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Hey all, My dad and I are getting into building guitars for fun. I feel very strongly about climate change, so our challenge is to use as much reclaimed wood as possible and make everything sustainably sourced and non-toxic. We've located some good wood to use, but we're considering our...

So as per my Showmaster NGD in the Standard guitar sub forum. This will be where i document my mods for this beast. Got alot to do to it before its done so lets kick this journey off. First things first. Planned mods: - Ebonize the fretboard - install blue luminlay side dots - change the top...

Hello all, I am considering re-straining/re-painting my Schecter C-7 deluxe. It has a bass wood body and is currently painted white. I want to either swirl-paint it or stain the guitar to reflect its natural wood finish. For the later? I am considering the idea of first staying with a dark...

Hey all just a quick question. I am attempting to refinish an old jackson guitar body. It appears to be made of basswood. The grain isn't too attractive and I have already filled in holes used to mount pickup rings with wood fillter. I am afraid If I stain the guitar these holes will show...

Does anyone here know if buckeye burl stains or takes a transparent finish well? I've had an idea lately to stain buckeye burl orange, making it look kind of like the cover of Cynic's Focus The issue is that I don't want to buy a really gorgeous piece of buckeye burl and accidentally ruin...

Alright. I have a ltd SC-207 that I've been modifying over the last few months, and have slowly grown to despise the gloss black finish. Being a huge fan of stain finishes, I decided to do some research regarding refinishing it in a black stain. The only threads I've come across regarding...

Im planning a warmoth 7 string project, and for the finish im thinking of doing a stain and oil finish. i love the wood grain look with some color. any suggestions on color of stains? oils? this would be a first time for me. also post some pics! let me see how ur axes look if you have done...

Alright guys I don't know what to do, do a nice stain on my Stagemaster 7 string, or just do a clear coat finish :scratch: The guitar is completely UNFINISHED right now, it will look amazing with a nice stain on it, but it also look great natural, the only reason it is completely unfinished...

Alright duders. A couple weeks ago I ordered a new cabinet from a little known company called Aftershock Design Co. based out of Orlando, FL. The owner Brandon hand builds and stains each cabinet. Despite their lack of press, I decided to take a chance and order a 2x12. The specs: Oversized...

So about a year ago I bought a Chapman ml1 any of you who watch Rob Chappers youtube channel may have herd of the discrepancies that seem to plague them. So lucky me mine weighed just over 15 pounds :lol: . so me and my friend decide that there was nothing else to be done but cut holes in it...

Im doing a project ibanez rg7620, and ive sanded it down to natural finish and applied a 9 coat tung oil stain. the stain has settled, its been almost 2 months since I applied the tung oil. I was curious, as to if i would still be able to apply a flame maple veneer to the guitar? Or would the...

i'm planning on starting a rg7620 project and right now i want to make a replica of the meshuggah m8m in a 7 string version and stain the body/neck/headstock all black, post pictures if you have done this!

I have an ugly old rosewood strat neck that i want to be flamed maple. I was just wondering can i just snatch the frets off, sand the fretboard down, clean it, glue on some veneer, stain it, put a coat of clear over it and reglue the old frets? :idea:

Sup? I have a spare Schecter Omen-7 laying around for a while primarily because it's neck is twisted - I'll start a different thread about the proccess. The guitar was pretty beaten up, too, so I decided to try fixing it up and do a refinish on the whole axe, somehow inspired by Lambos. What...

So I ended up trading back with thekingmaker, the SX he was working on here... http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/luthiery-modifications-customizations/145453-so-im-refnishing-sx-when-woah-wtf.html and I stripped the clearcoat, sanding everything, etc etc. NOW I HAVE A GIG ON FRIDAY and...

Since I STILL haven't heard about the SR-370s bodies getting.. hacked away at yet.. I figured I'd be the first. EDIT! : I've decided to name it Susan. Aka.. "The Deviled Bevel" The bevels will be stained black, and the top/body and headstock will be stained a dark cherry (not black cherry)...