Guitar
You may remember, last year I refinished my Televangelist with a glossy varnish that was right away abused in a performance (you can see how on this video).
I thought first that I would slightly sand this varnish by hand and put a mate one, but the layer was so thin that it lightened the black paint, so I decided to remove everything and refinish it with wood stain and oil...
- Post One Hundred And One - Project T-40 - To Infinity & Beyond. . . . . .
Hi to all out there. I thought that for the start of the next 100 posts, I would do something a bit different. Project T-40. I have had the "victim" for several years but had it hiding in a corner, as it wasn't quite what I thought it would be! Long...
- Sanding The Doppelcaster
Had to interrupt the Doppelcaster making for a few days because of performance tonight (yes, the performance for which the guitar was initially planed - didn't make it!) Thought I would post a few some beginner's considerations. First,...
- Acoustic Guitar Retrofit
This is my retrofitted nylon string Spanish guitar - my very first guitar, on which I learned classical guitar at 14 - not very assiduously I have to admit, but it still had an influence on my playing even when I switched to 3 power chords punk at...
- Finishing My First Guitar
So I finally assembled my modified tele kit and I'm quite happy with the result... It looks better in real than on the picture (but you can already have a better idea by clicking on the pic on the right to enlarge it). The strings are still a little...
- 1965 Gibson Heritage Acoustic Top Refin
Unfortunately I didnt think to take an actual "before" picture of this instrument, but this guitar had been modified to play left handed with a new bridge, had gold Grover tuners installed, had the headstock stripped and unfortunately had the top stripped,...
Guitar
re-refinishing the Televangelist
You may remember, last year I refinished my Televangelist with a glossy varnish that was right away abused in a performance (you can see how on this video).
I thought first that I would slightly sand this varnish by hand and put a mate one, but the layer was so thin that it lightened the black paint, so I decided to remove everything and refinish it with wood stain and oil...
- Post One Hundred And One - Project T-40 - To Infinity & Beyond. . . . . .
Hi to all out there. I thought that for the start of the next 100 posts, I would do something a bit different. Project T-40. I have had the "victim" for several years but had it hiding in a corner, as it wasn't quite what I thought it would be! Long...
- Sanding The Doppelcaster
Had to interrupt the Doppelcaster making for a few days because of performance tonight (yes, the performance for which the guitar was initially planed - didn't make it!) Thought I would post a few some beginner's considerations. First,...
- Acoustic Guitar Retrofit
This is my retrofitted nylon string Spanish guitar - my very first guitar, on which I learned classical guitar at 14 - not very assiduously I have to admit, but it still had an influence on my playing even when I switched to 3 power chords punk at...
- Finishing My First Guitar
So I finally assembled my modified tele kit and I'm quite happy with the result... It looks better in real than on the picture (but you can already have a better idea by clicking on the pic on the right to enlarge it). The strings are still a little...
- 1965 Gibson Heritage Acoustic Top Refin
Unfortunately I didnt think to take an actual "before" picture of this instrument, but this guitar had been modified to play left handed with a new bridge, had gold Grover tuners installed, had the headstock stripped and unfortunately had the top stripped,...