Build Thread-Hurricane Sandy Giveaway Guitar

[Herman]

Niiiice!

[Ray Ussery]

Thanks for the kind words guys.
Dave, Yes, I will be pore filling with Z-poxy. First I need to fit the neck.

Ray, I had a conversation with the future owner today and after some prodding, he finally told me something HE wants done. His initials on the first fret. Everything I have done so far, I have suggested to him and he says yes. He admitted he doesn't want to make the build harder for me so he has remained silent. I said it is YOUR guitar! Tell me what YOU want! Needless to say, I will be adding his initials to the first fret. Though I may try to talk him out of that in favor of the 12th fret. He wants position markers on the fret board too, so I don't want it to look bad. I will need to do a mock up or something.

Thanks Ken H. I really love ziricote and I am glad he picked it or I may have never gotten to it! It is a messy wood to sand though. The dust is black and really seems fond of the sound board. Good thing I sealed it!!

Boy...I certainly agree with the 12th fret...OR the last at the bottom like Clapton did...but like you said, his choice I guess...it sure would look better at the 12th IMHO for what ever that's worth...it wouldn't buy you a cup of 1950 coffee I'm thinkn'

The wood is something, how about allergies? No problems? Respirator? again...I'm thinkin' that's what all the smoke is...coming out of my ears...rubbing those 3 brain cells together...whew...gettin' HOT in here...gotta go outside where it's 19 degrees and cool off.

Ray

[Kevin in California]

Hey Tony, this is going to be a great guitar. I can't afford Zircote, but if my guitar gets ruined in a flood, will you make me one?????
Thanks for sharing this build with us all.
Actually at the wood shop I get some wood from last time I was in there in Jan he had two boards of awesome quality Zircote for sale. One was $300 and would have yielded two sets, the other was $349 and may have yielded 3 sets, but I was too scared to try and resaw it as they were both only 1" thick.
Can't wait to see yours finished!


Kevin

[TonyinNYC]

Thanks Ray. He is coming around to the idea of another fret.

Kevin,
If you bone up on your resaw skills, those boards would be great deals. I got this set off of eBay for a song, and what I mean by that is under $150. The other set I have was a bit more, but still not expensive compared to the prices on the usual websites. I think this is going to be a killer looking guitar. Hopefully it sounds half as good as it looks!

[TonyinNYC]

I got some more work done.
Bound the sound port:


And after copious amounts of sanding, I began pore filling:



So that is where I am now. The owner is trying to find a font he likes to make an inlay from. He wants his initials on the 12th fret.
Thanks for looking!

Tony

[Kevin in California]

Still looking good! I like the bound soundport, a niced finished touch.

Kevin

[TonyinNYC]

Thanks Kevin. I finished the pore filling last night. Now I need to work on an inlay on the neck and then I can finish that up. Then it is on to lacquer!