I'm using super glue as a finish for a long time... some tips: 1) don't buff with paper or cloth. Use a vinilic glove to spread the glue. 2) the thinner the glue, the better. High viscosity glue messes up the finish with some blobs. 3) always use gas mask and eye protection, even when doing outside and with a fan. Never breathe the gases coming from CA and wood (or paper, clothes, etc). It can damage your lungs very bad. I known it by the worst way. 4) you can use 1 or 2 coats for a matte finish or build up with more layers and finish in a high gloss finish. I personally sand between coats.
Nice to see you back on the guitar building again. I hope you do it more because you want to finish it than for our sake. Also, that is a really beautiful fretboard, so I understand why you went through all that trouble to make it work. I was finally diagnosed with ADD and Asperger just a couple of weeks ago. (at the age of 44 , haven't started trying any medication yet) And it sheds some light on all the unfinished and unstarted and unplanned projects of mine. It probably also explains why it's so easy to sit around watching videos of other people making stuff :) It also explains my affinity for taking shortcuts. And why I write many sentences in a row that seem unconnected (as I think of new stuff to write while still writing)
You are a madman.. Genius! Anyone with a head tattoo like yourself has to be out of your mind. In a good way. Love your work. It is utterly mind blowing beautiful workmanship.
Absolutely amazing. And even more evidence of you not being afraid to get it wrong and show what went wrong. But then get something amazing out of it. Like a whole new technique! Very very impressive! Now that you’ve also resolved the soft wood problem, you’ll be making guitars out of soft pine next! Great stuff.
Your builds are hands down my favourite watch on RUclips, especially because of your commentary, obvious skill and sometimes (especially) your vintage tools. I'm torn between your hand build guitar and this one. They're both awesome.
I did that super glue finish on an irish flute I bought that was broken in shipping. It filled all the microfractures super easily and it sounds fantastic, just like it never was broken to begin with! And it's super tough, like nobody's business
it’s interesting to see a solution to ‘fighting’ the material, that ultimately solves it both structurally and aesthetically ❤ great example of problem solving.
I've used CA glue as a fingerboard finish on nearly a dozen de-fretted basses. It sands easily, polishes well, and is fairly durable. No complaints at all.
Ben, Check out the Next Project Harley Benton T-Style Telecaster Acoustasonic Mod Project Build - Ep 04 He uses superglue on his fretboards and lots more coats 👍
Excited to see the next installment of the series - however, is it my imagination, or has the duration of the adverts within the video about doubled as of this vid?
Hey Ben! I'd love to see how this finish wears. We've all seen super glue crack and go white on the surface of plastics. Can you apply this finish to some scrap wood and then abrade it to simulate use and wear.
Great video Ben! Thanks! I'd love to see a video comparing hand-applied high-gloss finishes for those of us DIY builders who don't have access to a spray booth. Super glue vs wipe-on lacquer vs epoxy vs solar resin vs french polish vs oil etc.? You could compare based on a bunch of criteria such as quality of finish, cost, ease of use, durability, speed/time, how it might affect tone etc.
Yeah, I’m surprised you’ve using kauri for the fretboard. It’s super soft. Even with superglue I’m not sure it’ll standup to being a fretboard, but good luck. There used to be heaps of Kauri around NZ. I don’t see so much of it these days
Have you ever tried using a bone burnisher or bone folder to surface harden wood? I have a deer antler tip that I use all the time on all sorts of materials to polish up quickly and easily. I use it on wood, too. I've noticed wood will polish and that the cell structure on the surface will compress very compactly and be quite a bit harder. Sometimes the cells will try to bounce back, requiring a couple more go's. Depending on the wood. The downside is oftentimes the compression follows the grain unevenly due to harder cell structures along the growth line and softer cells in between. But that can be remedied by light sandings in between burnishings. Anyway, just a thought, Cheers. And brilliant work, BTW.
