Agent Jem

One more thing, I may be sounding like an idiot here, but what is meant by "tinning the pots"?

I had nothing else to do in the summer

I was wondering how to properly and easily shield the electronics of the sg that im building.

I would mask the truss rod, just to be sure. You need to do this especially if you're going to be applying lots and lots of coats of laquer. As long as you put thin coats on each time (no drips) you don't need to mask the tuning machine holes. Otherwise, mask the holes so the laquer doesn't make drip marks on the other side. I wouldn't bother to mask where the string retainer goes.

Hope this helps

Great Job as usual man

I especially like the inlay work, looks awesome

Again, great job

Looks good so far man

Looks good so far

Good luck for the rest of te project.

I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to laquer a pickguard. The reason I'm asking is that there are some scratches in the pickguard I'm using to build my SG and I was wondering if laquer would repair them.

thanks

I was wondering if anyone has tried to laquer a pickguard?

Thats crazy. How did you do it?

I was wondering if anyone could tell me where to put the strap buttons on an SG. I know where the one goes for the bridge side, but I was wondering where to put the one that goes on the neck side.

Hope someone can help

I am currently in the process of refinishing an SG. I used sandpaper to strip the paint because I was too cheap to buy the chemicals. Be careful though, its easy to sand into the wood and create valleys. Yes, be careful on the neck. For this part, I put the power sander away and sanded by hand. It took a long time, but its easier to follow the contours of the neck. Yes, use primer before you paint, it gives the paint an even surface to cling to.

Hope this helps

I'm currently building an sg and I put on about 8 or 9 medium coats of colour and about 10 coats of clear. I know that sounds like a lot, but I had to sand a couple of times in between coats because I kept getting bubbles in the paint.

But like you said, practice on a scrap piece of wood to get the technique down pat and to figure out how many coats you need.

Good Luck

I'm painting the headstock of the sg im building and in a certain spot I keep getting this ripple effect. I let the paint fully dry and I sanded the paint until it was smooth and uniform all over. Then I painted again and I noticed the paint went all ripply again.

What should I do?

I'm not even American, but that is one sick guitar. Maybe I should make a Canadian one. But that can come later.

Again, That is one nice guitar

Congratulations

Jeremy

I just read the thing on Stewmac's site. It says you can copy the logo onto a piece of mylar and then apply it to the headstock. Then you apply the laquer until the mylar outline dissipears.

Does this method work?

I was wondering If anyone knows the easiest way to create a custom logo for the headstock. I read the tutorial and I was wondering if there is an easier method.

Thanks

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To get back to the origional topic...

Which way do you think is best?

1) Finding the scale length and just using that, or

2) Putting on the tailpiece and moving the bridge until i get it right

Place the bridge so the high e-string saddle is just over twice as far from the nut as the 12th fret is.

How much is "just over"? Is there a way of calculating this?

Thanks

Im building ans SG and I was wondering if the placement of the bridge really matters, as long as I'ts between 24 1/4" and 25"? The reason why I'm asking is because there are some imperfections in the wood that I was hoping could be covered up br the bridge.

Thanks

Does it matter how far the tailpiece is from the bridge? Will it affect the sound in any way?

I need to drill new holes for a tune-o-matic bridge and a stop tailpiece. When should I do this, before or after I put the many coats of laquer on. Thanks

Thanks Guys

Thanks Brian