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Saturday night I had just finished a guitar for Client pickup Sunday noon, and when I was leaving the workshop I stumbled and knocked the guitar off the repair vise.
The neck duly bounced off the metal jaw, the bolt securing it, the swivel block itself and the handle, where it came to rest.
Lucky - except for a dozen or so dents and some scratches left in the back of the neck as it bounced it's way down.
Oops!
Fortunately the finish was pretty tough and nothing was broken, only dented (EV gloss, well cured)
I had recently purchased the Kovax/Tolecut finish repair blocks and abrasives, 800-3000 grit, and also I had a bottle of GluBoost thin Fill n Finish to hand.
After dinner, went back and in the space of a couple of hours had filled the dents with the Fill n Finish, hit it with non-whitening kicker and leveled the lumps (took about 10 single edged razor blades) and then sanded level up though the grits.
Couldn't buff because my buffer has to be assembled outside when I need it, so next morning, went back and buffed the neck out.
You would never have known what happened.
Can't recommend the Kovax system more highly for repairs and drop fills, and the GluBoost everyone must know about by now.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Yep, it works good. I'll be using the exact same process on a ding in a Les Paul neck later today. Fortunately I didn't do it, the client did (not to say I haven't done it in the past ).

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

When I drop fill EV or Emtech, I use a hair dryer set warm (not hot) to blow over (not at) the spot. EV is a bit tougher to get it done, but it can be.It won't melt surface like EM-6000 or the gold standard, nitro.

Gee.... does anyone still do burn-ins with lacquer sticks? Or is that a lost art?

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"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

That's the kind of thing that goes through my mind every time somebody asks, "How long does it take to make a guitar?" Lol

Pat

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Pat

That’s great feedback. I have a drop fill scheduled for a friend‘s Taylor.


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Taylor's are polyester...

Colin could I ask where you buy your Gluboost in the UK? Dave M

Tonetech, https://tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk/
BUT postage on the accelerator is £26.40 to me due to dangerous goods I believe.
I buy non-whitening accelerator here https://shop-4-glue.com/cyano-accelerator-activator-spray-set-for-cyanoacrylate-instant-glue-superglue-non-whitening-50ml-26-p.asp
It's from manufacturing plant in Bulgaria so takes a week or 2 to come. I buy a few at time to keep postage down.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Many thanks. Hope the client liked his guitar. Dave

I think so, he sent me a message

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.