Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
This is the second part in a series of videos illustrating all the techniques involved with finishing the body of a Brian May Red Special replica guitar, i.e. veneering, grain filling, staining and lacquering.
In this video, I illustrate and discuss the techniques required to apply mahogany marquetry veneer to the upper and lower faces and the side of a Brian May Red Special replica guitar. There are thirteen sequences as listed below with time stamps for convenient navigation. Some are speeded up for brevity.
00:01 – Choosing and applying the veneer
02:41 – Summary of the techniques involved in applying veneer to a Brian May Red Special replica guitar
03:31 – Cutting the veneer with a Swann-Morton surgical scalpel and StewMac stainless steel precision straight edge
04:19 – Masking off the square veneer panels
04:49 – Discussing adhesives for veneering: Titebond, Cascamite and West System epoxy resin
09:09 – Applying Titebond aliphatic wood glue to the blockboard and gluing down the square veneer panels
10:11 – Covering and weighting down the veneer while it dries
11:17 – Removing the spreader board and weights
11:56 – Discussing cutting, preparing and gluing down the side veneer strips with Evo Stik Timebond contact adhesive
13:31 – Evo Stik Timebond contact adhesive application instructions
15:00 – Applying the Evo Stik Timebond contact adhesive to the side veneer strips
16:51 – Sticking the side veneer strips onto the blockboard surfaces
18:33 – Close up inspection of the glued down side veneer strips
Brian May Red Special Guitar Build Project: Body Finishing Part 1 - Introduction
youtube.com/watch?v=553E4_4uYE8
Please check out my other YouTube videos and website, dsgb.net for a wealth of information about Brian May's guitars and musical equipment.
#BrianMay #RedSpecial #dsgb #DougShortGuitarBlog
This is the second part in a series of videos illustrating all the techniques involved with finishing the body of a Brian May Red Special replica guitar, i.e. veneering, grain filling, staining and lacquering.
In this video, I illustrate and discuss the techniques required to apply mahogany marquetry veneer to the upper and lower faces and the side of a Brian May Red Special replica guitar. There are thirteen sequences as listed below with time stamps for convenient navigation. Some are speeded up for brevity.
00:01 – Choosing and applying the veneer
02:41 – Summary of the techniques involved in applying veneer to a Brian May Red Special replica guitar
03:31 – Cutting the veneer with a Swann-Morton surgical scalpel and StewMac stainless steel precision straight edge
04:19 – Masking off the square veneer panels
04:49 – Discussing adhesives for veneering: Titebond, Cascamite and West System epoxy resin
09:09 – Applying Titebond aliphatic wood glue to the blockboard and gluing down the square veneer panels
10:11 – Covering and weighting down the veneer while it dries
11:17 – Removing the spreader board and weights
11:56 – Discussing cutting, preparing and gluing down the side veneer strips with Evo Stik Timebond contact adhesive
13:31 – Evo Stik Timebond contact adhesive application instructions
15:00 – Applying the Evo Stik Timebond contact adhesive to the side veneer strips
16:51 – Sticking the side veneer strips onto the blockboard surfaces
18:33 – Close up inspection of the glued down side veneer strips
Brian May Red Special Guitar Build Project: Body Finishing Part 1 - Introduction
youtube.com/watch?v=553E4_4uYE8
Please check out my other YouTube videos and website, dsgb.net for a wealth of information about Brian May's guitars and musical equipment.
#BrianMay #RedSpecial #dsgb #DougShortGuitarBlog
