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Ben Castellana wrote:A quick internet search suggests that this is a Kawai S-70, circa 1963. Here is an image link: http://www.steinhauer-gitarren.de/gitarren.html

Wow! You guys are awesome. Thanks!

I would guess Teisco, could also be early Ibanez, but there were all sorts of different un-branded guitars coming out of Japan in the 60's and 70's, a lot from the same factory's under different labels. I've worked on some very similar un-branded guitars. They can be a pain to get setup nicely, but...

Hey guys - i usually post over in the acoustic build area but have an electric question. I am generally a solid body idiot so lots of people smarter than me here - hopefully you can help. i just picked up a cheap guitar and amp to play on vacation this summer at the beach. I'm hoping somebody can he...

well - the shop is 30% RH right now. A tad dry but not too bad. However, to be fair i don't pay as much attention to the RH on the high side. I did glue up the back this summer so it may have been moist. Regardless - seems i need to reglue the braces and trim flush. Any thoughts on my original quest...

Hey guys I am finishing my second guitar build. This time it is the 000 kit from stewmac in rosewood. Everything was going great. I started pumicing for the French polish and was on the home stretch. Then, the weather started to get a little dry and the problem hit. It seems I did a poor job gluing ...

hey guys i'm making my second stewmac 000 kit - this time the rosewood version. I have made a few guitars / mandolins, ... but nothing with a rosewood fingerboard before. The grain is pretty open - should i fill the pores before fretting (like i do before finishing the sides)? My old rosewood Martin...

There are a few things you don't want to change: The scale length is already fixed by your fret positions and the body ought to join the neck at the 12th or 14th fret depending on your design. So the bridge has to land so that the saddle is at whatever the design distance was from the nut or it wil...

Hi guys. I am happily in the depths of my second stewmac 000 kit. The first one turned out great and m looking onward to playing this one too. However, I had a bit of trouble with the body form. The stewmac kit uses a corrugated template to hold the body to the right shape. Mine got a bit squished a...

Hey guys It is time to finish a mandolin I have been working on and I have a question. I am using a thing oil finish for the first time and have read that I need to cut the oil 50/50 with solvent or it will take forever to dry between coats. This is a walnut mandolin and I do not plan to seal the po...

Steve Senseney wrote:Being vegetarian, do you use shellac?

While I wouldn't eat them, bugs are in a different category .....

I'm an avid hot hide glue user, but if a bridge glued with titebond lifts in a month it would have lifted if glued with hide glue. I suspect there was some shellac left on the top under the bridge. Ok. I admit that this is a bit weird but I have been a vegetarian for 25 years. Hide glue just seems ...

I'm with Woodrow - I think there was finish on the top still. Because of the OP's description of how he cleaned the bridge footprint with alcohol. That is just going to seal everything back up again. So - chuck - how would you clean the finish off? I used alcohol and a chisel - scraping and wiping ...

Outstanding advice guys. I did not prep the underside of the bridge. Maybe that plus poor clamping and a bit of humidity swing was enough to cause the issue. My brother is coming in a few weeks - ill have him bring a stewmac care kit with a longer throat clamp and ill reglue then. Keep the ideas com...

Hi guys I finished my first guitar about a month ago - it is fantastic. I built the Stewmac 000 kit with a LR Baggs ibeam and have been playing it all month. I am completely hooked and already planning the next build. Thx to the forum members that helped me with my nut issue - the bone dust / sg rep...

just filled with bone dust and sg - seems fine. thx for the help guys!

Thx for the quick help guys. I think i'll try the baking soda for now. Since it is only on the low E string, i don't need to shim the whole nut - just that string. The jade idea is interesting though ...... Any thoughts on baking soda vs bone dust? I have a scrap from the bridge i can grind down. I'...

Hey guys I am in the last stages of finishing my first guitar - the 000 kit from Stewmac. All has been going well so far. However, when finishing the nut, i filed a bit deep on the low E string somehow and only have 0.006" clearance. Damn! My long term plan is to make a new nut. However, I am o...