Gregory

Hi, I just started building an acoustic a few weeks ago and I got everything through lmii.com's kit wizard. It was nice because it had a list of everything that you need there, plus you get a good discount if you buy everything together (turned out to be be like 40 hours of my summer job but the wood looks great... and it seems better than stewmac) Oh yeah and just off the top of my head you forgot tuning machines, finishing stuff, neck bolts (if you plan to go that road), binding/purfling, rosette (or you could use binding for that) good luck!

when was it made? lots of times the labels inside are wrong, back in the day, violin makers would make up a date so the violin would seem older then it really is. I've played violin for 8 years and I just got a fullsize violin about 4 months ago. it was pretty old but the makers had made it seem even older by making fake cracks and leaving the finish out in the sun so it would get messed up looking and rubbing rosin into the finish in the bridge area. I don't particulary like the effect but it was the one I had available and its really bad for a violin to refinish it.

Yes, Lets keep in mind that you asked

No, they are Marples, I remember because we have a set of a few of them Before you all think costco is so bad you should check out their stuff, its all real brands, they have dremel, delta, dewalt etc...

You think the deal there is good? Check Costco, there is a set of like 10? and a mallet for a ridiculously low price (can't remember at the moment)

Here's a head on picture The lightings not so good though I didn't seal it so it has faint grain lines, but hey its a peice of wood not a piece of plastic so I don't really mind. It buffed out pretty well.

I've been really busy so this guitar has taken a really long time but... Its almost finished! Overall I love how it turned out! Tell me what you think One thing though, how precise do the nut slot widths have to be? I cut teeth into a feeler gauge then checked the kerf in a piece of scrap and the slot was bigger than the feeler gauge size.

I just test fitted my pickups and the wires for the pickup don't reach but a little intor the control cavity. They come down through the channel between the routs for the pickups (i'm not using a pickguard and get to the control cavity and only extend 1/4" into the cavity, how can I make the wire longer so it can reach the rest of the control cavity.

They are 6-in line and they all have the same height so I'm kindof lost. There are 2 of each number of lines (2 ones with 2 lines. 2 with 3 and 2 with 4) They came off a Highway 1 strat if that helps

There are lines on my fender tuning machines (on the side facing the wood.) On two of them their are 2 lines On two others there are 3 lines and on two others there are 4 lines What do these mean? (I'm guessing they have something to do with positioning) They are circled in red

I thought that grainfiller stopped the dye from soaking in I'll probably go for the "wood" feel,

For a my first ever, I don't think it looks that bad? So now I need to grainfill it right? then spray clear? How bad is an unfilled surface?

"Looks like a burst. Did you wipe on your burst?" yeah I did It was fun thing and I didn't have to mess around with spray equipment But it makes it look a little more "Home Made"

I just dyed my guitar sure the ash made it a little blotchy but hey Its not that bad. Lets here what yall have to say.

I'm a perfectionist so I sanded all the epoxy off, Then I sanded everything to 600 grit I would dye it today but roads were really slick and we ran out of denatured alcohal I guess I just put in enough dye till the color looks right? How much dye do I need for a whole guitar?