New build another Drednaught

[Herman]

Let the sunshine in!

[Kevin in California]

Eric,
I've been using the surbufs on an RO sander with pretty good results, but the buffer is certainly a better way to go.
Ken, not dry, loaded pretty good with menzerna compound. First use so the wheels look pretty clean still.

[Kevin in California]

I attached the neck after polishing, cinched down the bolts, (not overly tight!), and got 3 small fractures in the finish along the neck checks where they contact the body...apparently I still have some evenness to the fit. I hate it when that happens. I also think I'm a little too thin on the heel, so I'm getting the spray rig out tonight and going to spray a few more coats on the heel portion. At least it is nitro and this is easily done, and it has happened to me before, but I HATE it when it happens.
I do have the bridge on, bridge pins fit. :)

Kevin

[Kevin in California]

To revisit this one. The guitar has been strung up in the case for a few weeks, taken out a couple of times to show it off. Last night I pull it out, and I have a small fracture in the finish on the side next to the neck cheek up near the binding. GOOD GRIEF. Maybe I should just leave it alone?
I hope this is not an adhesion issue. It is only about 1/8" across, but has the whitish look. It appears that I need to pull the neck and add a slight amount to the angle anyway to really get the action where I want it so I suppose I'll fix it, but dang. I have the most problems with the finish in this area I think. The guitar is sounding awesome and I'll put a recording of it up soon. Don't know yet when it will get shipped to England.

Kevin

[Lonnie B]

Sorry about that Kevin but knowing you. You'll get to the bottom of it shortly.

[Herman]

Bummer Kevin. Don't know how the crack looks like, but this is what I do when this happens.

I drop a drop (!) of laquerthinner on the crack. That one flows right into the crack and under the adhering surface. Right after that I put a drop of thinned laquer on top of that. Let it dry and most of the times it is unvisable after.
2ct.
Herman

[Kevin in California]

That is probably what I'll do Herman. I don't think there is a crack per say, but even fractured I think the thinner will seep in. I will give it a try next week perhaps with some help.

Kevin