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  1. Johnny Foreigner
    Would I be right in thinking that the Stewmac wb sanding sealer is equal to the EM1000 universal sanding sealer and the Stewmac WB top coat lacquer is equal to the the EmTech 6000 production lacquer?
  2. Johnny Foreigner
    I'll probs wait the 4 weeks then. I figure the extra hardness will do a little to help idiot proof my first time wet sanding and buffing a finish.
  3. Johnny Foreigner
    Nearing the end of my finishing schedule on the first build. I'm using Stewmac's waterbased finish. The instructions on the site say cure for 1 week, but I've also heard 3-4 weeks. thoughts? experiences?
  4. Johnny Foreigner
    That's a little like saying "If Jimmy Page can write Kashmir, so can you" or "If Jimmy Page can be one of history's most respected guitarists, so can you" I can't even play Stairway. I've got no chance of making a tele sound good.
  5. Johnny Foreigner
    So you're going to paint this one, yeah?
  6. Johnny Foreigner
    good to know!!
  7. Johnny Foreigner
    Is this step only necessary because you cut the holes after finishing? ie. is this step also necessary if you drilled your holes, then sprayed? does enough lacquer usually get into the hole when spraying to seal it? or is it worth doing anyway?
  8. Johnny Foreigner
    I actually finally got a response from Ken at GPO so no need to buy that multimeter just yet. If anyone else wants the answer: it's my first guess
  9. Johnny Foreigner
    YAY! Boo. Ouch. Commiserations. Fantastic news. I await it with baited breath and itchy fingers.
  10. Johnny Foreigner
    i'm going to be doing 3 necks, so it's either 2 woods or 3 woods, and I'll do all three necks that style.
  11. Johnny Foreigner
    taste question: do I go with 3 woods per neck as originally planned: or 2 woods per neck: ??
  12. Johnny Foreigner
    ok, so I'll give it a go with my original plans. and if it all goes tits up, at least I can still paint over the discoloration and have usable necks.
  13. Johnny Foreigner
    I could also go and eliminate the problem entirely.
  14. Johnny Foreigner
    see - that discoloring the maple thing is something that would never have occurred to me. cheers, fellas. anything that can be done to minimize discoloration? avoid sanding entirely?
  15. Johnny Foreigner
    eh?
  16. Johnny Foreigner
    bingo. thanks wez - that's exactly what I was looking for. best go and buy a multimeter now.
  17. Johnny Foreigner
    I bought a set of these: http://www.guitarpartsonline.com/product_i...products_id=185 they're 4 wire and I want to do some series/parallel switching on them. However, the wiring instructions only mention that green is hot, black is ground and for normal operation you should tape red and white together. soooo.... i need to figure out if it's: or right? because if I get it wrong, the dpdt switch won't work at all. I assume what I need to do is get a multimeter and test something. buggered if I could tell you what I should test or how, however. advice gratefully received.
  18. Johnny Foreigner
    so after my recent neck-related fubar (http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=43367&view=findpost&p=470049) I am dipping my toe into the waters of laminate necks. what i'm after is something like Jaden's GOTM entry: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...st&p=468694 I'm going to be using paduak, bubinga and curly maple - i have enough for 3 necks, so I'm going to rotate the order thus: is there anything I need to know that might seem obvious to seasoned woodworkers, but may not be to an idiot like me?
  19. Johnny Foreigner
    I'm refinishing my old LP copy - literally "customizing" it with multiply binding, opaque black finish, rectangular inlays, etc. my question is this, before I spray my color coat(s): masking off the binding seems easy enough on the edge of the guitar, but it seem like it will be difficult to follow the curves correctly on the top of the guitar. Do i just need to go slow and be careful, or is there some way I can spray away and then scrap the color coat off the binding? i'm using stewmac water-base and I've sprayed my sanding sealer coats, so ready now to do a color coat or two.
  20. Johnny Foreigner
    awesome work!
  21. Johnny Foreigner
    it was one of these fellas: http://cgi.ebay.com/TWO-WAY-TWO-COURSE-GUI...=item5d2a181ee4 and no, it wasn't glued in, just held in by the tightness of the route.
  22. Johnny Foreigner
    That answers that, then. The thing snapped like a dry twig. Scary what a difference 90 degrees makes. Lesson well and truly learned. I was able to save the fretboard so I'll reuse that.
  23. Johnny Foreigner
    ha ha ha! that's the problem, I think! zero woodworking skills.
  24. Johnny Foreigner
    Seriously tho, any reason I shouldn't use those woods together?
  25. Johnny Foreigner
    PS thanks to Wez for spotting this and pointing it out before I got any further in the build. Stuff like that which is obvious to more experienced hands, and completely NOT obvious to noobs like me is precisely why I post on these forums, and precisely why they're so useful. i'm even finding I now have some advice to contribute to others at the very noob stages, and I think it's great that people can pass on their knowledge like this. Thanks Wez!
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