Current Guitar Builds

I have 5 guitars currently in the works. The plan is to have them ready for the Christmas shopping season. Check 'em out:

#22 has been level sanded and is ready for polishing.

#23 has been level sanded and is ready for polishing.

#24 is ready for stain.

#25 has two coats of Tru-Oil and is ready for more.

#26 has been stained and is ready for Tru-Oil.

Update: The Whisky Special Guitar Gets Stained

After sanding the body and neck down to 220 grit, I wiped on my home brewed stain mix. The concoction features several ingredients including some Jack Daniel's whisky.I'll let it dry and start wiping on the tung oil tomorrow. Check out the latest photos of the progress so far:

Staining the Highline Single Cut Electric Guitar

For the Highline Single Cut, I decided to stain the back and neck while only wiping on boiled linseed oil on the top. After the stain and oil dry, I'll probably spray on a top coat of gloss lacquer. I plan to offer some staining tips in the February 2011 issue of my FREE newsletter. If you sign up by typing your email address into the box on the right side of this page before February 1st, you'll get your copy.