The clear coats on Russ’ guitar are all set up- time to level the paint and polish it. The paint is pretty shiny when it leaves the sprayroom, but always has a slight bumpiness to it from the spray gun. I start sanding with soapy water with 1000 grit, then 1200. I sand it all […]
The clear coat process for Russ’ guitar is all finished- looks awesome!! The paint laid down just right (gotta love when that happens), and i’ll be able to start cutting and leveling with 1200 / 1500 grit paper in a few days after it sets up. Then a lengthy treatment on the buffing wheels and […]
Here’s a glimpse into how I made the bridge base for my current archtop project. I have all my components rendered very accurately in CAD, and I can machine a very precise surface on the underside of the ebony bridge base that matches the exterior of the guitar’s arch. There will be very little fitting […]
Here’s some pics of the sunburst process on Russ’ guitar. Its turning out great! All the maple bindings are first masked off with auto pinstriper’s tape, then the burst is applied in many passes using burnt sienna and wine red lacquers, as well as a final pass with amber. After it dries for an hour […]
More work on Russ’ non cutaway 16″ archtop… Binding is all done, I sanded and smoothed everything out and mounted the neck. The guitar’s maple parts BLEW UP when the first coat of sealer hit. Awesome figure to the back sides and head face. Woohoo get’n good!
My client Russ wants an old school style Gibson L4 inspired acoustic archtop like one of these: example example. This translates into FUN for me since I seldom get an order for an oval hole non cutaway (I think its been almost 10 years!). We decided on an adirondack spruce top (a little streaky in […]
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