How to Redo a Guitar With a Broken Neck and Terrible Paint Job

by jc.follower in Living > Music

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How to Redo a Guitar With a Broken Neck and Terrible Paint Job

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so i got this cruddy Japanese guitar from a friend and (playing guitar) I naturally I wanted to fix it...... I know my grammar stinks "it is not my strong subject" I was having a hard time with the website so if you are having a hard time with a step click on the picture and it explains more. F.Y.I this is my first instructablehttp://youtu.be/uD_P46cE9wg

you will need

sander.

vice.

gorilla glue.

loctite.

fret wire

wood stain.

teak oil

Hobby saw.

Sanding

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sand once and then go back and get the edges and clean up.



Fixing the Neck

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the pictures are pretty self explanatory gorilla glue, ect. afterwards sand the gorilla glue off

Fixing Frets (If Needed)

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sand of whole two frets off that lost a fret.  Cut fretwire to a certain length repaint "with acrylic paint" loctite and...... Boom

Stain

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stain.... mine didn't set right "because of the cheap wood" but after the teaking step it looked pretty cool!!!

Teaking

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So take your teak oil apply a couple coats let dry and your almost done!!!

Finishing

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add all of your hardware strings and...... bam you have got a fixed guitar.
thanks for reading!!!
click this hyperlink to see it in action
http://youtu.be/uD_P46cE9wg