More Progress...

Wednesday, August 19th, 2015: Been a while since I posted anything here. As for Randall's build, there are only a few photos I can post, since he has taken his guitar home to continue on the French polishing. Here are a few photos of where he is at now. He has just completed the first round of bodying sessions; he's put on 10 coats and is now going to wait for at least three days to let it cure, before he does the first level-sanding. Lookin' good!!!! These photos are after he'd done 8 sessions.                       MEANWHILE . . . ON MY GUITAR . . . I've finished my guitar in the meantime. I have been posting my progress on Facebook, so I will just transfer those posts over to this page. Just spent several hours removing finish on the top, underneath where the fingerboard extension will sit, applying glue... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Saturday, August 8, 2015                   3:20 p.m. Monday . . .I just taped off the bridge location, with probably about 4-5 layers of masking tape, to assure... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Monday, August 10, 2015   4:10 p.m. Monday, August 10th . . . Well, I just finished scraping off the stripper, sanding the area, and dampening it to remove any possible stripper residue. Later, I will sand the raised grain one last time, and then I'll be ready to glue on the bridge!!!

Tuesday, 8:45 a.m. . . .Removed the bridge clamps, and all is well. (YAY!!!) All the measurements are correct, the... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Tuesday, August 11, 2015		NOT FRETTING ABOUT FRET WORK!!!!Just spent a few hours working on the frets. Order of operations: (1) A tedious part of... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Tuesday, August 11, 2015		Tuesday, 9:10 p.m. . . .THE FRET WORK IS DONE! Just a few quick photos. Photo 1 & 2: Used the fret end dressing file... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Tuesday, August 11, 2015		IT SOUNDS GOOD --- TIME FOR A LITTLE VIDEO!!! Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Wednesday, August 12, 2015

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