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Tony_in_NYC
PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:58 pm 
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I did not get covered in the dust but my hands did get pretty black.
Thanks for the kind words. I'll keep posting pics.

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I got some more work done.
Bound the sound port:
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And after copious amounts of sanding, I began pore filling:
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So that is where I am now. The owner is trying to find a font he likes to make an inlay from. He wants his initials on the 12th fret.
Thanks for looking!

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Wow, what a classy combination of woods! I love that bound monitor port....any problems with the tight bend?
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Thanks Beth. I had a lot of problems with the tight bend!! SuperSoft II helped.

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Pics of the pore filled box:
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I put a coat of lacquer or three on the guitar. The spruce looks super nice so I thought I would post a pic. It is from my cell phone and it is not top notch, but you get the idea:
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Looks nice and silky! Good work, Tony!

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I love the silking in that top!
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Lavrov Guitars wrote:
I love the silking in that top!


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Beautiful, Tony! Is that Lutz?

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Yes it is Waddy, and thanks everyone!

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Looks great Tony!

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What is that plastic container you've rigged to cover the inside of the guitar? How do you install and remove it? I need that trick!
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Thanks Kevin.

Beth, that is the plastic cap sold at Lowes for their paint mixing cups. It is only the cap. I use crumpled newspaper under it to hold it up against the top. It works great and it is just slightly bigger than 4 inches in diameter, so it is perfectly sized to let lacquer get on the edges of the sound hole, but not inside the box.

I am still lacquering the guitar right now, very slowly. I am only getting about one coat a night and I have missed a few nights. On the plus side, each coat has a chance to gas off and so it should be nice and hard when I sand it. I leveled today after work, and I got one more coat on. I should be able to get one more on tonight. I might be ready to wet sand next week.

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I received a picture of the fretboard inlay Andy Birko cut for me. Sweeet!
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Nice!!!!!!!! Love the abalone!!!!! Just don't chip it when u put the frets in
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I will try to be careful but it stops short of the slot, so it shouldn't be too bad.

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I will try to be careful but it stops short of the slot, so it shouldn't be too bad.

awesome! That Andy just thinks of everything don't he :)
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Indeed he does!

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You'll press the frets then? And did you have Andy make the slots wider? Same width as barbs on tang?
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Beth, my slots generally measure out about .025 to .027 (I think I need a better collet) so it should be ok. In conversations with David Collins, he says that's about perfect for a no-backbow fret job using CA glue to fill the gap.

For any inlay that spans a fret, I stop the inlay about .030 from the center of the slot. That pretty much guarantees that the fret will also cover the edge of the inlay as well.

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Hey Tony, you did say this was a lefty guitar, correct?

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Lefty? Gahh!!

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That looks Sweet, Tony! Its a smart guy that gets Andy's skill involved!

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