The first thing I did on day three was spray the clear coat on my body, I have one or two runs on the body from the spray which I'm not thrilled about but it was my first time spraying a swirl body which was hard to see how much is going on and we are on the tenth floor of a high school in NYC spraying outside with wind shifts.

The fretting was finished up pretty quickly because I had done some late yesterday. The new step I started and finished today was filing the frets down to size. This was tricky because the file did not like to start on the first fret and when you slip off the fret wire you can get cut pretty bad. The picture below shows me making the frets have a beveled edge so when you play it we don't get caught up on a flat spot.

The next step I did was check to make sure all of the frets are on the same level. Below is a picture to show the tool used to check this and if they are high they need to be pressed in more or filed down if they are seated all the way down in. Two tricks for easy fix before starting to file material off is to go back to the press or lightly tap it with a plastic hammer.

Skills needed for all fretting work would include layout skills, simple woodworking filing skills, patience and attention to detail.

Electronics came next for me, soldering all the wiring together is the most difficult part for me based on not soldering for a few years now and the parts are pretty small. The steps are simple but definitely take some time to correct. The first step was to sand all metal that will be in contact with solder then clean them with an alcohol wipe to get all the dirt and oils off. The next step was to tin all the metal parts and wires. From there I just had to make sure I was getting the right connection to exactly what I need to make it work.

Skills needed for this section of the guitar are basic understanding of electronics, basic soldering skills, layout skills and again patience.

After I was done soldering all the wires together I was able to start assembling parts of the guitar like the bridge and pick ups. This part was very important because if I did something wrong here it would be more difficult to troubleshoot later in the build so I made sure to take my time. This process was pretty simple, just had to make sure I had everything lined up perfectly but before I could attach the bridge I needed to clear out the pre drilled holes because I did the swirl dip. After I did drilled out the holes I had to put in the ferrules before I put the pickup or bridge in based on the fact the body needs to sit flat for this step. I simply used a special tool that caught the outside of the ferrule and hit it with a hammer to set them into the body.

Skills for this section would include basic hand tool knowledge, basic machine tool knowledge and attention.