It's all well and good you showing everyone in the building how beautiful the 'board looks and spending hours patting yourself on rhe back (not to mention "experimenting" on about 10 grand's worth of wood!), But that poor bloke is STILL waiting for his guitar!! LOL - it does look gorgeous though! Squirrel!! NB Derek at Big D Guitars did a whole guitar in superglue a few years ago. It looked good, but he hated the process - like you said, once you start there's no going back. You have to just keep going. I don't think he used your method of wiping it off before it set, and his tissues kept sticking to it! Nice work, Ben! but you could speed it up a bit now though, eh??
When I saw the title I figured you were going to be installing the frets sideways fender style. Lol I install my frets using the press method however, I use my drill press as the press with the caul in the chuck. I never see that method anywhere.
the fretboard is gorgeous, with the superglue layered finish. Would it have been any use to spray it with CO2 kicker after each layer, once you were done buffing the wet surface, to harden/dry the surface immediately? Or is the surface better for having air-dried? Keep on having fun building, I'm having fun watching.
I love the video and it's great to see the builds back. The wood is beautiful but isn't it totally inappropriate for a guitar? Is this a case of art getting in the way of a practical instrument? I would love to see how a refret goes...
The 2nd fret board I ever made, (short scale base), I finished it with super glue, I came to the same conclusions as Ben. I used cheap super market CA glue and polished it to a high gloss, worked a treat!
Interesting what you said about how much better you feel after 15 or 20 minutes at a workbench. I have noticed in myself after coming home from the day job, that half an hour of repair or building has the same settling effect on my nervous system as a double Scotch.
You took an almost failure & discovered something new. That is a resounding success! And if there's another business, will it be Crimson Roasters Coffee? I'm sure beans would grow well in Dorset 👌
Would this be a good option for de-fretting a guitar or bass to make it fretless? Say taking a rosewood fretboard, removing the frets, filling the fret slots with dust and glue and then applying this kind of superglue finish?
Superglue for the win I guess. Could you also do this with thinned shellac if you did enough thin layers? Or would that not be strong enough for this? I'm prepping to fret an all bamboo neck, made from leftover flooring from my house, and I'm wondering about durability.
That's wild that the cactus juice still didn't make the wood hard enough. I think that the wood being stabilized with cactus juice (filled up the pores) and the fact that the frets are made out of metal also inhibited a good bond with the wood glue.
This is how we finish maple fingerboards at Lākland. The super glue lends for a high gloss, hardwaring finish without the need of thick lacquer and all the troubles it comes with. As you found, the trick is that first part of application. Once you have a section where the CA has penetrated and lightly solidified, you can flood that section and wipe it down the rest of the board as easy as oil. On maple, one or two coats is all you need and then buff it to 1200 for a glorious and hard thin finish.
@@7stringbassist it's not a process that I take part in, but I'm pretty sure it's just a quick swipe of thin and usually just one coat unless the board sucks it up before it cures.
The minute Ben said (oh so many eons ago) that he was using the same Kauri for the fretboard my first thought was... "Yeah... that's gonna definitely be way too soft to hold the fret tangs". Lutherie is sometimes 49% failure and 51% stubborn determination to succeed.
I can't get it . How come there was no lint or other blemishes stuck on the surface while or after buffing it? I get the fact of the thin super glue ... These glue types solidify within 2 3 seconds. the excess you buffed was still wet and spread like butter . What brand and type of glue did you use?
That wood is stunning! Worth waiting for. The audio level seemed very low and ever so slightly out of synch, but not enough to put me off from watching to the end. And I may have said this before, but the fretting saw with the depth stop is an absolutely genius idea!
Some time ago I de-fretted a 6 string Cort bass to make it fretless Since the fretboard was rosewood and I feared it wasn't going to be hard enough I finished it with superglue It was a learning experience, but in the end the fretboard came out perfectly finished and leveled I never had buzz problem with it This method is not to be underestimated 😱
Isn’t kauri too soft for a fretboard? Ime about to build a guitar with a kauri sound board and red ironbark back and sides,if I can get the bends,because ironbark is second in hardness to lignumvitae,but I was surprised with your fret board
Yay, BUILDING again! It looked like you were rubbing down the super glue with your usual paper shop towels and no gloves. How are you not now permanently attached to a very fuzzy fretboard? What magic is that???
