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thanks guys, this has been a great help!

Does anyone have a good tutorial on laminating an arch-top and back? I've searched everywhere and I haven't been able to find anything.

If anybody wants to unload some scrap wood PM me.

I was reading up on nitrocellulose and I relized that they use straight acetone to disolve the chemicals in the lacquer. Up until now I've been using lacquer thinner for my thinning needs, would it be better to use acetone? I know lacquer thinner has acetone in it but it also has alot of other chemicals. Does it work better to use acetone?

I've done alot of dealing on ebay. The thing with selling on ebay is people go to ebay to get the "Deal of the century". So if your trying to make some money selling bodies and necks good luck. You might have a better chance setting up a site, but like stated previously you cant compete with the bigger outfits. If you looking to make money you really need to find somthing that nobody else offers and focus on that, like everyone is saying.

I asked them at lmi about their lacquer and they said it has the same mount of plastifiers as behlens

I do vintage restoration and some clients like the checking when I do a refinish and as thin as I spray the finish it doesn't always check so easily

I was wondering if anybody knows of a supplier that has nitro lacquer that doesn't have the additives that the behlens instrument lacquer has to keep the finish from checking?

I think he spent it on his friends guitar lessons.

...does anybody have a keyboard I can borrow...

The fender reproduction isnt exactly like Jimi's but it that doesnt matter than its not a problem

here's a good one http://www.stratcollector.com/images/news/...xatmonterey.gif

I got that one from HF when it first came out for 8.99. If you dont already know this, you can print off specials online and bring them into the stores and they'll honor them.

right now I'm using a tubeaxel fan with a totaly enclosed motor. Its worked great for a long time now.

thanks that does make sense, and I'll always go for the fan.