Tag: DIY Workshop

Find out how to simulate lacquer checking and to convincingly age metal and plastic Les Paul parts, as our Greco Goldtop conversion project reaches its conclusion.

With the gold lacquer sprayed, it’s time for top coats and polishing up – but first we need to take care of the binding and start relicing some parts.

We took advantage of the summer weather to finally bring our acoustic build project to a close. Huw Price applies the finishing touches…

With everything glued together, it’s time for our acoustic kit to go under the spray gun. Huw Price searches for some shade…

The neck of our self-assembled Martin Guitar Kit is ready to be finished and glued onto the body. Huw Price rocks the joint…

Having finally got our Goldtop project playing, we now have to strip it all down once again for lacquering.

She’s going to be a beauty. But there are still a few steps until we’re strumming away. Huw Price is bound up in dots and slots as he continues work on our Martin guitar kit…

Step this way as Huw Price shows you how to perform all kinds of routine repairs that’ll make a trip to the luthier a thing of the past…

It was listed as a mystery 50s Fender amp, but what turned out to be a 1951 Pro needed a lot of TLC.

At last, the time has come to finish making the body of our acoustic guitar kit. However, things are rarely as straightforward as we hope. Huw Price gets there eventually…