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Have you ever tried using a bone burnisher or bone folder to surface harden wood? I have a deer antler tip that I use all the time on all sorts of materials to polish up quickly and easily. I use it on wood, too. I've noticed wood will polish and that the cell structure on the surface will compress very compactly and be quite a bit harder. Sometimes the cells will try to bounce back, requiring a couple more go's. Depending on the wood. The downside is oftentimes the compression follows the grain unevenly due to harder cell structures along the growth line and softer cells in between. But that can be remedied by light sandings in between burnishings. Anyway, just a thought, Cheers. And brilliant work, BTW.
Great video. I'm new to guitar building and I have a question for the neck finish. I built my first maple neck with maple fretboard. Frets are in and cut to length. Should I do the final sanding of the neck and oil it and then do the rest of the fretwork or should I do the fretwork first?
Would putting the frets in with a press on softer fretboards give you more even pressure and help not to push the fret below the fretboard surface ? I’ve had this on zebrano a couple of time was on a couple of softer zebrano boards I used . I didn’t notice until levelling and had to pull a few frets , steam the compressed wood and press the frets back in . Always a school day 😂
To be completely honest ben i thought u would've known this superglue trick before this so I never thought to share lol. At the luthier school I went to this was a trick they taught us for maple fret boards and it works amazingly well. We would to 2-3 coats of extra thin then 1-2 coats of thin or medium for top coat. On the first coast we could do with 1500 to 2000 frit wet dry but on maple not super needed
it's great to see the 42,001 year old wood project moving along! ;) Absolutely love how the wood looks. Fanblade Instruments in New Zealand use superglue as a finish for quite a while now, have a look. Thanks for building again 👍
Morning Ben, dumb question but what kind of pencil do you use? Also do you think it’s possible to install new fret wire just by hand? I’ve got a crappy old epiphone sg that one done all sorts of weird work in and like last thing yup finish project is new frets
I thought this might happen a while ago, having worked with kauri a while ago. It was like balsawood. Nice save though! I finished a couple of guitars with superglue, it really polishes up 18:58 nicely
I've just spent 35 minutes watching Bill Bailey's younger ( and less hairy) brother applying superglue to the neck of a guitar...I think I need to get out more 😏
Who diagnosed the ADHD. I've been diagnosed with ASD and been referred to the NHS because the feel that ADHD is more prevalent than the ASD however the NHS doesn't have an ADHD diagnostic service in Wales. How did you manage, or is England different.
Did you know that within the NHS there is a "right to chose" where you get your diagnosis, so if your local NHS doesn't have a service or the wait times are astronomical, you can get your GP to refer you to an external provider like Psychiatry UK ( I know this because I'm about to start the process myself) there's a youtube channel called Welcome to the Wormhole that has an extremely good vid on the process
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Thank you for getting back to building Ben.
WE WANT ONE DAY BUILDS BACK!! CHALLENGE SERIES! BEN VS A CRIMSON TEAM MEMBER! MORE BEN BUILD SERIES PLEASE!!!
I'm using super glue as a finish for a long time... some tips:
1) don't buff with paper or cloth. Use a vinilic glove to spread the glue.
2) the thinner the glue, the better. High viscosity glue messes up the finish with some blobs.
3) always use gas mask and eye protection, even when doing outside and with a fan. Never breathe the gases coming from CA and wood (or paper, clothes, etc). It can damage your lungs very bad. I known it by the worst way.
4) you can use 1 or 2 coats for a matte finish or build up with more layers and finish in a high gloss finish. I personally sand between coats.
Nice to see you back on the guitar building again. I hope you do it more because you want to finish it than for our sake. Also, that is a really beautiful fretboard, so I understand why you went through all that trouble to make it work.
