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  1. My advice, is that if your a total noob to this, don't build your own neck. I just built my first guitar and just got a neck from www.warmoth.com Best decision I made in the project!
  2. Ok, so I didnt get time to post any pics of my guitar until now. So here it is so far: Its kind of a jazz master/reverend body design with a different pic gaurd. The actual shape of the pic gaurd needs to be tweaked a bit. The one on there right now was my first attempt and Im not super happy with it yet. My plan is to make maybe 2 or 3 pic gaurds and get different abstract graphical images printed on to decals that I will put on each one, so they're basically face plates for the guitar. That is also why I want to do the guitar black, because its sort of a neutral canvas for the imagery that will be on the front. The neck is from Warmoth and the pick ups are dimarzio virtual Ts. The sound the guitar gets on its bridge PU is something similar to Matt Bellamy's sound (from Muse) in the song Hypermusic, which is pretty sweet, as they are my favorite band. I went to Benjamin Moore Paints today and picked up these two items The guy at the store said he didnt think they were compatible with lacquer, but he didnt sound to sure. Copperhead, if these are the same products you are using in combination with the Watco lacquer, I'll take your word for it that they should work. The sanding sealer says it must not be used under urethane products. Also, does contain vinyl toluene: And as I mentioned I will be testing them on scrap wood first. I just want to make sure they are the right thing before I open them and am not able to return them any more. Im also thinking Im going to pick up the black dye from woodessence.com, so thanks for the link.
  3. wow, thanks for all the help from everyone so far. I'm definitely getting a much better idea of what I need to do. The guitar I'm working on is made out of Ash (Canadian Ash, not Swamp Ash). The reason for this is that it was more readily available here, and to be honest, I just didn't do enough research before buying the wood. It looks just like swamp ash as far as I can tell, its just quite a bit heavier. Its going to weigh about the same as my les paul. Oh well I'll post some pics tonight
  4. Thanks Dugg. I plan on taking a scrap piece of the ash that I built the guitar out of and testing out on that first. Hopefully any problems that may arise will be discovered and solved at that point.
  5. Ok, that definitely helps. I'll check out benjamin moore paints this weekend. Does it matter what kind of sanding sealer I get? Should I look for a water based one or a nitro one?
  6. ok, so I've had my guitar built and ready to paint for ages and haven't got around to it yet. I've been trying to track down what supplies I need, what I can buy in my area (Vancouver, Canada) and here's what I've come up with: Colour Tone Water based filler (from stew mac) Colour Tone Concentrated Liquid Stain (Stew Mac) Watco glossy Lacquer, apparently this stuff is nitro and it comes in a spray can, and I can but it at Home Hardware around here. here's the link: http://www.homehardware.ca/Products/index/...atco_gloss_319g The reason Im going with the watco, rather than a stew mac lacquer is because they cant ship aerosol stuff to canada. My plan is to Stain the guitar black and do a glossy lacquer over that. Now this is where I need some help. I've heard that you need to use sanding sealer somewhere in the process but I'm not sure what product to buy if I do. Can I just use the watco lacquer as a sanding sealer? The next thing I'm not sure about is what order to apply these finishes in. What I'm assuming is something like this: 1 Water based filler (mixed with liquid stain) 2 Sanding sealer (if I need it) 3 Watco glossy Lacquer 4 Polish Is this correct, or does the sanding sealer go on before the stain/ grain filler? Any tips and advice would be greatly appreciated! I've searched forums high and low and gotten a ton of info so far, but I just want to make sure if exactly what I'm planning is going to work out. Thanks!
  7. Cool thanks mammoth, thats exactly what I needed to hear
  8. Im building a custom guitar at the moment (first time builder). I have the body made up, it looks somewhat like a Jaguar but it will have Tele pickups and hardware (keeping it simple). What I need to do now is cut the shape of my headstock and drill the holes for the tuners. I have purchased a neck from warmoth that has a flat paddle for a head. What I want to know is what are the restrictions when making a headstock shape. Also what restrictions are there on the placement of the tuners. I'm planning on 3 tuners on each side rather than the standard fender 6 on one side. Does it affect the intonation or anything by exactly where I place the tuners? Thanks!
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