Recent content by victor

Here's where I'm at now.

That's true, and I went through all the grits from 400 to 3000 but I guess I didn't take my time with each one because the scratches were there. It's a Starcaster (Strat) body so not a whole lot of flat surfaces to use a block on. I took it back down to paint and a little beyond and this morning...

That's right!!! 🤗

So I went through the whole sanding process and when I went to buff there were no holes but lots of scratches! 😬 That'll teach me to try and hurry up the process! I took 220 and sanded it back down to paint. Some of the corners came through to bare wood so I'll respray the paint and start the...

Thanks for your reply Scott, I went over the whole thing with 400 and it looks like I might be okay. I really built up the clear to start with so maybe I had enough to do it this way I'm definitely going to try. Even though I had watched those videos on how to do it it didn't really sink in...

Strat, that makes tons of sense! Because when I first started with the 600 grit I never felt that I had sanded enough and thought I better not go any deeper because I didn't want to sand through but don't really think that I would have. And before I went to the next grit (like you said) it...

Okay I went back to make sure I had the right filler described but I didn't use that I used this.

This is my first paint job and I used nitrocellulose lacquer paint and clear from Oxford supply. I did my grain filler and sanding sealer. So the grain filler was that filla stuff on Amazon.😬 Then I painted it and put about 15 coats of the clear and waited just about a month until today and I...

I think I'll change the nut on those other 2. I think that might be just what the doctor ordered! 🤗 Do you know where might be the best place to get that?

I've been using 1.75 nut size necks but think I want to change to 1 11/16. I have a Les Paul Standard 50s and the neck and string spacing is just right! So I just ordered a neck from Musikraft with these Less Paul specs. I have 2 other guitars with one and three quarters nut width. If I order a...

Good morning Stratamania, thanks for your reply! I read up on some stuff on Google and took my straight edge and put it on one side of the neck and there was a slight relief but on the other side if i held the straight edge down on one end like at the top, it came completely off of the fretboard...

It's a Affinity Squire neck with a CBS headstock. Not that it helps to know that but just saying. 😳

I bought a neck from somewhere in Az. and when I mounted it there was a gap between the neck and body as you are looking down at the top. So on further inspection I noticed the holes were drilled at an angle pulling it back as it was tightened. I filled the holes with dowels and redrilled them...

So I drilled out the holes to 1/8th inch and used 3/16th dowels that I put in my drill and held a piece of sandpaper around them and turned them down to fit snuggly into the holes and filled them using medium ca glue to hold them and taking off the tops with a sharp chisel then sanding the neck...

Well, upon further evaluation, I bolted the neck on (with the gap in front), and it intonated fine but upon removing it I saw the reason that the gap is there. The screw holes are angled. I'm going to fill them with 1/8th inch dowels and re-drill the holes on my drill press. It will move the...