I was finally diagnosed with ADD and Asperger just a couple of weeks ago. (at the age of 44 , haven't started trying any medication yet)
And it sheds some light on all the unfinished and unstarted and unplanned projects of mine. It probably also explains why it's so easy to sit around watching videos of other people making stuff :) It also explains my affinity for taking shortcuts. And why I write many sentences in a row that seem unconnected (as I think of new stuff to write while still writing)
You are a madman.. Genius! Anyone with a head tattoo like yourself has to be out of your mind. In a good way. Love your work. It is utterly mind blowing beautiful workmanship.
Absolutely amazing. And even more evidence of you not being afraid to get it wrong and show what went wrong. But then get something amazing out of it. Like a whole new technique! Very very impressive! Now that you’ve also resolved the soft wood problem, you’ll be making guitars out of soft pine next! Great stuff.
Good to have you back Ben, even more pleased you're enjoying it.
Ahhh… more building and magic! I can’t tell you how much I love these videos. My weekend is now complete. 😎❤️
Man, I never thought you could smell a video but I was wrong, CA fumes for days 🤣
Your builds are hands down my favourite watch on RUclips, especially because of your commentary, obvious skill and sometimes (especially) your vintage tools. I'm torn between your hand build guitar and this one. They're both awesome.
About time you've started to build again, I've missed the videos! Hope to see lots more
The wood's alive. With the sound of music.
Great to watch you building gitaars again I am looking forward to the travel guitar grts from Belgium
You could do a video series of ASMR chisel work. Watching a sharp chisel just slide through wood is so satisfying.
Watching that end of fretboard tidy up was like watching a horror film... just waiting for bad stuff to happen. Phew ALL GOOD
pleasing to watch applying that suberglue 👍 and the wood sings 🎉
I did that super glue finish on an irish flute I bought that was broken in shipping. It filled all the microfractures super easily and it sounds fantastic, just like it never was broken to begin with! And it's super tough, like nobody's business
The depth stop on your fret saw is genius.
I've never seen that before.
stealing that idea for other woodworking projects, you bet.
Thank you for sharing your journey with us...
Properly stunning and also the fact that you are not Properly stuck now😂
it’s interesting to see a solution to ‘fighting’ the material, that ultimately solves it both structurally and aesthetically ❤ great example of problem solving.
I've used CA glue as a fingerboard finish on nearly a dozen de-fretted basses. It sands easily, polishes well, and is fairly durable. No complaints at all.
Ben, Check out the Next Project Harley Benton T-Style Telecaster Acoustasonic Mod Project Build - Ep 04 He uses superglue on his fretboards and lots more coats 👍
Excited to see the next installment of the series - however, is it my imagination, or has the duration of the adverts within the video about doubled as of this vid?
...plus they're over double the volume of Ben. Grrr...
We are so sorry. RUclips algorithm places the adverts automatically. We normally go in and take them out but failed this weekend. Now done. DC
my eyes are burning when i'm watching that superglue all over the fretboard:P
Double looked when saw the super glue.. thats a great idea!
Hey Ben! I'd love to see how this finish wears. We've all seen super glue crack and go white on the surface of plastics. Can you apply this finish to some scrap wood and then abrade it to simulate use and wear.
Great video Ben! Thanks! I'd love to see a video comparing hand-applied high-gloss finishes for those of us DIY builders who don't have access to a spray booth. Super glue vs wipe-on lacquer vs epoxy vs solar resin vs french polish vs oil etc.? You could compare based on a bunch of criteria such as quality of finish, cost, ease of use, durability, speed/time, how it might affect tone etc.
That's kauri for ya. Pretty stuff. Lotta furnature in it in NZ, plus regular doors in some older houses.
Yeah, I’m surprised you’ve using kauri for the fretboard. It’s super soft. Even with superglue I’m not sure it’ll standup to being a fretboard, but good luck. There used to be heaps of Kauri around NZ. I don’t see so much of it these days
Have you ever tried using a bone burnisher or bone folder to surface harden wood? I have a deer antler tip that I use all the time on all sorts of materials to polish up quickly and easily. I use it on wood, too. I've noticed wood will polish and that the cell structure on the surface will compress very compactly and be quite a bit harder. Sometimes the cells will try to bounce back, requiring a couple more go's. Depending on the wood. The downside is oftentimes the compression follows the grain unevenly due to harder cell structures along the growth line and softer cells in between. But that can be remedied by light sandings in between burnishings.
