Building a Guitar !

[The Raven]

This is the closest I could get to the idea I want for a custom build without using expensive software I don’t own and talents I don’t have.

The killer is I want a custom inlaid ebony fretboard and paint job on the guitar. Well considering just this body and neck with the hardware is estimating my cost around $3,000 I can’t exactly afford that lol

 

[Kevin Kwasneski]

@gabriel Corso Not sure what type of finish you used, but make sure you let it cure before assembling. I used 2k clear glamour spray poly and my cure time was 2 weeks.
And are you doing any wet sanding and polishing?

 

[Gabriel Corso]

@kevin the paint we used was car paint or poliéster paint.
I don’t know, in Portuguese we call it this way.
We are polishing and wet sanding for sure.
But to be honest I don’t know how much my friend cured it.

 

[Kevin Kwasneski]

Hopefully he let it cure at least a week anyway. But when you wetsand start with 1000 and MAKE SURE you sand down all shiny spots. As you can see in the image below I didnt sand down all the shiny parts:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PU_sC73lgbNmznVwzu3hlLMd8IEXHF-L/view?usp=sharing
If not you will end up with what are called “fish eyes” pock type marks in your finish
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lv_K1EiZ_AGVco_iPA6VWNBOVn9Yj9iA/view?usp=sharing

 

[Tyrone .]

That’s awesome! How did you go about sanding the slope on the front of the body for the arm ( like the bottom left area, if the guitar is on a stand)? I’ve had trouble getting that just right in the past.

 

[Gabriel Corso]

@kevin thanks for the pictures mate !!!
I will post pictures of mine in a different post in about an hour. Going to pick it up in a moment.
To be honest I think that’s my friend used 1000. But I don’t know much more than that.
@tyrone he did it by hand on his sofa while watching tv, haha.
But taking care not to get his house full of wood hahaha.
Pictures coming tonight.
The blue colour did not end up the way that I would love it to be, burn I liked it !!

 

[Kevin Kwasneski]

1000 is just the start. Go all the way through the grits and use a sanding block. 1000,1200,1500,2000,2500,3000
Then use a rubbing compound (Use an electric polisher to save time and energy), then swirl remover, and then polish

 

[Rg49]

Mark Tremonti is my guitar idol!!! Have you read the book that goes along with his Dying Machine album?

Who's your favourite out of Syn and Mark honestly?