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This week in guitar building I finally touched my guitar. I painted my design with Posca pens and did four coats of finish. Then I began the polishing and buffing process using the 600, 1000 and 2000 grit sandpapers provided. I learned that I am absolutely terrified to touch my guitar without Mr. McCormack present.

This week in guitar building I learned that staying inside all day everyday has caused my mental state to plummet and thus was completely unproductive. I was able to complete some video assignments on my laptop. But overall, I apologize.

Though still distance learning, we still learned several things. This week in guitar building Mr. McCormack sent us videos on the wiring harness, output jack mounting, and level sanding and polishing. I learned that if you aren’t tired after polishing and buffing then you haven’t actually polished and buffed because a lot of pressure andContinue reading “Week Number 17”

This week in guitar building, Mr. McCormack, as seen above, recorded and sent us videos explaining processes we’ll soon be completing on our own guitars. These included installing string ferrules, strap buttons, and bridge and ground. I learned that soap can be used to prevent stripping a screw, which renders it ineffective.

This week in distance learning for guitar building we learned about the early days of the electric guitar and Seth Lover. Seth Lover originally built a valve radio and then started working for Gibson, there he designed his GA50(or GASO I can’t read my handwriting) amp. After that he created humbuckers. Due to a promiseContinue reading “Week Number 15”

This week in distance learning for guitar building was Brian May week. We watched videos on Brian May’s Red Special, the guitar him and his father built that he still uses to this day(I did not know this). May has six switches on this guitar that allow him to turn on his pickups and thenContinue reading “Week Number 13”

This week in guitar building we didn’t get to build our guitars at all because of the Covid-19 pandemic, so we watched several videos. These videos talked about sanding and buffing the guitar body as well as fixing any nicks on it. I learned that you can just fix a indentation on your guitar withContinue reading “Week Number 12”

This week in guitar building we began by doing two coats of sanding sealer on the neck and headstock, this applied moisture to the wood grain so it would, for lack of better words, fuzz up, and then dry so later, when we put on the finish, the wood would not fuzz up and createContinue reading “Week Number 11”

This week in guitar building we had a substitute on Monday so we learned about humbucker pickups. Then, on Tuesday, I finished my soldering by connecting my output jack to my volume potentiometer. I had to be very careful not to have the two connections made touching because if they were then it would notContinue reading “Week Number 10”