Recent content by USC-Blues

Welcome to the board :icon_thumright: You're on the right path for this trans blue project. I would recomend a search for either "Jacthehack" or "Tonar8353"  Tonar is one of the masters of refin work and has kindly answered many questions. In fact trans blue should be searched as I know it's...

Very good news CB...thank you :icon_thumright:

Gotta jump in....Swamp / Northern hard just sucks the filler up. As some know my "work in progress strat" has taken me more time than...well lets just say alot of damn time. Now I'm thinking CA because the fromt half : heavy trans tint honey amber (almost amberish orange brown) looks great...

Kasey. Welcome. This subject was covered by Tonar or Jack the Hack. Do some research and check it out. If my memory serves me it was trans blue and blue filler. Same principles for black under trans blue....Good luck

Hello good people of this awsome site. Well It's time to finish this project. Life has a funny way of changing ones perspective, but life go's on. So my questions will be too the point and hopefully Tonar or some of our more experienced builders can give me some tips. 1) I will begin to grain...

If you dead set on ferrules then good luck. Even with a drill press and patients mine came out...Well lets just say my ferrule job was not good. That being said I found this option much more to my taste...http://www.taipantone.com/pages/ferrel%20block.html

Very cool looking guitar. Now lets see it put together. PHOTOS!!!

Welcome to the forum. Great choice on the cherry burst. :icon_thumright: SK

I just used a orbital sander with 150 sandpaper. After I switched to a block using 180-220 dry. Of course this is null & void if you already have a finish on your guitar. Oh snap..you already have a finish. My bad :icon_biggrin:

That blue is just too awsome!!! :o Tell us how those pups sound after set up. Great job hannaugh :icon_thumright: SK

BTW - next time use a fostner bit.  A little trip to WoodCraft in Austin brought about a nice suprise. This very nice older guy set me up with some scrap hard ash, a Forstner bit and a plug cutter. He even took me to the drill press to explain how to use each tool :icon_thumright: Helpful...

Want many opinions? Just ask "what color should I finish my guitar" :icon_scratch: Pick on you like and go for it. :icon_thumright:

Love the pics :icon_thumright: Welcome

I got the body off the Bay....Before I had any idea that Warmoth was the way to go. The picture of hard ash just said "buy me" I'm not really sure. The front of the guitar is spot on. I measured the bridge, centered the holes, used a drill press. When I finished the front holes were...

Hi y'all So check it out. After thinking about this build and really wanting to learn, I forced myself to read and read some more. Each of you have helped more than I can articulate in words. Much thanks. What I've learned so far. DangerousR6 has to get some props for his suggestion on...