Guitar Gear Forum

I was poking around the interwebz at how to go about refinishing my LP studio. Its a 2006 in wine red and I've seen A MILLION of them online. So, having a pro do it is more money than its worth and I don't have the tools or space.

I googled a community wood shop and started digging. Found a thread that had been necro bumped about a community shop by a guy who owns a shop with a cnc router and spray booth! He was saying if enough people were interested, he'd do a class for cost of material.

I emailed him and said I have a guitar that needs work and he has all the toys I need to make it pretty. Offered whatever he thought was fair for shop time and a little guidance. He answered back quickly and we are going to set something up for next week in the evening.

tl;dr I'm putting binding on my studio and choosing whatever color I want for it at not much above cost!

Nice! What color are you thinking? And are you gonna bind the neck too, or just the body?

Just the body. Binding a already fretted guitar looks rather difficult. Haven't decided on a color yet but a solid color like gold or Chicago blue...maybe burgundy mist aka Heather poly.

Hey now, that's my idea of fun

Enjoy, man!

I'd love to make a bolt-on body from scratch. That would be fun.

This site has some cool plans: http://www.guitarplansunlimited.com/

Spend a few hours (or days) on the luthier forums at mylespaul.com and tdpri.com. You'll never be the same.

Tuesday of this week I had a similar idea and finally stopped at this woodshop 2 miles from my house,did like you the OP did,asked and quoted except this guy I am talking about said since I know how to use the tools needed he would let me do my own work! I think what helped is he did work for my dad before,,so to the OP thats great for you,enjoy it..! I will do the same soon.

riffermadness wrote:Tuesday of this week I had a similar idea and finally stopped at this woodshop 2 miles from my house,did like you the OP did,asked and quoted except this guy I am talking about said since I know how to use the tools needed he would let me do my own work! I think what helped is he did work for my dad before,,so to the OP thats great for you,enjoy it..! I will do the same soon.

Nice necro bump That whole thing feel through for me and that guitar is now in the capable hands on Mr. Nobody. Good on you, though. Hope you get some work done!