A new OM about to be born

[John Parchem]

When stripped put a mirror in the body, wash the cracked area with naptha or lighter fluid and see if it bleeds through. After relooking at the before picture I was left unsure if it was really just a cracked finish.

[Kevin in California]

Well I did wipe down with naptha but I didn't look inside. I've already started to respray. I am quite sure the cracks are not in the wood. I also had some of the same cracks on the neck shaft and back of the headstock. Those came out and have stayed out using my thinner spray.
The top looked good after sanding. I left about .001" of finish on.(sanded through to wood in one small area) 4 light coats today and it's looking pretty good. I'm hoping to be able to do 3 or 4 more tomorrow and then be done!!

[Kevin in California]

Update

This guitar is almost done!
The finish turned out fine. Not perfect but that's always how it goes.

I have Taylor tuners in place. Nut is fit and slotted.
Saddle is set "close" to finished height. 5/64ths at the 10th fret on the low E. The bridge always pulls up after stringing up at least a 64th so some minor adjustment I'm sure will need to be made.

I've installed a LR Baggs Anthem pickup.
All that's left tomorrow is to make and glue in the label and put on the strings and see how it sounds.

First time putting one of these pickups in so it will be fun to see how it works and sounds too.

I'll report more after tomorrow.
Nice to be almost done.

[Carl Dickinson]

Very pretty, Kevin. Glad you got the finish on before the weather hit us.