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  September 14, 2026 Mark Maneja

  Doug and His Son's Blue Quilted Top: The Finish Choice That Kept the Figure Visible

  Doug DeLuca and his sixteen year old son turned a bare quilted maple top into a deep blue burst, and the figure still reads through the darkest part of the rim. Here is the dye versus pigment decision that made it work, why the edges are the darkest part of the guitar, and what you can copy on your own figured top.

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  September 8, 2026 Mark Maneja

  "The Pores Are Still Lighter": How Christoph and Fionn Fixed a Black Mahogany Bass Finish

  Christoph and his son Fionn wanted a deep even black on an open-grained mahogany body with the figure still showing through, and the pores kept drying lighter than the surface. Follow the build from the bare kit to the finished bass, and see how they diagnosed it and what you can copy from their approach.

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  September 1, 2026 Guitar Kit World

  How to Install an Acoustic-Style Bridge: Pins, Pinless, and Body-Through

  An acoustic-style bridge glues to the top and its position is permanent. Here is what the part is, the three ways it anchors strings, and how to fit each one on a kit build.

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