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Many thanks. Please you liked the build. The Stains are from StewMac, they are the best I’ve used. Mix with water, spirits or lacquer. Mike

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Thank you very much for your comment. Mike.

Hi Vic, Many thanks to you. Its knowing when to stop putting the paint on. I did 3 coats of butterscotch colour. The second look good and almost left it at that. But 3 coat finished it off. 1st coat was very light then 2 good coverings. The paint I had from Rothko and Frost in the UK, and sprayed with a gun, but there can sprays are very good. Under coat was White, and all Nitrocellulose. Best wishes from Wales Mike.

So does the nitrocellulose give off the butterscotch colour finish or would I need to tint the white or clear?

Hi. Many thanks for your comment, pleased you enjoyed it. Yes I couldn’t find a Special set of drawing only the Junior. But that was ok there was all the information I needed on there. Neck and head stock angle, dimensions and much more. Electronic was not much of a problem. Laying it out to scale I worked of a photograph which turned out very good. Made my own template etc which I’m sure you can see at about 20min into the film. Same with the scratch plate reference off a photo and scaled to the guitar. They are a great guitar to make and there is another video of a LP Special I did last year in Cherry Red on my channel with more detail being filmed. Best wishes Mike

@@mitarrguitars I’ll check out the red special video, thanks for the info!

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Thank you, pleased you enjoyed it. Mike

Love the sound of that idea. Glad you liked the films, and many thanks for your comment. It is very much appreciated. Mike

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Hi tjcsantos. Thank you for your comment, and I’m so please you enjoyed the build. It was a tricky job which I had not done before. So learning on the job so to speak. The flame maple was 6mm thick and the cuts was 50% of the depth. The bit i used was a straight cutter about 3 mm in diameter. The total amount of wood removed was about 50% in depth and 50% across the elbow ramp, 3 mm cut 3mm gap. The big thing about doing this job was the top MDF templates used to clamp and pull the maple down to the body. It needs to be 20mm plus in thickness. I didn’t but you could wet or soak the section in hot water which will be bent. Hope the is was some help. Best wishes Mike

Thank you mitarrguitars! I will try that myself in my next build. ✌️

Many thanks for your comment it is very much appreciated. So please you enjoyed the film. Best wishes Mike

Hi Paul. Glad you enjoyed the channel. I’m sure I’m the only Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 CZcams guitar build. I’m based Ebbw Vale so very close to you. Thanks for your comment, it’s very appreciated. Mike

I had them from Touchstone Tonewoods in the uk. Sadly there stop producing them a few years ago. They was the best by far. Thank you for your comment it is very much appreciated. I’m build a Telecaster deluxe at the moment for CZcams. Mike

Thank you. Please you enjoyed the video. Best wishes from Wales. Mike

Thank you Robert. Mike

Many thanks I’m pleased you enjoy the videos. The nail/ tack are very small about 1 to 1.25 mm in diameter. They can be the same size as the fret slot or thinner. But no bigger than the fret slot. It’s not to critical the fret covers the hole. Best wishes Mike

@@mitarrguitars Thank you!

Thank you Bill. 👍

Thank you Ian.

Hello from Wales 👍😄

Thank you so much for your comment, I’m pleased you enjoyed the guitar build. Mike

Thank you, it took a while to get the sound. But it was down to lots of compression and sustain in the end, and the pickups being high output. Mike

Thank you for your comment, and so pleased you got information and pleasure out of it. It’s a fabulous guitar to make, one of my favourite alongside a Telecaster. Any help just ask. Best wishes from Wales. Mike

How's that build going?

Thank you Ian.👍

Well what can I say, what a very comprehensive comment, for which i thank you very much. Hope you enjoyed the build. Best wishes Mike.

