Jumat, 20 Mei 2022

Assembling a tele style electric DIY guitar kit and wood burning the artwork

 

























Tools and materials:

Pyrography Pen Wood Burning Kit

Alcohol based markers

Buffing Wheel Set

Cleaning & polishing rotary tool kit

Chisel set

Bandsaw

Cordless drill

Rotary tool

Belt sander

Flat rasp

Round rasp

Flat file

Round file

Spoke shave


In this video I assemble a guitar kit. I also decorated the guitar with pyrography and alcohol based coloured markers. 


Harley benton was kind enough to send me this kit. You can find it here.


First of all I scanned the headstock and designed a template based on a telecaster. 


I then cut the headstock on the bandsaw and sanded it. 


The guitar is pre-finished so I sanded the old finish and wood burned my design. Next I added a coat of sealer and then I coloured the piece. Finally I buffed it on the wheel with carnauba wax. 


The fret work of the kit was alright. But I like my frets really shinny. So I polished them with a rotary tool. This helps  when bending strings or when you like to produce vibrato effect. 


The same techniques I applied on the body of the guitar as well. 


The electronic part didn’t require soldering. So at this point I assembled all the parts together. 


I then worked a little bit on the action of the strings and the intonation of the guitar. Also I like the pickups relatively high so they are kind of loud. 


Over all it was a really interesting process and the guitar came out great. But that was it. See you soon with a new project video. 



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