sanding the v guitar

Body before and after sanding and scrap of painted mahogany.

Will the sanding ever end? Session No. 3 on the Flying V kit involved a palm sized power sander to flatten wood plugs on the body. Two holes remain for the bridge. Now you can’t feel the plugs. You can see them, but they’ll be hidden when the guitar is finished. Kevin, of TNV Custom Guitars, tells me the body came with grain sealer so the next step was to sand the body – 400, then 1200 grit sandpaper to make it smooth for painting. I pushed the paper all over the V to make it smooth. It will eventually be army green. We tested paint on a scrap of mahogany. Next session, we’ll spray clear coat on the scrap to make sure it’ll work and mock up the guitar before we paint the body.