Watching a bunch of your videos this morning reminds me of something: Don’t rush. You’re always careful and chill when working and your results are always excellent. This is supposed to be a relaxed, fun, creative process. Thanks for reminding me of that.
Been watching guitar building on TH-cam sites from all over the world. David Fletcher is by far the most informative and no nonsense builder bar none. 6 months ago I'd struggle to restring a guitar but now I'm on my fourth project. A Strat Style, 2 Les Paul Styles and a PBass. Dave Fletcher's You Tube Video's have been excellent in providing all aspects of guitar building techniques and I sincerely appreciate his help with my projects. Been a Bass player since I was sixteen, now if only I could play guitar!
Can only agree, got so many ideas and tips and tricks from Mr Fletcher, and like another guy said, be chill relaxed and enjoy, that’s why we are doing this right? I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t enjoy the process of building an instrument. I’m no way near the quality Fletcher has and I probably never will, it’s just a hobby for me, expensive one, but it’s so much fun. I never sell anything.
Mr. Fletcher. I really enjoyed this video and you reinforced the basic techniques of wood finishing whether or not it's a guitar, coffee table, cigar humidor. I have been a woodworker all my life, as well as my father, and grandfather and this is exactly how I was taught. I look forward to my first guitar build, and will definitely keep referring back to this video. Thank you for all you do!
thanks. There are a lot of people that charge to show what you do.-I thank you for doing this for free. I have missed your videos. I have learned a lot from you. I have built a few guitars now and several strat necks for people and it is all because of you. Thanks again. You do amazing work.
that's a wonderful video that gives great visual references to the sorts of results a home builder can get with a little effort and patience.Well done and thank you!
You sir have inspired me to craft my own guitar and possibly turn my woodshop into a Luthier shop!! I found your videos very informative and I had very few questions if any due to your ability to explain everything so clearly. You sir are an Artisan of the truest form of the word an artist and teacher.
My god fletcher you uploaded, thank you. Im thinking about on taking the journey to my first build. went back to some of your videos and im glad youre ok.
Thank you Fletcher. Hugely informative and I intend to use your methods for my (first) guitar kit build. Looking forward to checking out your other vids too. Cheers!
Great work, thx for this....just doing my first tru oil project on a Warmoth Tele neck, previous owner had not finished the back of the neck and it felt rough and was getting dirty. I followed your suggestions and it's working great
Long time no see, glad to hear from you, obviously you got lots of work, no wonder, very instructive and educational vids you`re posting, with potensial of giving your followers high skills....thanks a bunch, man!
I thought I have seen all your videos. Guess I missed this one. I have built a tele style guitar, and used your videos as a guide. I am in process of applying tru oil. To the neck and body and wanted to find out how to finish it. You have answered that question. Thanks for all the info you have provided!
Thank you so much for this video! This has boosted my confidence for the Tru-Oil finish I am going to do on a brand new roasted maple Warmoth neck this week. :)
Old bluejeans are great for burnishing. I'd also suggest that if viewers are using lacquer thinner for their dyes that they consider a respirator if their shop isn't absolutely wide open with forced airflow. Even denatured alcohol can get pretty whiffy if you're leaning over it on a work surface. Gorgeous work as always, David.
Great video, I LOVE Tru oil. I u8sed to mess around with PU and it was always flattening coats, removing drips and lumps. Tru oil hardly ever makes a drip, only if you really put on too much. I like to do the first layer of Tru oil on bare wood with a brush to soak it in, after that I will switch to thin layers with a small cloth.
I used this same method for the necks! ...then after each string change I dab a bit of good quality lemon oil on a scrap pics of T-shirt ...not only does it clean the wood naturally .but protects the hard work building up the layers of finish...also it acts as a moisturizer as well ...but just use a tiny dot per fret area...then wipe away....love the smell too!😀
Nice work and glad you're back! Just when I planned to build a guitar from a bubinga blank and do the finish with danish oil. That's probably going to look a lot like this stained mahogany in terms of color.
