Author Archives: Smavid Chaplin

This week we learned about coils and there magnetic fields. we learned how they can change and their function in building.

This was was brain may week, He is a guitar player for the band queen. I learned that there are different types of electric guitars and some even have a stick popping out to change frequencies of the sound waves that is at the base of the guitar.

Sadly I could not work on my guitar this week cause the corona virus canceled school. But last week we worked on articles and watched videos about paint jobs and how they can vary. I learned how to fix the wood if it gets chipped once I’ve painted my guitar.

Last week I worked on the electrical parts of the guitar. we worked on the volume and sound of the guitar. I learned about wiring and soldering.

This week I sanded the body of my guitar. I used 80 gret sand paper. I fined two out of 3 sides of it.

This week I drilled four holes in my guitar, i then used a ban saw to cut in between the holes and i cut out the handle on my guitar. I then sanded the top half of my handle. Tools i used were a ban saw, drill press and 80 gret sand paper. I learnedContinue reading “Guitar Building Week #7”

This week I was polishing my frets with 1000 gret sandpaper and finished it up steel wool. I learned to always put tape down when sanding cause it will mess up the board.

This week I put in my frets with a drill press and then I sanded them with 80 gran sandpaper. I filed off the edges and i had to take some frets out as well. I learned to always triple check if my measurements are good because sometimes they aren’t and it will mess thingsContinue reading “guitar building week 6”

This week all i did was finished up my sanding and I also cut my frets. The tools i used were clippers to cut the frets. I learned how cut fret wire.

During this week I drilled in holes in my fret board with the drill press and put glue in to the holes in and I put in my fret dots. After words I sanded my fret board and flattened out the board. Then I glued my fret board and wrapped it around my guitar headContinue reading “Guitar Building Week 3”