Anyway, just a thought,
Cheers. And brilliant work, BTW.
Love your channel, this is the most beautiful chunk of tree I have ever seen. Love your work! Such an inspiration.
TREE??? That was no "tree"... that was an ENT, or possibly... an ENTWIFE!
That fretboard looks absolutely stunning!
I remember the channel The Next Project did a superglue finish on a fretboard a while back.
Nice video again. Nice Kangawa shirt as well. I`m jealous !
That worked so weirdly well, I love it, I'm not normally a fan of lackered or oiled wood fretboards but that looks so God damn nice
Gosh Ben, I can smell the CA glue from here. In the United States, that is! It sure turned out beautifully though! ❤️🌝
Amazing content brother. I particularly love the hand hammer fret work. Super glue can be your friend from time to time. Thanks for the new tip.
Very educational.
Educational, as in, "have someone else build the neck."
It's all well and good you showing everyone in the building how beautiful the 'board looks and spending hours patting yourself on rhe back (not to mention "experimenting" on about 10 grand's worth of wood!), But that poor bloke is STILL waiting for his guitar!! LOL - it does look gorgeous though!
Squirrel!!
NB Derek at Big D Guitars did a whole guitar in superglue a few years ago. It looked good, but he hated the process - like you said, once you start there's no going back. You have to just keep going. I don't think he used your method of wiping it off before it set, and his tissues kept sticking to it!
Nice work, Ben! but you could speed it up a bit now though, eh??
Oh I get it, the 42 000 years include the build time ( I'm so funny).
I resorted to superglue on a flamed bubinga as a finish and loved it. It can definitely polish up
That grain pattern really popped once the super glue went on it. WOW!
When I saw the title I figured you were going to be installing the frets sideways fender style. Lol
I install my frets using the press method however, I use my drill press as the press with the caul in the chuck. I never see that method anywhere.
the fretboard is gorgeous, with the superglue layered finish. Would it have been any use to spray it with CO2 kicker after each layer, once you were done buffing the wet surface, to harden/dry the surface immediately? Or is the surface better for having air-dried? Keep on having fun building, I'm having fun watching.
Like to see a flame maple board done with the same process! Wonderful stuff! 🥰🥰🍷🍷🎸🎸
I love the video and it's great to see the builds back. The wood is beautiful but isn't it totally inappropriate for a guitar? Is this a case of art getting in the way of a practical instrument? I would love to see how a refret goes...
Looking great.
I experienced some sound sync issues but don't know if it was my end or not
Back to guitar building yay 🎉. Starting to find a love for superglue.
That neck is looking gorgeous.
The 2nd fret board I ever made, (short scale base), I finished it with super glue, I came to the same conclusions as Ben.
I used cheap super market CA glue and polished it to a high gloss, worked a treat!
Interesting what you said about how much better you feel after 15 or 20 minutes at a workbench. I have noticed in myself after coming home from the day job, that half an hour of repair or building has the same settling effect on my nervous system as a double Scotch.
I was waiting on the "foreshadowing" when Ben first mentioned superglue
You took an almost failure & discovered something new. That is a resounding success! And if there's another business, will it be Crimson Roasters Coffee? I'm sure beans would grow well in Dorset 👌
Fun and useful! Thanks Ben.
Would this be a good option for de-fretting a guitar or bass to make it fretless? Say taking a rosewood fretboard, removing the frets, filling the fret slots with dust and glue and then applying this kind of superglue finish?
Where did you buy the fret de Tanger at. I have looked everywhere for that tool. Thanks. Love your work
Superglue for the win I guess. Could you also do this with thinned shellac if you did enough thin layers? Or would that not be strong enough for this? I'm prepping to fret an all bamboo neck, made from leftover flooring from my house, and I'm wondering about durability.
