R the F
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Post by R the F on Aug 28, 2017 8:48:09 GMT
A significant cup of tea in picture one. (Glad to know you're off the beer!) It's really hard to maintain the momentum when you're interrupted all the time so well done and keep it up, ashley - when you get back to dry land... |
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Post by earthbalm on Aug 28, 2017 10:06:20 GMT
š ok now we've established I'm a connoisseur of fine ales I think moving forward I'll ensure no opinions on beer are given and stick to the attempt at making the guitar š I think you should take a leaf out of Shaun Cromwell's book, and introduce each new post on this build with the beverage that inspired it. Episode 2 in his excellent Kitchen Concerts series features a 12% IPA...perhaps not to be recommended when you've just sharpened your spokeshave though  That was rather a fabulous performance, I think I shall find out more about Mr. SC! |
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Post by ashley on Jun 6, 2018 12:47:06 GMT
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Post by ashley on Jun 23, 2018 19:03:28 GMT
Well I thought I'd give another quick update on progress. It should have been finished but there was a slight mishap during finishing that has set me back quite a bit! So the neck was finished, MOP fret markers inlaid, fret board radiused, evo gold frets put in. As this was a budget build I used blackwood tek for the headstock veneer and heel cap.   So onto finishing. Sprayed 2 coats of sanding sealer and sanded back ready for the nitrocellulose lacquer. I spent a lot more time sanding this guitar so I sprayed 5 coats of lacquer ready to sand back and spray a couple of light finishing coats.  Then......  I nipped out for an hour and left the guitar clamp to the bandsaw table, when I cam back the guitar was on the floor. My heart sank when I discovered the damage on the side. I mulled it over for a couple of hours and decidied I would try and repair the damage and while it will never be perfect it will still hopefully be a nice guitar for my brother. Also if the repair looked awful I'd just paint it black  So the first problem was that I didn't have enough binding to redo it completely, I decided the best option at this point was to cut out the damaged section of the side, purfling and binding and try and blend it in. The second problem is that the guitar would have to be sanded back to bare wood setting me back quite a bit. 
final result
It's not perfect by any means but I'm really pleased all the same 
Now I need to pore fill again and restart the finishing process. Unfortunately I'm off back to sea Monday so it will have to wait 
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Post by francis on Jun 23, 2018 19:29:13 GMT
Well done Ashley nice blend. Had small dings in the past, I now make sure things are on their broadest faces or on a stand.
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Post by earthbalm on Jun 23, 2018 19:58:34 GMT
A shame that happened but a very good recovery. Admirable work. Well done ashley. |
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Post by Martin on Jun 23, 2018 20:17:29 GMT
Superb recovery, Ashley! Great repair  |
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Post by ocarolan on Jun 23, 2018 21:39:20 GMT
Ouch - but what a great save!  Keith |
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Post by ashley on Jun 24, 2018 23:13:33 GMT
Thanks for the kind comments  Looking forward to finishing this one now! |
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Post by davewhite on Jun 25, 2018 8:10:29 GMT
Well done that man  Onwards and upwards  |
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I'm still doing most of the jobs by hand so it takes a while, I bought templates to use a router for the neck joint but after testing the joint is quite loose so ended up doing it by hand but it was good fun and the joint is snug. The body is stained, bindings scraped ready for finishing and I'm making good progress on the neck. Hope to be finished soon!
Onwards and upwards 
Jo whoever he is.
