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Hiya,

I'm yet to build my first body as I'm off on hols for 3 months, but I did rebuild and restore an 8 seater solid timber dining table. Pity I don't have pic's on me, but basically it was a Malaysian medium density timber, not sure what type, and I rebuilt it with solid 150 x 150 furniture grade pine. After sanding down real fine, we stained with walnut stian with only 2 coats or so, then sealed it. When the sealer is dry, sanded that back just a little to get the roughness off the sealer, and this is the scary bit... the sealer turns an off white colour, thinking I had ruined it, but when I put the lacquer on it came up a treat. The more layers of lacquer you put on the more gloss you get. I put 3 coats on, so not much gloss at all, but the table looks unreal.

This has given me a lot more confidence for when I get to stain and seal my first guitar.

Awesome... love the stain !

Welcome to the forum. We look forward to your insight and seeing your projects.

G'day !

Sunny Melbourne !

Hey - just a thought, maybe I don't use forums enough to know how to do this, but is there a way of searching profiles to find where people are in each country ?

I'd like to PM or email people in Aust to find out specific questions, rather than using the forums directly ?

I think you need to donate first

G'day !

Simply awesome looking guitar mate !

Nice one !

Love the artwork !

Welcome !

But - Ouch !

My youngest son likes to come and sing when I play... I'm hopinh he picks up an axe or carries on singing !

You know I understand the point is that you do the work yourself, but there may be another way...

I have a friend who uses a computer engraver, and we have had some amazing results for our Judo Club. We had our full club logo put on a wooden disc type key ring - probably about 1.5" accross, and the detail was so intricate and yet so perfect.

So would you consider using this method on a 2piece metal construction... so when you engrave through the black the silver shows ?

Hope that made sense...

I can understand how hard it must be to destroy something which you have created.

You know there is always some good that comes of these things...

Personally - I liked the way the "flame top" charred pattern looked... I might use that as a design cover one day !

You go tim ! Thats an awesome looking build !

Awesome geetar !

I love the dark timber colour !

Hi All,

Firstly I must say thanks to those who put up incredibly useful info on this forum. It's been a real help to a newbie like me.

I just wanted to share with you my idea for berating or constructive criticism ! One of the key things I got from you guys was to plan, plan and then do some planning. I can't tell you how many times I have redrawn this layout, but I suppose thats cheaper and easier than building and scrapping templates etc. The body and headstock are my own design.

http://bigpondphotos.com.au/pickup.jsp?PID...e923b4f1e203469

I bought a new coping saw today from Bunnings ( ), and I hope to transfer these plans to MDF to use as templates in the future.

It's been a great day today... not only is it my 10 year wedding anniversary (so what is he doing on the computer at 11pm I hear you ask !), but I finished the design stage of my guitar. Which makes me think... I hear about you Uni / School students complaining about not having enough cash to do a build, just ask those married guys, and/or with kids - they'll tell you it's not easy either !

I'm planning on Les Paul Style Bridge and Tailpiece in chrome, 2 x Humbuckers with Chrome covers - haven't chosen which type yet, and chrome Telecaster Dome knobs - 2 x Volume (one for each of the humbuckers), 1 x Master Volume and one 3 way Switch (rather than a Strat style slider). Don't stress... I won't be using that printed version for the fret positions... I remembered about the misalignment of laser heads... I'll try and do one manually.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts...

Hi there Colin,

As I found out the answer to the very same question this morning, (and being a noob myself) I thought I might be able to share with you...

The Scale Length is the length from the nut to the bridge.

As for the second part of your question - I think you might be talking about fret lengths ? If so there are heaps of free fret calculators on the net... just google them.

Cheers.