That's wild that the cactus juice still didn't make the wood hard enough.
I think that the wood being stabilized with cactus juice (filled up the pores) and the fact that the frets are made out of metal also inhibited a good bond with the wood glue.
using glue as a finish and how to do ... i've learned so much today . It's looking beautyfull too .
This is how we finish maple fingerboards at Lākland. The super glue lends for a high gloss, hardwaring finish without the need of thick lacquer and all the troubles it comes with.
As you found, the trick is that first part of application. Once you have a section where the CA has penetrated and lightly solidified, you can flood that section and wipe it down the rest of the board as easy as oil. On maple, one or two coats is all you need and then buff it to 1200 for a glorious and hard thin finish.
Could I ask if you used 2 coats of water thin or 2 coats of medium or a combination of both??
@@7stringbassist it's not a process that I take part in, but I'm pretty sure it's just a quick swipe of thin and usually just one coat unless the board sucks it up before it cures.
@@svendiagraham Many thanks 👍 👍
+1 to that guitar of your mothers! Lets see that 20 year work of masterful ben come to life!
The minute Ben said (oh so many eons ago) that he was using the same Kauri for the fretboard my first thought was...
"Yeah... that's gonna definitely be way too soft to hold the fret tangs".
Lutherie is sometimes 49% failure and 51% stubborn determination to succeed.
Also an additional 50% of knowledge and experience to recover any situation regardless how fucked it may seem.
I can't get it . How come there was no lint or other blemishes stuck on the surface while or after buffing it? I get the fact of the thin super glue ... These glue types solidify within 2 3 seconds. the excess you buffed was still wet and spread like butter . What brand and type of glue did you use?
That wood is stunning! Worth waiting for.
The audio level seemed very low and ever so slightly out of synch, but not enough to put me off from watching to the end. And I may have said this before, but the fretting saw with the depth stop is an absolutely genius idea!
What prevents the super glue to become crusty and white powdery over time and use? Perhaps its a higher quality SP?
Some time ago I de-fretted a 6 string Cort bass to make it fretless
Since the fretboard was rosewood and I feared it wasn't going to be hard enough I finished it with superglue
It was a learning experience, but in the end the fretboard came out perfectly finished and leveled
I never had buzz problem with it
This method is not to be underestimated 😱
Maybe not a conventional use, but if you are achieving what you’re after, I would say it’s incredibly efficient. Looks great from here!
OMG i love the amber colour with superglue, you didn't add shellac right?
I love super glue finishes I do it in wood scratch plates as I’m not a fan of plastic scratch plates
Works really well with the superglue
thats so funny im literally on the titration waiting list too
welcome back!!!
One thing that’s been consistent on this channel is the perpetual reconfiguring of the studio.
Isn’t kauri too soft for a fretboard? Ime about to build a guitar with a kauri sound board and red ironbark back and sides,if I can get the bends,because ironbark is second in hardness to lignumvitae,but I was surprised with your fret board
I used superglue to finish a fretless bass fingerboard, purpleheart with maple lines. It turned out pretty awesome (if I do say so myself 😁)
Yay, BUILDING again! It looked like you were rubbing down the super glue with your usual paper shop towels and no gloves. How are you not now permanently attached to a very fuzzy fretboard? What magic is that???
Never stand still and it doesn't realise you exist.. I am the quantum luthier 😆
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars keeping moving is true 👍
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Have you ever tried using a bone burnisher or bone folder to surface harden wood? I have a deer antler tip that I use all the time on all sorts of materials to polish up quickly and easily. I use it on wood, too. I've noticed wood will polish and that the cell structure on the surface will compress very compactly and be quite a bit harder. Sometimes the cells will try to bounce back, requiring a couple more go's. Depending on the wood. The downside is oftentimes the compression follows the grain unevenly due to harder cell structures along the growth line and softer cells in between. But that can be remedied by light sandings in between burnishings.
Anyway, just a thought,
Cheers. And brilliant work, BTW.
