Tuesday - The Beginning of the Finish!

George had mentioned yesterday that there comes a time when the guitar becomes your creation. The final sanding and finishing sure make me feel that way. It has been an awesome process - surprisingly hard at times, and surprisingly easy other times. Now we can see the finished result and all the time spent making sure not to make major errors has paid off.

Today we final sanded (to 1000 grit abrasive) the top, and applied a few coats of finish to it. We are using a product called Tru Oil - it is used for gun stocks. Pretty easy to apply, and it looks good. We also worked on the fret board in preparation for gluing on to the neck tomorrow. I needed to do some final fitting on my neck, to make sure that it would bolt on with no problems.

The first coat! Note the masking of the bridge area - it will allow the bridge to be glued directly to the wood.

Some final neck work - tomorrow we carve the shape!

The fret slots were cut on the table saw and pearl inlays were glued in place.