finishing

Hello Everyone, time to make my Jaguar dreams come true. I've got a roasted swamp ash body and roasted maple neck from warmoth. The other ingredients are: Bareknuckle Mother's Milk middle and neck pickups Seymour Duncan SH-12 Custom Custom Humbucker Mustang style bridge (like a modern...

Hey guys so I was doing some maintenance on my Schecter and I always routinely get a polisher and polish the guitar body and clean it off and it occured to me, Is it normal for guitars with gloss finishes to have like a noticeable amount of finish scratches/swirls/marks ? I take care of my...

Hi all I have a question about finishing and gear. I am currently attending a guitar builder evening course and it has taught me loads. However, the guy running it does all the finishing for us the students (the spraying at least), and the finish simply does not look good. I cannot make...

just picked up a new bare basswood rg style body with laser cut petrucci picasso art etched into the body looks pretty rad. i wanna stain it a semi dark brown color and paint the lines black. have received the body yet but assuming is sand smooth already what would be the next steps in order...

I did and totally regret it! I had the misfortune of commissioning a local luthier (Leo Crossfield of Crossfield Stringed Instruments, Ramsey Mereside, Cambridgeshire) to make a custom Les Paul copy, he gave a price of £3200 and he said that it would be better than a Gibson: lighter, better...

Anyone out there that can tell me how would I go about getting a finish like this on a flame maple top? Mayones do the most gorgeous finishes Mayones Djentlemen Series - Regius 7 MM FM

I'm gonna make some pickup rings for my Ibanez RGA8 to cover the excess cavity routing since I switched the stock pickups for Dimarzio's. I am very stupid when it comes to wood crafting, and I figured this would be a fairly easy project to break into it. I have tried to do a little research...

Greetings fellow members I am in the process of getting a fret less baritone built The basic specs are Mahogany body and neck Tune o matic bridge (string through body) 27 inch scale length neck with steel fingerboard BC rich style headstock H-H configuration, 1 volume knob, 2 tone knobs I...

Hi guys, In the not so distant future, I am going to purchase a replacement RG7 body (probably ash, if you want to know) to go with my in-the-process ETGuitars 28" conversion neck, which has an ebony fretboard. Now, I wish to refinish the body and headstock myself, but am undecided upon the...