RoseW. Guitar Building

Tips Tricks & Processes

 

Adding a Peghead Veneer

                        How to add a thin veneer to your peghead

 

Bursting With a Different Color**

                        Painting a burst edge on your guitar

 

Carving a Top**

                        Give your guitar that custom looking top contour

 

Cutting a 5-Way Switch Slot**

                        Using your dremel tool to cut that slot

 

Cutting & Routing the body shape

                         Routing the body sides to save a ton of sanding

 

Deep Set Neck Installation

                        Glue it in don't bolt it on

 

Drilling Tuner Holes

                        Don't splinter the back of that headstock

 

Dying Quilted or Flamed Maple**

                        You want that deep 3D look don't you

 

Final Buffing

                        This is the icing on the cake

 

Grain Filling**

                        Filling the grain in open pore woods

 

Logo Lettering

                        Simple yet effective

 

 

Magentic Covers**

                        No more screw drivers to get into your axe

 

Making a F-Hole**

                        No more screw drivers to get into your axe

 

Natural Body Binding**

                        Pin-striping for the masses

 

Painting & Clear Coating

                        Make it look like a glass top

 

Recessing Control Knobs**

                        Trick your top out with recessed knobs

 

Routing Cavities

                        Basic routing tips

 

Sanding the Body

                        No dents no dings smooth as a babies.......

 

Sanding Tummy or Forearm Cuts

                        More contours

 

Stands For Painting

                        I hate a hanging guitar when painting

 

Steaming Out Small Dings**

                        You've finished sanding and then oops

 

Wet Sanding the Finished Clear Coats

                        This is where you make the finish look like glass