Very helpfull I bought some of the white timbermate too use as grain filler but I didnt know I could thin it out with water thats awesome im also going too add a few drops of trans tint so I can get the dark grain lines like you did, Thanj you from America Stay safe & God Bless..
Good results using miniwax natural wood finish, not water clean-up. Oil based wood finish and quick drying finish. Add the colortone stain drops to a small amount of. Miniwax natural wood finish. 50 drops +/- of miniwax wood finish and add 10 drops of stain. Mix as best you can and incorporate stain onto your application pad. Apply by hand paying attention to achieving the desired coverage and uniformity of density of color across the guitar surface to avoid unwanted patchiness. The miniwax wood finish provides a thicker medium in which to suspend the tint pigments. The commercial wood finish wool not absorb into the sanded wood surface as rapidly as tint thinned with paint thinner or water. The much thicker consistency of the wood finish/stain mixture slows down the absorption of the tint into blotchy spots where the grain is softer and more spongelike. The thicker medium instead of paint thinner provides you with greater control over the quality and distribution of your tinted stain finish. This method is useful when you encounter work pieces made of more than 1 type of wood because different wood types have different absorption properties. And you also may want to even out the depth that the stain reached into the wood surface, levelling out the coverage and density of the color distribution.
Watching a bunch of your videos this morning reminds me of something: Don’t rush. You’re always careful and chill when working and your results are always excellent. This is supposed to be a relaxed, fun, creative process. Thanks for reminding me of that.
Been watching guitar building on TH-cam sites from all over the world.
David Fletcher is by far the most informative and no nonsense builder bar none.
6 months ago I'd struggle to restring a guitar but now I'm on my fourth project.
A Strat Style, 2 Les Paul Styles and a PBass.
Dave Fletcher's You Tube Video's have been excellent in providing all aspects of guitar
building techniques and I sincerely appreciate his help with my projects.
Been a Bass player since I was sixteen, now if only I could play guitar!
Can only agree, got so many ideas and tips and tricks from Mr Fletcher, and like another guy said, be chill relaxed and enjoy, that’s why we are doing this right? I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t enjoy the process of building an instrument. I’m no way near the quality Fletcher has and I probably never will, it’s just a hobby for me, expensive one, but it’s so much fun. I never sell anything.
Absolutely beautiful. I'm just starting a new build and this is exactly the finish I will use. Many thanks Fletcher!
Mr. Fletcher. I really enjoyed this video and you reinforced the basic techniques of wood finishing whether or not it's a guitar, coffee table, cigar humidor. I have been a woodworker all my life, as well as my father, and grandfather and this is exactly how I was taught. I look forward to my first guitar build, and will definitely keep referring back to this video. Thank you for all you do!
You have given me the confidence to apply my on finish. I like the hand rubbed and buffed finished with oil...
Thank you for sharing.
You're my favourite guitar builder and make the best videos. Thank you, and i hope to see more
Great to have you back - please keep the videos coming
Thanks for your time
and he's back! missed your calming voice. please do more!,
Glad to see something from you - your vids are always full of really useful info, thanks!
thanks. There are a lot of people that charge to show what you do.-I thank you for doing this for free. I have missed your videos. I have learned a lot from you. I have built a few guitars now and several strat necks for people and it is all because of you. Thanks again. You do amazing work.
good to see you back, thanks for the tips and greetings from Arizona
The most gorgeous neck finish I’ve seen demonstrated.
Very well spoken. I like the way you demonstrate and explain what you are doing along with the reasoning behind it. Very well done!
37:22 minutes of my day very well spent. thanks again fletcher!!
That's beautiful. I'm gonna do that to my Squier VMJ 5.
Welcome back man! You are the best luthier in the world. Love your videos!
Greetings from Italy
that's a wonderful video that gives great visual references to the sorts of results a home builder can get with a little effort and patience.Well done and thank you!
