7 String LP Episode 14

[@timc7345]

Again great to see you doing your builds, your confidence has definitely grown, cheers!

[@eklypse69]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@anonymousbotch7370]

Congrats on the 10 top Jackson you lucky man😁

[@eklypse69]

THANKS!

[@bigkahuna100]

Looking really good, Jackson. I'm seriously loving the figure in that wood and how this is coming along!!!

[@eklypse69]

Thanks for watching man! I appreciate it!

[@bigkahuna100]

@@eklypse69 You know I don't miss one! Hope the band and everything's still going well for you!!!

[@robertr4193]

The guitar is coming along. A little at a time and before you know it it will be done and you will be playing it.

[@gothridercreations]

Think i prefer the term "pretty wood ripples" 😊 And the beat way for getting the right depth on the drilling i guess would be setting a stop and using the drill press..

[@eklypse69]

Problem is my drill press is pretty low end, and the stop isn't very reliable

[@borgonianevolution]

Nice progress Jackson. Maybe for the inlay dots you make your initial hole to set the size and shape then set depth with a Dremel router and the original base. that is plenty small enough to see what you are doing and still control it? Second question... When staining are you not supposed to leave it rough so it soaks in THEN do the final smoothing and polish sanding? The reason I ask is I did the same on the "BRS" and the stains did not seem to penetrate as deep as I would have liked and required multiple coats to even out.

[@eklypse69]

I thought about that, but I'd need to make a router template then. I might end up there eventually, but the drill's quicker. As for staining, you are right, but I also would end up sanding stain away, and I didn't want to do that. In the end, it turned out nice, but staining before sanding it to such a high grit probably helps with absorption.

[@borgonianevolution]

@@eklypse69 yes but the stain will penetrate far enough that sanding with progressively lighter grits wouldn't remove enough material to get back to barre wood once the stain soaks deeper. I stained the BRS 4 or 5 times to get the color depth I wanted before I saw Ben talk about staining at courser grits so it penetrates better. I always thought wood was like a sponge but I was wrong there haha