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Re: Rusty's PL 29 Antes Parlor
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:12 pm
by rusty999
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
Re: Rusty's PL 29 Antes Parlor
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:23 pm
by mike-p
the body looks lovely, bet it'll sound great, I love a small body 12 fret joint (hopefully!) guitar.
Re: Rusty's PL 29 Antes Parlor
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:30 pm
by rusty999
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 ?
Re: Rusty's PL 29 Antes Parlor
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:33 pm
by rusty999
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
Re: Rusty's PL 29 Antes Parlor
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:38 pm
by mike-p
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?
Re: Rusty's PL 29 Antes Parlor
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:41 pm
by ken cierp
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.
Re: Rusty's PL 29 Antes Parlor
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:49 am
by rusty999
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 !!