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,...
- The Finish
Two layers of wood stain and one of oil - still drying... in spite of the hours of standing, there's been a few small patches of the previous finish left, that I discovered too late, after I put the color. At first I was desperate and...
- Doppelcaster Body
Here it is! Body adjusted and glued, thanks to my friend Brita and her carpenter's skills and machines! The next stage requires a little bit of plastic wood to fill unused screw holes and a lot of sanding, then the next difficulty is drilling...
- G&l L1000 Bass - Partial Refinish
Another project that has recently come my way - an early 80s G&L L-1000 bass with a mahogany body and a transparent brown or mocha finish - that has suffered from some sort of finish deterioration on the front face only. The pits in the finish actually...
- 1960s Guild Starfire Bass Refinish
The other recent project that came my way is a stripped 1968 Guild Starfire bass, which a customer in New York asked me to refinish. We are still pondering exactly what to do with the bass - his preference is to get all remnants of the old finish off...
Guitar
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, the polyurethane finish goes deeper than I thought, I made a first sanding that felt good enough, but when I tried wood stain on it, it proved not enough and it needed a few extra hours sanding to reach the bare wood.
I learned a few things doing this: it's way better to work in your basement with protecting goggles and dust mask than in your living room (yes, I can be dumb sometimes)! And you shouldn't spend three hours machine sanding in the morning when you rehearse music in the afternoon - I actually still have sore hands one week later! And wood stain is not the best solution for refinishing, because it requires a perfectly neat wood.
- 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,...
- The Finish
Two layers of wood stain and one of oil - still drying... in spite of the hours of standing, there's been a few small patches of the previous finish left, that I discovered too late, after I put the color. At first I was desperate and...
- Doppelcaster Body
Here it is! Body adjusted and glued, thanks to my friend Brita and her carpenter's skills and machines! The next stage requires a little bit of plastic wood to fill unused screw holes and a lot of sanding, then the next difficulty is drilling...
- G&l L1000 Bass - Partial Refinish
Another project that has recently come my way - an early 80s G&L L-1000 bass with a mahogany body and a transparent brown or mocha finish - that has suffered from some sort of finish deterioration on the front face only. The pits in the finish actually...
- 1960s Guild Starfire Bass Refinish
The other recent project that came my way is a stripped 1968 Guild Starfire bass, which a customer in New York asked me to refinish. We are still pondering exactly what to do with the bass - his preference is to get all remnants of the old finish off...