Great work David. Thanks so much for making this video.
Fantastic result!! Thanks for taking time to show all of us how!! You almost have to be a mad scientist mixing colors and thinners! Great info!!
I used your video to tru oil a tele neck for a project and I am VERY HAPPY with how it turned out ! THANK YOU VERY MUCH !
Great to see you back, Mr Fletcher! I have missed your videos. Learned a ton from you. Thanks.
Good to see you back Mr Fletcher... like the sealy bag trick
Wow, the best guitar finishing video i have seen on TH-cam. Very well done, sir.
Absolutely beautiful video. Thank you!
You sir have inspired me to craft my own guitar and possibly turn my woodshop into a Luthier shop!! I found your videos very informative and I had very few questions if any due to your ability to explain everything so clearly. You sir are an Artisan of the truest form of the word an artist and teacher.
Man I wish you had time to do more vids. Always love watching your work. Always inspirational and entertaining.
Hope to see more videos coming out. Always love your work
Glad to see you back in action.
My god fletcher you uploaded, thank you. Im thinking about on taking the journey to my first build. went back to some of your videos and im glad youre ok.
Thank you Fletcher. Hugely informative and I intend to use your methods for my (first) guitar kit build. Looking forward to checking out your other vids too. Cheers!
I'm preparing for my first guitar build and this video has been very helpful - thanks a lot!
Lovely attention to detail, I love the way that you even clean up the routed cavities on the body!
Wow! What a good looking fretboard!!
I love a maple neck, and your video is exactly why I do. Beautiful.
Beautiful work and a great video, yet again.
Excellent how-to video. Much appreciated!
That tru oil sure pulls the figure out, absolutely beautiful!
Thanks for sharing!
I'd love to see a picture of this all assembled! Thanks for the video. I could have used some of this when finishing my first guitar with true oil!
Really nice job, and great explanation at each step.
Thank you very much!
fantastic video, my son and I have just got guitar kits for Christmas and we will surely refer to your videos. Thanks much!!
Great work, thx for this....just doing my first tru oil project on a Warmoth Tele neck, previous owner had not finished the back of the neck and it felt rough and was getting dirty. I followed your suggestions and it's working great
So nice to see a new video! Love your guitars. B.
Fantastic Work !!!. From Spain (Europe), Thank yoy so much for your help.
Long time no see, glad to hear from you, obviously you got lots of work, no wonder, very instructive and educational vids you`re posting, with potensial of giving your followers high skills....thanks a bunch, man!
I love your Australian accent! welcome back. Always been inspired!
Fletcher - nice job on both the guitar and the video, one of the best I have seen. Thank you for sharing.
WOW, what a Beauty man! Nice work, well done.
Really happy to seee you back
Great video. You taught me a few things I was unaware of. I really like the grain on the fretboard. Good job !
Best Vid I have seen for a while......
great looking guitar. i love to see more of your projects.
That fretboard is stunning! Good job!
Thank you for such an informative and helpful video: thank you for inspiring me.
Glad to see you'e back!
I thought I have seen all your videos. Guess I missed this one. I have built a tele style guitar, and used your videos as a guide. I am in process of applying tru oil. To the neck and body and wanted to find out how to finish it. You have answered that question. Thanks for all the info you have provided!
Love your videos. Thanks for sharing!!!.
Thank you so much for this video! This has boosted my confidence for the Tru-Oil finish I am going to do on a brand new roasted maple Warmoth neck this week. :)
I followed this schedule on mahogany using leather dye and wipe on poly and got a spectacular finish. Thanx Mr. Fletcher.
Great educational video. I have learned so much, thank you.
Good to see another video my friend!
Really nice work, looks great. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Fabulous tuition video love it learnt a lot
Wow! The neck turned out beautiful. Great job. 👍
I'm glad to see you again
AWESOME AS ALWAYS
David, you really are the best master builder, I hope someday have one of your guitars.
