Finishing a guitar with Shellac

I put a shellac finish on my parts-bin guitar build and here's everything I've learned so far about how to finish a guitar body with shellac.
This trashcaster, the Junc parts Les Paul Junior, is nearly complete and in my next video I'll show you the oddball wiring scheme that I've come up with for it.

[@jjhpor]

Great video! I've been building classical guitars for several years with shellac finishes. I've watched multiple videos on "french polishing". Most of them are incredibly tedious and wordy with half the information here. I especially like the errors shown and recovery from them, having made many, many more errors finishing than I ever did in construction!

[@yellowcat1310]

it's good to see someone using shellac as a finish. nice shine

[@junc_musik]

Thanks, it does look great and the orange shellac gave it a wonderful aged yellowing to it right away, though it's not the most durable finish

[@riddik6792]

I'm trying this for the first time in a few weeks, this was a huge help, thank you

[@chadwilliams8583]

I think you done amazing on this one!!and your finishing techniques is awesome!!I would buy the guitar

[@Jakal-pw8yq]

I couldn't have come across your video at a better time! I'm in the process of applying amber shellac to a Warmoth body Strat. I have a question and I hope that you see my comment. I have a rattle can of some nitrocellulose that I was going to apply at the very end of the process and I'm wondering what your opinion on that is? By the way new subscriber here!

[@bassoneman]

I am doing this at the moment.. Do you seal this with poly afterwards or varnish.. Or do you just stop with the shellac.. My issue from my inexperience I used Non Dewaxed shellac.. Grrrr.. Most top coats say not to be used with non de-waxed Shellac