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Ok this is exciting! The neck is finished (obviously you will be finishing both at the same time; more or less, but for the blog’s sake, we are doing this sequentially). You’re happy with the result, and now you are anxious to start finishing the body. We are going to take certain things for granted here, the body is raw wood, you have checked for screw spacing, hardware and neck fitting and you have sanded the body down to at least 220 and hopefully 320 grit paper. There are no (or few) sanding lines you can see…there are no major knots or blemishes and so on …. the body is ready to be finished. So, depending on the wood, your first decision is whether to fill the grain. Oxford supplies a grain filler in the finishing kits, and it is also available here at Solo Guitars as a separate item. Depending on the wood and the final look you wish to achieve, grain filler is a great idea. With alder or basswood you can get away without the grain filler, but with ash or mahogany being open...

Congratulations go out to Steven Tusinski for his guitar build, to earn him Guitar of the Month for January 2022. Steven used our  LPK-10L  DIY kit as the basis to create his guitar. “I bought an LPK-10L Left Handed DIY Guitar Kit With Flame Maple Top for a summer project. I always wanted a Les Paul but I could never find a left-handed one that I connected with. I decided to draw inspiration from some of my favorite Les Paul players as the theme for the build. 50’s wiring schematic (Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Peter Greene, Gary Moore) 500K CTS pots, with Orange Drop Caps (022 uF for the bridge pickup and .015 uF for the neck pickup (to get a brighter, clearer Clapton/Cream sound) Switchcraft 3 way toggle and jack Solo kit top hat knobs, jack plate, poker chip pickup selector, pickup mount rings and pickguard. Aftermarket Gibson style truss rod cover Tobacco Burst finish (Ace Frehley’s smoker) using Color FX dyes, Oxford Sanding Sealer, and Oxford Aged Clear Gloss Nitro Natural ...

We discussed the Cites laws for importing and exporting woods a few months ago, and how they applied directly to the production and export of guitar s and basses. Those restrictions, as you may recall, are intended to preserve specific timber species from overharvesting and extinction. Isn't that a fantastic plan? We must safeguard the environment and ensure that all of those wonderful woods, some of which have hundreds of years of musical instrument history, can be sustained. But what do you use in place of those woods, and is it better or worse for the instrument's sound? There are many videos on YouTube these days that claim that the material a guitar is composed of has no bearing on the sound it produces of the musical instrument I've seen a lot of these, and they're always entertaining; with modern technology, you can pretty much make a cardboard box sound good. How about an acrylic guitar (which has already been done) or an aluminum guitar (which has also been...

  Why are individuals so intrigued by the people who can play the guitar? What's the charm of that particular instrument? Significant inquiries to contemplate, right? Let us discuss guitar. The  guitar  is a fretted instrument that ordinarily has six strings. It is held level against the player's body and played by playing or culling the strings with the predominant hand while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the opposite hand’s fingers. Studies revealed that the quantities of guitar and piano players are generally around 40% each world. In the US and UK, there is a 50/50 split of male and female guitar players. Details show that guitar currently equals piano for fame with all kinds of people. Around 1.6 million acoustic guitars were sold in the U.S in 2020, expanding from 1.54 million in 2019. If you are one of the numerous million individuals on the planet who fantasizes about having one. Bingo! It is because your-blessing from heaven DIY guit...