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Hellow I am wanting to uprgade to a spraygun setup I have a compressor and everything but I am needing a new gun I am thinking of maybe a sata minijet but am not sure I am just looking for some advice on the subject I know I want something gravity feed,small and maneuverable and I am not sure about hvlp because I am mainly using it for nitrocellulose clear laquer and maybe sand and sealer and possibly the occasional dye for a sunburst the only thing is I am hesitant because I remeber somebody saying that hvlp doesn't work well for clear.
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I have a question on skunk stripes I have the basic idea where you rout the back and drill through the headstock but my question is on the walnut plugs they put in 1. how do they round the end of the skunk stripe. then how do they plug the hole on the headstockhttp://www.gruhn.com/features/tele59/EF6177h.jpg
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Hellow I am a luthier in mo and I am building a custom guitar does anyone know where I can find some old honduran mahogany like gibson used in the 50's 60's.
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hellow i am recreating a sg jr. and have a few questions 1.back then did they use waterslide deaclas or did they paint them on.2.If painted whats the recipe for the gold for the lettering.3.where can I get nitro laquer like gibson uses I know reranch and stew mac or is there even a difference
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Hellow I am sorry I am doing this but this is a extenstion on my previous post about the 5150 project I am needing a fr and don't have the budget to spend between 250-300 dollars on one so does anyone know of any copies that are decent quality or if any one happens to have a old one lying around that they wouldn't mind selling.
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Probably not but the dude i am doing it for is a dick and for him it has to be.
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Hey I am doing a kramer 5150 replica and I am needing to know what shade of red I should get I am finishing it in nitro laquer.
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try this its similar and you can follow the same steps but with that stough from alsa corp.My Webpage
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Hey I gave a friend who was telling me in the 50's tey had a strat with a 2 piece pickgaurd like a jaguar does anyone have any pictures of these.
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Translucent Black Without A Spray Rig?
jtmullet replied to fookgub's topic in Inlays and Finishing Chat
Hey dude I don't know but what I would do is take a standard black or a opaque black and just thin it dow so much that it becomes a translucent jut test on a scrap piece of wood until you like what you see as long as your not doing a sunburst you should be able to just brush it on with no problems. -
Thanks man I just had know idea what to charge.
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Hey guys I have a guy wanting to conver a epiphone to a polka dot rr style does anyone have dimensions for the bowtie inlays or the size of the dots or the spacing.
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Hey guys I am relatively new to finishing guitars I have built and finished about 5 guitars and now I have some people wanting me to refinish there guitars and I don't know how much to charge I am doing laquer finishes and I need to know what the average pricing is for say a solid color a translucent and a sunburst.
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Well he owns a music store and is a gibson and fender certified repairmen and is a tone junkie he already gave up playing les pauls for strats and chambered kills tone so I am just trying to see if there is anything I can do for him.
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Hey guys I have a friend who was in a bad car crash and has bad back problems and he cant play very long standing up without it almost killing him does anyone know what he can do I read sowhere about a strap that disperses the weight evenly does anyone know of somthing like this.
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It reminds me of a guild x 79 alot pretty cool.
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Hi just wondering does anyone have any information on how this is done I got the basic idea of it but any aditional information would help but one specific question I have is can you spray laquer over it or does it have to be poly because the paint is oil.
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Why not will he just **** up your guitar or is he just a asshole.
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hi everyone 2 questions I am thinking of having ed roman install a floyd rose on a guitar for me and first thing is on the locking nut I don't want it to be drilled all the way through the back of the neck I want it like those dean dimebag models so do I need to buy a special kind of nut to do so. 2 ed roman sells floyds and the information says that there original does this mean there from the early eighties or there just new floyds made to original specs.
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Hey man I am no expert but unless the body has ben stained previosly it shouldn't need bleeching but I have done a few sunbursts but the best advice I can give you is go to reranch and read the article on sunbursts they have one for gibson style and fender style and if your looking for the stain they have that to.
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Ok guys I got a dude wanting his guitar painted flat black so to do that do I just follow the normal steps and instead a glossy clear I use satin.
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Hello everyone this guy I know is wanting me to refinish his jackson black he beleives it is laquer and my question is it absolutely necesary to strip off the whole finish or can I just schuff it up a bit then put some primer on it and go from there because I have never stripped off a finish and since its my friend I really don't want to screw this up not to mention I am not makeing hardly anything off it.
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Did you use the laquer from reranch or did you buy it somewhere else. All the different companies have differing amounts of thinner and solids. If reranch says that two cans is enough when using their product, then that should be fine. But if you are using someone elses you may need a little more or a lot more depending on the brand. It also depends how heavy you lay your coats. Like previously said, 9 coats from 1-1/2 cans is laying it on pretty thin. How many passes are you making per coat? What grit are you sanding with and how often are you sanding? How hard are you sanding? Is it a level sanding or just a very light scuff sanding? Yah I am using there laquer and am doing as they sugestesed using 3 passes for one coat and I am sanding with 2000 grit sandpaper I don't know how I can be burning through.
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I followed the the steps from reranch and he said that 2 cans were plenty for a body and neck.
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ok guys I have ben finishing a tele butterscotch since it seem like forever I have done 9 coats of laquer and gone through a can and and a half of it and I am still having sand throughs not just on the edges but all over the damn thing I keep having to respay and fix it and every time I try to sand it so you can see the grain the spot just keeps getting bigger and itn looks like helkl what am I doing wrong and how can I prevent this in the future.