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I got a little ahead of Michael's recommendations on the practice board I was able to find. After sanding with 600 grit I sprayed a normally prepared lacquer wet coat and after drying the 600 scratch marks were highly visible. I then sprayed a coat of thinner with retarder as I recalled the Dan Erle...

This morning I remembered that I had a test board that I sprayed around the same time last year. I found it and just finished sanding it down with some 600 grit wet and dry. It's not quite as level as the guitar but should be ok for another test. I am using the same brand of lacquer. I'm glad that y...

Yes, this regular nitrocellulose lacquer.

Hello, I'm returning to applying a nitro cellulose lacquer finish to a guitar after a year or so has passed. A problem with the top revealed itself during the original finishing process and I put it away as the humid season was approaching. I'm back at it now and have sprayed the top which had been ...

Peter Oberg has recently put a video on you tube showing how he does the final stages of French polishing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbMKcZMve70

I like Pitch Lab for tuning and on the playing side Metronome Beats. Android operating system on a tablet.


Denny

My favorite finger picker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfqLfIMBquM

In case you haven't seen it, Stewmac presented a video on how to get clean bindings in their trade secrets a few months back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNbsZsSabPs

G.S. just to be clear, are you saying that you pore fill and build a base with shellac wet sanding between coats with 400 grit. Or that you wet sand your bare wood with 400 grit and then apply the shellac? Thanks, Denny.

Thanks for the help. I've got them to move down a little. Just a little more and they will be clear of the fret tang.

I glued a fretboard to a neck earlier today (a new guitar) I used 60 min. epoxy and was planning on waiting about a half an hour before pulling out the locator pins. I use sewing machine needles. Well, I received the unexpected phone call talked too long, spaced out, got hungry, ate lunch, kicked ba...