You are not logged in. Please login or register.
Guitar chord forum - chordie → Posts by timbrewulf
Pages 1
Does anyone here know if you can finish a guitar with Acrylic paint instead of Cellulose? And if you can what kind of varnish you could use on top of it?
Yes you can, just seal it with an acrylic clear gloss as well. You can't mix acrylic with nitrocellulose.
dguyton wrote:It might be less of a hassle with your 'hissing' guitar to just gut it and replace all the electronics. At least then you can be reasonably certain that you don't have rust inside something, preventing a connection.
I was thinking of getting one of the Squier strat pickguards with pickups and using the electrics from that. (you can get them for about £20 on ebay in the UK)
In which case I would use all of the electronics (minus the wiring) instead of the originals.
If you're goin to go that route, check out www.stew-mac.com and you can order the pick guard with the pickups already ready to go, just solder the jack wires and ground wire and you're done. I think they run around $50 US
bootleger wrote:Tibernius wrote:Well, you were both wrong.
I fixed it yesterday, the problem was the inside and back of the jack was covered in rust! No loose wires anywhere. Scraped the rust off and it works fine.But the rust did not allow the jack to be grounded so the common cause of buzzing is a loose wire. In your case the rust did not allow the ground to make contact in essence working the same as a loose wire. Still not grounded correctly. Your problem was still diganosed by two persons correctly, which in itself tells you something since we did not have the guitar in front of us. We worked of the post that you wrote and you did not get a bill.
Bootlegger.
I wasn't complaining, I just wanted to make sure that people know that this can cause problems. Rust isn't mentioned in any of the fixes in my guitar books. I apologise, I should have worded it better.
Thanks for the advice as well.
Since this is still about guitar-making, how much does it cost to make a guitar? I know that's a "how long is a piece of string" question, but can someone give me a rough estimate?
Rust is a common problem on older guitars, obviously, but it is easily remedied. I always keep a can of electronics contact cleaner with my tools. Just spray and let dry. If you have static when you turn your amp knobs, unplug the amp, spray the contact cleaner into the pot, and turn back and forth a few times to loosen and remove rust. After drying, it'll work like a charm. Incidentaly, I'm not a certified luthier, but I do repairs and setups on guitars, basses, and amps so if you have any specific questions fell free to email me at timbre_wulf@hotmail.com.
When my band Southern Country was still playing, we'd start of with the distorted shuffle-strum of Keep Your Hands to Yourself and end with Freebird.
Pages 1
Guitar chord forum - chordie → Posts by timbrewulf
