Classical Guitar Refinish

by jchristakis

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Intro: Classical Guitar Refinish

so i had an old and cheap guitar, which i didnt really like. and i always wanted to refinish it. so one day i got this idea. why not go to the sea, fish some pina nobilis shells, cut the mother of pearl they have inside, and stick it to the fretboard?... and so i did. but with it, it came to me that i had to sand and refinish the whole guitar. so here it is.

3 Comments

cwm97 10 years ago

Great inlay work! Just a note - no one should ever do this on any vintage or rare / expensive guitar, even if you know what you're doing, it ruins the value sometimes by thousands. Great project for making cheap guitars really awesome though!

jchristakis 10 years ago

bad thing i didnt take step by step pictures :/ although the pictures i took are from all along the process. like how it was before, how it was when i unstuck everything and sanded it, how i carved the fretboard etc.

Danger is my middle name 10 years ago

This looks great! I'd love to see a step-by-step for how you did everything, if you took pictures along the way :)