Given the time, would you consider using penetrating epoxy for a fretboard like this?
Great video. I'm new to guitar building and I have a question for the neck finish. I built my first maple neck with maple fretboard. Frets are in and cut to length. Should I do the final sanding of the neck and oil it and then do the rest of the fretwork or should I do the fretwork first?
The finish should be the last thing you do. Check out the playlist 'Guitar Necks and everything you NEED to know'
Great to see you back Ben, i truly hope you are okay. In my opinion this guitar deserved a ebony fretboard. Great build though. Take care
I’ll take that back it looks awesome
Have you ever used cascamite for fretting? It's resin based I think and gap filling. Comes as a powder.
I really like the superglue method here. Cheers.
That begs the question, could You doo the same thing with Balsawood (Ochroma pyramidale) or Jelutong (Dyera costulata)?
If the super glue is sealing the wood, will putting an oil over top do anything other than wipe off?
Would putting the frets in with a press on softer fretboards give you more even pressure and help not to push the fret below the fretboard surface ?
I’ve had this on zebrano a couple of time was on a couple of softer zebrano boards I used . I didn’t notice until levelling and had to pull a few frets , steam the compressed wood and press the frets back in . Always a school day 😂
Comment before you used the press for fret take 2 lol
what kind of paper towel do you use?... it looks like writing paper.... crisp and hard not even like normal lint free.
Mother's guitar complete renovation after 20 years? Yes please
Great Video, Ben!
I might try out the superglue finish on the fretboard for my next build
To be completely honest ben i thought u would've known this superglue trick before this so I never thought to share lol. At the luthier school I went to this was a trick they taught us for maple fret boards and it works amazingly well. We would to 2-3 coats of extra thin then 1-2 coats of thin or medium for top coat. On the first coast we could do with 1500 to 2000 frit wet dry but on maple not super needed
it's great to see the 42,001 year old wood project moving along! ;) Absolutely love how the wood looks. Fanblade Instruments in New Zealand use superglue as a finish for quite a while now, have a look. Thanks for building again 👍
The real question is will we see a 42,002 year old wood project?
@@Saint1533 if history is any indication, I'd say we will :) I'd even say, we're already looking at it ;)
Morning Ben, dumb question but what kind of pencil do you use?
Also do you think it’s possible to install new fret wire just by hand? I’ve got a crappy old epiphone sg that one done all sorts of weird work in and like last thing yup finish project is new frets
Pentel Graphgear 1000. DC
Try this video, there are a couple which may help in the Neck Playlist - ruclips.net/video/jMD39WKOuKo/видео.html
DC
Fanblade Guitars in New Zealand uses superglue as a finish. Might be worth a look.
Cant see the point with oil over superglue, wouldent that be like oiling laquer?
YECs gonna hate that forty two thousand year old wood.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 you have a smiley face with a beard!!!!!!!
It dos looks lovely. Just wondering how much trouble it was to remove the tape after all that superglue got under it and dried?
He has to carve the neck... the problem is not a problem.
I thought this might happen a while ago, having worked with kauri a while ago. It was like balsawood. Nice save though! I finished a couple of guitars with superglue, it really polishes up 18:58 nicely
Got to try that on my next maple fretboard.
Can’t believe it’s still this soft after the stabilisation!
I was surprised too.. very surprised
I've just spent 35 minutes watching Bill Bailey's younger ( and less hairy) brother applying superglue to the neck of a guitar...I think I need to get out more 😏
Who diagnosed the ADHD. I've been diagnosed with ASD and been referred to the NHS because the feel that ADHD is more prevalent than the ASD however the NHS doesn't have an ADHD diagnostic service in Wales. How did you manage, or is England different.
Did you know that within the NHS there is a "right to chose" where you get your diagnosis, so if your local NHS doesn't have a service or the wait times are astronomical, you can get your GP to refer you to an external provider like Psychiatry UK ( I know this because I'm about to start the process myself) there's a youtube channel called Welcome to the Wormhole that has an extremely good vid on the process