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I am just starting to finish my latest guitar and fianlly have access to a buffing wheel. It will be finished in lacquer and I need to know what type of...
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Hi Rob, When I finished my own guitars (I now send them out and have someone else do it for me) I used DuPont polishing compound. I don't remember the...
I agree with Greg here, and Mequire's at the auto stores work. Lacquer is an automotive finish, so you can use automotive finish products. You can go from...
Also, those little polish wheels I mentioned below are about 4" in diameter, and make great polishing in tight corners that you may be hesitant about putting...
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... Rob, Be sure to not let the wheel stay too long on any one area. The heat from the friction can melt the finish very quickly and ruin it. Go lightly and...
Hello out there. I'm new to the group and to guitar building. I have some questions I hope someone can answer. I'm building an O- style guitar, my first, and...
I may be wrong, but my opinion is definitely not to use spruce as a neck wood. I prefer a neck with a lot of density and I personally don't think the spruce...
Yeah,don't use spruce, it will split or twist for sure. I have been experimenting with different wood types for 20 odd years. Purists would disagree, but my...
I agree with Rob here. You can use any "hardwood". Just make sure the grain is running the right direction to give the neck strength and it won't split out...
Hi, Well, here's my 2 cents worth which comes from building nylon string guitars for a long time! I agree w/ the others that a neck made of Spruce is a bad ...
You say this is your first guitar... is it your first of many? Or will this be your Masterpiece? My first guitar, well it wouldn't have mattered if it was made...
Dave's right. You CAN use the spruce, but work it (like Dave said) where it has strength. Some necks are made of cedar, too, so why not. There's another side...
Thanks for this interesting discussion, guys. Beautiful work on the Texas guitar, Vince. Also the maple and mesquite neck... really pretty. Reminds me of the...
I gave the guitar to my sister in Louisiana as a gift a couple of years ago, but I'll see if she can take a photo and send it to me. Probably be a couple of...
Thanks. You know what is really cool about this group is that we have a bunch of experimenters. I've been a member of other groups where there is a very...
Yes, thanks for that too. Players come by my shop (I mostly do repairs) and when building comes up, they ask if I have a brazillian dreadnaught in the works, I...
In the spirit of experimenting, I offer this tome... A Fiddle Made of Matchsticks by David Newton Tex came up to me, at one of those bluegrass events that draw...
Thanks David, what a great post. I've seem pictures of instruments made of matchsticks, but not one in person yet. The old fiddle and the documentation of the...
I've been building full time for 3 years now. I moved back to my hometown to open a new shop when I made the big step. After a while when people find out who...
Hi All, I know I've entered this discussion from the point of view of a maker who builds for a living and has to cater to his clients wishes and expectations....
Oh sure, I agree totally that if you're doing this as a business, you have to cater to your customer. Classical guitarists are indeed a traditional lot. I say...
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