A classical guitar for Wayne!

[John Parchem]

The guitar looks great. Are you going to french polish it?

[Dave Bagwill]

Another winner for Kev!

[Kevin in California]

Thanks guys, it has had it's moments!!
I am going to french polish, hope to be doing that by the first of OCT, maybe sooner.

[Kevin in California]

I do have the neck mostly carved now, just some clean up to do, and I've started fretting. I'm having lots of trouble getting the frets to go in straight on this African Ebony board. Same size slot I always use, but the fret wire I'm using for the first time is the one LMI sells for nylon strings. I'm having to file the nubs down on the tang and I'm beveling the tops of the fret slot, and the thing still want to roll over going in. I'm making it but it is really slow.
I'll take a pic and post once all the frets are in.

[Kevin in California]

I was able to get the frets installed and the bridge almost completed this weekend. The frets were a bugger to get in. I used the softer wire for classical guitars and the tang barbs are different, like little bumps, and I had to file them almost all the way off to get the wire to go in. I won't use that again, I'll just use the regular wire for steel string guitars as I have before. While I was roughing out the bridge blank, I went ahead and made a template, and roughed out 2 extra blanks. This is EIR I picked up in India when I was there in 2014. Beautiful stuff, dark purple, red, straight grain, dense.
I still have to bevel the wings on the bridge, do a final sand and put a few coats of shellac on it and steel wool it smooth. The frets still need to be leveled and recrowned.
Getting close to the finishing stage! Yah!

[Herman]

Sharp work Kevin! Indeed beautiful Rosewood. Good you have connections over the world!

[John Parchem]

nicely done bridge! Are you going to finish with the bridge on or off?