Acoustic Guitar Construction

Let the sunshine in!

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.

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

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

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

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

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