Rusty's PL 29 Antes Parlor

rusty999 · Post by **rusty999** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:12 pm

These 2 pics show the 12th where it should be and then where the nut end actually falls if I line it up that way

mike-p · Post by **mike-p** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:23 pm

the body looks lovely, bet it'll sound great, I love a small body 12 fret joint (hopefully!) guitar.

rusty999 · Post by **rusty999** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:30 pm

Thanks Mike,

I think if I had bothered to read Kens question properly I could have saved myself a lot of grief.

Ken,

kencierp wrote:Where are you placing the fingerboard in relation to the nut? Is the nut on the head-stock or fingerboard plane? Yes if the parts don't match you have a mess.

Ken. I see where you are coming from with that and YES if I place that 1st slot--the one that is the nut in reality--on the fingerboard plane then I have a perfect line up at the 12th

Does this make any sense to you ?

rusty999 · Post by **rusty999** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:33 pm

Kevininca wrote:Looking really good there.

Kevin

Thanks Kevin, I'm looking forward to hearing how this sounds compared to a dreadnought or a bigger instrument. I've never even played a parlor so I can't wait to hear it.

Cheers
Rusty

mike-p · Post by **mike-p** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:38 pm

In my experience a small guitar can be just as loud as a large one but usually less rich/muddy/bassy/thuddy. Hope you'll post a video, where abouts in Ireland do you live?

ken cierp · Post by **ken cierp** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:41 pm

Yep -- looks good to go, its not uncommon to have a nut 1/4" wide and that seems to me, is about what you'll need.

rusty999 · Post by **rusty999** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:49 am

In one of the pics above you can see where I pore filled with Zpoxy and it went on the rosewood ok even though the sides were a little tricky. It was still a little sticky even after 6 hours --but not wet
.So, I left it overnight to be on the safe side and this morning I started sanding it back to apply a second coat--that seems to be the normal procedure according to many of the articles I read on it.
I found the sanding took me a lot longer than anticipated--about 2 hours or more--and I could probably go on and on as theres still SHINY areas left all over .
Does the Epoxy have to be completely sanded off -while leaving the pores filled obviously-- and does a second coat have to be sanded down again as well ?

Its a lot of sanding is all i'm saying.

Any expert finishers out there -Hopefully !!

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