{"id":503,"date":"2012-09-21T02:57:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T02:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidfinck.com\/blog\/?p=503"},"modified":"2018-01-05T14:05:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T14:05:45","slug":"guitar-26-9th-installment-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfinck.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/21\/guitar-26-9th-installment-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar 26: 9th Installment — Completion"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been quite a while since I last posted about this guitar. Prepping the guitar body for finishing went smoothly: \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Then a filler and few coats of water based lacquer.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I hit a hurdle though after polishing out the sprayed on water-based lacquer, which I have used successfully in the past. I discovered I really didn’t like the appearance of it on the Macassar ebony.\u00a0 Somehow the finish cheapened that gorgeous wood. So, off came the finish with a scaper.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I decided French polish was the way to go so this guitar ended up with a fully French polished body.\u00a0 It was a lot of extra effort, but very worthwhile.\"\"<\/a> Here you can see my supplies:\u00a0 pounce bag with pumice, garnet shellac for a bit of toning, super blonde shellac, alcohol, mineral oil, and pad.\u00a0 The bridge is masked off and the fret-board area as well.<\/p>\n

With the body finished, I completed the bridge and got that glued on. Here’s my template, layout, roughing, and the nearly finished bridge: \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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On goes the neck:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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String it up and call it done!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I’ve played the guitar a bit and wow! This is the best finger-style guitar I have made to date: excellent neck feel, spot on intonation, sustain that seems to go on forever and punchy volume. It’s still a bit brassy, but I expect that to mellow out quickly with a bit more playing in.<\/p>\n

Updated: this one sold to Michael Kline, friend and fine singer and picker.<\/p>\n

Until next time
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