and will start a build diary shortly.
So far I have filled and sanded the body of the kit, neck is sanded but I'm waiting on some tools to level the frets (there's a few that need attention). I'm planning on doing a cherry burst and have Dalfords nitro cans to do that. The neck pocket is a neat fit on this guitar so I wasn't sure about whether the neck pocket should get a few sealing coats then masked off for the remainder of the finishing coats? Trying to evenly sand the 2 vertical walls is a bit of a challenge without affecting the floor of the pocket - are there any tips about how much (if any clearance there should be for finish here?
Looking forward to contributing here - I'm guessing this will be as addictive as amp building which I love doing for myself and others!
Cheers,
BD