Old bluejeans are great for burnishing.
I'd also suggest that if viewers are using lacquer thinner for their dyes that they consider a respirator if their shop isn't absolutely wide open with forced airflow. Even denatured alcohol can get pretty whiffy if you're leaning over it on a work surface.
Gorgeous work as always, David.
You're finally back!!! Yay!
Mr Fletcher, good to see you back again. I miss your videos.
Great video, I LOVE Tru oil. I u8sed to mess around with PU and it was always flattening coats, removing drips and lumps. Tru oil hardly ever makes a drip, only if you really put on too much. I like to do the first layer of Tru oil on bare wood with a brush to soak it in, after that I will switch to thin layers with a small cloth.
yeah its being so long waiting for a new one love your work.👍👍👍👍
Awesome content as always! Please post more videos.. They're mesmerizing :)
This is super helpful, thank you! You've got a new subscriber.
Thank you so much it looks beautiful and no spray paint !!!
Very useful
Thank you for posting 👍
Other guitar finishing videos make me want to do it myself. Yours makes me just want to buy the guitar from you. Good job!
Bloody beautiful mate.
Thanks mate! You're inspirational!
Thanks for the great content.
Thanks, I'm wanting to put together a Partscaster. This video is giving me the confidence to finish it myself. That body came out sweet.
Really glad you're back mate :)
Beautiful!
Just the video I needed to see, thanks
I used this same method for the necks! ...then after each string change I dab a bit of good quality lemon oil on a scrap pics of T-shirt ...not only does it clean the wood naturally .but protects the hard work building up the layers of finish...also it acts as a moisturizer as well ...but just use a tiny dot per fret area...then wipe away....love the smell too!😀
Fletcher is back woooohooooo
Nice work and glad you're back!
Just when I planned to build a guitar from a bubinga blank and do the finish with danish oil. That's probably going to look a lot like this stained mahogany in terms of color.
Exceptional beautiful fretboard.
Nice video, very good info. Thnx.
This is looking good for such an easy process.
Thank you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Glad you are making videos again, you inspired me to make my first guitar. Many thanks
Cary Marshall can you please tell how did it go? I'm about to start my first project
To this day, Fletcher's guitar vids are still the best.
Woohoo!! Fletcher is back :D
Very helpfull I bought some of the white timbermate too use as grain filler but I didnt know I could thin it out with water thats awesome im also going too add a few drops of trans tint so I can get the dark grain lines like you did, Thanj you from America Stay safe & God Bless..
Thank you for the video. You do good work.
Good results using miniwax natural wood finish, not water clean-up. Oil based wood finish and quick drying finish. Add the colortone stain drops to a small amount of. Miniwax natural wood finish. 50 drops +/- of miniwax wood finish and add 10 drops of stain. Mix as best you can and incorporate stain onto your application pad. Apply by hand paying attention to achieving the desired coverage and uniformity of density of color across the guitar surface to avoid unwanted patchiness.
The miniwax wood finish provides a thicker medium in which to suspend the tint pigments. The commercial wood finish wool not absorb into the sanded wood surface as rapidly as tint thinned with paint thinner or water. The much thicker consistency of the wood finish/stain mixture slows down the absorption of the tint into blotchy spots where the grain is softer and more spongelike. The thicker medium instead of paint thinner provides you with greater control over the quality and distribution of your tinted stain finish.
This method is useful when you encounter work pieces made of more than 1 type of wood because different wood types have different absorption properties. And you also may want to even out the depth that the stain reached into the wood surface, levelling out the coverage and density of the color distribution.
thank you Fletcher! I wish you filmed more content
Eah! New video) Welcome back, Fletcher)))
Excellent vid! everything I needed to know at this time :)
Hi David. Great to see a new (old) video. I just came back form office and thats a great way to start the weekend. Hope everything is ok. Take care.
Like everyone else here, glad you're back!