We've got a short week to finish a TON of work on the acoustics. Since we're off Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving, we've got two less days to get these guitars ready for the spray booth. As of last Friday afternoon, we've bound and fit the bottom wedge on the body; shaped and inlaid the headstock and are on our way to binding and inlaying the fingerboard. There is much to be done and I'm loving the fast pace of it all. We're being pushed to get a lot done quickly... we only have 8 weeks left! A couple shots:
The acoustic body: binding glued and taped on both top and back:
The back, taped:
The binding went on yesterday and I let it set up overnight, pulling the tape off this morning. It needs a bit of finessing (scraping, sanding and gap filling) before calling it 'done' but all and all everything came out looking pretty sharp. I'll post photos of the final sanded body and bottom wedge tomorrow.
Below, Joe Parker holds my Bigsby/Travis electric which is still hanging in the humidity room while the lacquer cures. Come Monday morning, it will be ready for wet sanding, buffing and final assembly. I should have my first guitar done in about a week... fingers crossed.
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