JohnnyG Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Ive spent almost 4 hours this afternoon stripping paint off my guitar body and its still a way to go lol sure is satisfying watching it all come off tho. got a load to do but hopefully i can get that done tomorrow and wednesday. then its onto spraying as soon as ive got the paints man this is fun, i want to make more guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Welcome to my life. I'm currently shaping my entire guitar with a handsaw sandpaper and a rasp. oh and a new edition orbital sander. but i dont use that for much.... Cheerio, Sam Fisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalo1022 Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 ya i had to do the same thing for the bass im gonna be reshaping and refinishing . Currently it is a standard P bass(was black) but after im done its gonna be a sefoam green semi super strat style P bass....i hope to get to my uncles tonight to do some of the shaping but i dont know....i have no tools (besides my trusty dremel) of my own and am saving up for a new amp so i cant buy anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 I'm doing my first project now with sandpaper, rasp and wood chisels to do a carve top. I've learned that using a strip of sandpaper about 2 inches wide by 2 feet long I can get at the hard to reach areas like inside the horns easily. What I do is place two fingers over the sandpaper and pull the sandpaper towards me. There may be better ways but this has worked well for me so far. I then use a scrap piece of maple as a sanding block for the convex, flat sections. I even have stickyback sandBy looking and feeling the edges I've gotten a pretty smooth surface. I'm no CNC machine but even with basic tools it's looking good. I think it can be done right with these limited tools but it will take longer. I'm in no hurry though. I never work on it when I'm tired or on too much caffiene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 have you looked into a good sharp scrapper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angry_jeremy Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Once upon a time I had the bright idea of sanding a Squier strat down to the wood to do something with it later... Anywho, I got it all off except in the cutaways and decided that I didn't want to spend that much more time sanding away in there and just covered the body in duct tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 Sanded down everything on a strat copy except for inside the horns. Started using an orbital sander but theres nothing like wrapping a bit of wood with sandpaper and using but force. Been trying to square up the edges of my other (from scratch) project body. mmmm, think I need to buy some more tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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