westhemann Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 the maple was what took so long on mine...and i didn't have a drum sander at the time,or a thickness planer. i had 30 grit,60 grit,100 grit,150,and 220. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 I completely agree with the comments concerning the effort/time needed in sanding. I just wanted to point out the reason behind it so you can understand the goal - any scratch left from a saw or rougher grit sandpaper will show up dramatically when finishing (staining/painting/clearing). If you want a professional looking guitar, you cannot have any of these scratches left before finishing - they will get magnified like you wouldn't believe! I wipe naptha (wrong spelling I'm sure) on to get a preview of what it will look like when a finish is applied. It won't show scratches quite as well as a stain will but I think it's better than nothing. I don't think I'm the only one who does this. I also use a magnifying glass over any areas that I'm not sure of. One last sanding tip - if you use a sanding drum on a drill or drilll press - the coarse grits will leave deep scratches in the wood. Try to find fine grit drums or you'll be sanding by hand for many hours getting those scratches out (especially around the cutaways and horns). Of course, I use hard maple a lot so that makes it more difficult. I can't tell you how awful it feels to finally put stain/dye on the wood just to find out that you still have more sanding to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I also have to agree with the comments made how can you learn to do something the right way when your doing it roung in the first place any way your hear now and this forum is one of the best places to learn how to do it right so I hope you take all the construtive critisism you've been given and stick around. keep up the unique body designs. !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_urr_A Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Even though you haven't so far in your building attempts shown your ability to build high quality instruments (hey, I just noticed instruments....), you've shown something else, that is very useful. Maturity. You have yet to flame us for critisising (sp?) your work, you haven't resorted to comments about how dumb we are or anything. You've shown that you're willing to accept mistakes and do things differently/better the next time, and to use the advice of others to do so. That's a truly great thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 just wait till you get to a final color, and then you begin to wetsand... like wes said can take a long long long time to sand... i am going on 10 hrs of wetsanding and my guitar still needs some help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoxville Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 (edited) Thnx for the sanding advice guys! I'll use it! Edited October 21, 2004 by Knoxville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octavedoctor Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 (edited) I know this thread is really old, but i've only just got here... All the sarcastic comments are correct but the only mistake Knoxville has made IMHO is to put his stuff on display! Look at the fun the guy's having! We've all got to start somewhere, and personally all my early guitars were made under a pseudonym so they didn't come back to haunt me... the above posted edited to correct spelling only Edited December 31, 2004 by octavedoctor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Sorry I just saw the pics. Man even my first guitar is WAY better than that. In fact it's better than any guitar under 1000 I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 I don't even know what to say because I don't believe knoxville is serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Sorry I just saw the pics. Man even my first guitar is WAY better than that. In fact it's better than any guitar under 1000 I've seen. Godin, have we seen your first guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 All the sarcastic comments are correct but the only mistake Knoxville has made IMHO is to put his stuff on display! What I like about this forum is that people are willing to display their projects --warts and all! If nothing else, it has helped me avoid a number of major mistakes with my own project ....(gonna do the color coat today!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octavedoctor Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 When I made that statement the point I was making is that he had subjected himself to ridicule, which isn't helpful; constructive guidance achieves more than the braying mockery of an open forum. I admire Knoxville for his display of cool under fire; he's taken the flak like a man and I hope he goes on to develop the self critical ability he needs to be a craftsman. Knoxville! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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