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Great thanks Bob

Looks great Bob, well done. Built from Plans?

Great work Matthew!!

Thanks so much all, its what is truly unique about this forum. Details to help. Much appreciated Peter

Thats funny Joel... its how I feel.
Done both and didn't notice a difference.

Beautiful work Taff

Same story here, searched high and low to get me a set of tuners I needed. Very helpful guys indeed. Happy to pay for the service and keep it in Aus!!

Hey Ben, Work look great mate. And an A+ for the amount of effort you go through. I have a booth with extraction but even that pulls dust/dirt from the surrounding area.

Hi Steve, beautiful guitar.

Taffy Evans wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:48 am

Hi, interesting build, thanks for sharing the process and thinking behind it.
Taff

Thanks

Hi David, Love your work. Sorry for the what might be a dumb question to all in the know... Being wood, do you leave time for the joint to settle and redo the bolts before final glue up of the fretboard?

Very nice indeed

Hi Donnyb, I got some of Crimson Guitars in UK. It is water based.
https://www.crimsonguitars.com/products ... ng-stains/

Thanks Taff, great solution. really appreciate that this group share their experiences with us.

Sothern Tonewoods have a pretty good selection at reasonable prices
https://southerntonewoods.com.au/
Cheers

kiwigeo wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:33 pm

Whoops....thought you were after a "solid bodied Instructor". Please ignore my application

Hi Davy, Saw this some time back from Stewmac. They cover Pore filling in this video its about 28mins in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntsiNsa ... 1jq3HeGgCv

Thats black magic to me. Looks great
Great work

Pore filling on the acoustic is essential. Just went with the West Systems. Here again being a newbee it is by trial and error. To date more error and rework but been great experience. Drop filling essential after first and if necessary the second coat.

Yes HVLP.

Andrew

The Les Paul

http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=9446

Hi Mak, I am using it and it works fine. It was recommended to me by the rep at Mirotone when I went looking for some at the start of my journey in 18. Not realising that others use 3220. I don't thin it to the level I hear others do with the 3220 but just the recommended 20% and it flows fine and t...

great work

Thanks Alan, Just the usual mark out with sharp knife, rub over with chalk to get the line to show up well. Then use a 1mm bit in a Dremel to get as close as possible to the line and finish off with a sharp chisel. I have a 14' rad on the FB so it is not too bad but next time I will use a thicker MO...

Hi all, My recently finished Les Paul Junior with P90's by Mick Brierley. Body and neck are Mahogany. Mahodany blank for the body kindly given to me by a mate in Albany. The fret board and headplate are Ebony. Schaller gear all over.

Hi Shane, I made a rookie mistake and did not use a firm backing while sanding and had very poor results. Since changing to a firm backing while sanding things have gone much better. I use west systems diluted 30% for first coat so it soaks in and then 2 coats sanded back to wood in between.