Thank you. Pleased you enjoyed it. Mike

I’ll keep an eye on it. Trouble is my videos are not short and I do everything myself. So they are demanding. I will definitely try to think of the visual content naturally but I think to say you just well hit the video off and just have the sound is a bit harsh a comment. There must have been something interesting to watch. But I’ll take the comment very serious and will do my very best to make the improvements. I do appreciate all comment’s Robert. I’m making a deluxe Telecaster this year for CZcams and will bare the the close up shoots in mind. Best wishes from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mike

@@mitarrguitars ...and i'll keep watching! You obviously know what you are talking about and are passionate about it. Thanks for the great topics you cover. :)

Thank you Robert. Mike👍

Many thanks for your comment, it’s a great fun thing to make. Mike

It’s still my favourite guitar I’ve made. Thanks for the comment. Mike

Thank you, this was my first junior build. The 2023 junior build turn out well. Mike

Thank you Russ. Happy New Year to and your family. Mike

Thank you Dan, your comment is very much appreciated. Merry Christmas to you. Mike

@@mitarrguitars merry Christmas to you too!

Thank you very much. Merry Christmas to you. Best wishes Mike.

It’s Ash. Not to heavy nice weight Tele. Mike

@@mitarrguitars thanx :)

Thank you Dave for the comment. Me and Oliver will be building a Telecaster deluxe next. Merry Christmas Best wishes. Mike

Many thanks for your comment. No I’m not aware of the Gilmore circuit mods but will look into that for sure thank you, I did add the mid pickup tone pot to the bridge pickup. A common simple mods.Mike

Hi Paul. I always do but just run out of time, with Christmas. I’ll try and do one in the week. Thanks for you comment. Mike

Many thanks for you comment it’s always appreciated. What you name please.. Mike

Thank you Marc. Your comment is very much appreciated. Mike

Many thanks for your comment it’s very much appreciated. It’s all for them really. Best wishes Mike

Glad you like it. its was a fun build. No plans for this guitar build. Body shape came from the bottom half of my Les Paul and top half of my Stratocaster, pulled the two drawings together till it look right, and its spot on. Every thing else came from photographs. And the head template. Neck joint is the same as the Les Paul Special build, very easy to do. Any help just ask, more thank happy to help. you out. Many thanks for your comment. best wishes Mike.

Thank you for your reply @@mitarrguitars! I am building now 2 Les Paul guitars (one with P90 and another one with 2 Humbuckers) - both from LP '59 templates. These Les Pauls will have 4 degree neck angle, with the neck tenon being straight and the neck pocket on the guitar's body having the 4 degree inclination. I am also starting the build of a PRS Custom 22 (and this is why I arrived to your videos). I saw that these PRS have 3 degree neck angle and it seems that PRS makes the opposite as Gibson does - PRS uses a straight neck pocket and a 3 degree neck tenon. The end result will be the same but, just to be align with the "real deal", can you confirm this was what you have done in your build? And about the SD pickups: what is the model of the pickups you have used? Thank you very much!!

On Les Pauls we have the neck plane (4 degrees, the same as neck) and the pickups plane (0.55 degrees). On PRS Custom 22 guitar it seems to be 3 degrees from the neck pocket all over the way until it reaches the tremolo/bridge. Can you explain how did you proceed with this? Thank you!

Your right mine as a 2.5 to 3 degree angle on the neck. Neck pocket is straight, but to be honest you can do it the other way if you wish. Ange the pocket and straight neck. I was not 100% sure what the PRS angle is, but 3 degrees max is my favourite. Have a look at my neck angle jig video you will see more. No angle on the top of the body it flat and straight to the start of the body carve. Pickup are SH-4 JB at the bridge and SH-2n Jazz at the neck. Fabulous pickup set I use it a lot. Many thanks, Merry Christmas to you. Mike

Many thanks for you comment it’s very much appreciated. Glad you like the finished guitar. One of my favourite. Mike

Not sure in what content to take that comment. ?

Hi David, Many thanks for your comment. its very much appreciated. best wishes, Mike

Thank you for your comment. Mike

Thank you Bill. 👍

Many thanks for your comment, it is very much appreciated. Best wishes Mike.

Hi Dave. What an absolutely amazing comment, fills me with enjoy that I’m doing it right and the fact you get so much out of my films. I can’t thank you enough, I do appreciate all the comments. Oliver 7 now and has start lessons with with me with me ask him, which is wonderful. Best wishes from Wales Mike and Oliver.