Comments on: Guitar 803 Gallery – Maple OM http://www.stephengodbe.com/2009/01/guitar-803-gallery-maple-om/ Custom Guitars and Ukes Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: admin http://www.stephengodbe.com/2009/01/guitar-803-gallery-maple-om/comment-page-1/#comment-911 admin Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:19:11 +0000 http://www.stephengodbe.com/?p=245#comment-911 Thanks for the kind comment. The back of the neck and the headstock should receive the same treatment as the body. The fretboard (and frets) should get just enough to seal the fretboard from dirty fingers, so the 3 coats vs. 12 coats seems about right. Thanks for the kind comment. The back of the neck and the headstock should receive the same treatment as the body. The fretboard (and frets) should get just enough to seal the fretboard from dirty fingers, so the 3 coats vs. 12 coats seems about right.

]]> By: Ciaran Redmond http://www.stephengodbe.com/2009/01/guitar-803-gallery-maple-om/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Ciaran Redmond Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:18:06 +0000 http://www.stephengodbe.com/?p=245#comment-910 Absolutely beautiful guitar there! I noticed you used KTM water based lacquer. I have an electric that I am also doing in waterbased, using Stew Macs Colortone range. Stew Mac recommend 12 to 16 coats of sealer followed by 9 to 12 coats of lacquer. Whether I stick to those guidelines or not, its well documented that the body receives multiple coats. But what I wonder about is the neck...Im also doing a neck with a maple fret board (so spraying the frets) but some sites where they coat the body with twelve coats of lacquer, they only give the neck 3? How many coats did you put on your neck? Should it be the same as the body ? Thanks Absolutely beautiful guitar there! I noticed you used KTM water based lacquer. I have an electric that I am also doing in waterbased, using Stew Macs Colortone range.

Stew Mac recommend 12 to 16 coats of sealer followed by 9 to 12 coats of lacquer. Whether I stick to those guidelines or not, its well documented that the body receives multiple coats.

But what I wonder about is the neck…Im also doing a neck with a maple fret board (so spraying the frets) but some sites where they coat the body with twelve coats of lacquer, they only give the neck 3?

How many coats did you put on your neck? Should it be the same as the body ?

Thanks

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