Well .. the student did most of the rosette, we bent the sides together in a fox, he did all the thicknessing, most of the brace shaping, all the radiusing, cut the fret slots and fretted, dressed crowned and polished them, most of the neck set, we bound the headstock together as this is the first one I had ever done, he bound most of the rest of the guitar, he did 99 percent of the sanding and wet sanding, all the pore filling - CA on this one), rounded the binding edge, filled any gaps, all the buffing, he made the bridge shape and sanded it, drilled the pin holes, I did the slot, we mitred the binding together, he did all the headstock inlay and fretboard inlay, I chiselled the lacquer off for the FB and bridge - he didnt want to touch it once we got that far (cant blame him really !!!!!). He made the kerfing, shaped most of the neck, radiused and levelled the FB. He inlaid most of the shell, I had to make a couple pieces for the sharper bend of the venetian as the straight pieces jsut wouldnt look right, other htan that they are all straight 1/16 paua from Depaule. We sprayed together, I shot most of the coats because at one night a week it woudl have taken forever - so when I was shooting somehting else I just hit it with a coat. He did the level sanding after the first ten, then we shot 4 more. Final finish thickness at the bridge was about 8 thou.
So it took about 14 months, (one just for inlay stuff)but the first 3 were only every other week. there will be another post tomorrow, the student who was opposite him those first weeks will be done tonight. Its a signature cutaway in birdseye maple, bearclaw spruce, armrest, florentine, shell top purf .. well you will just have to wait and see !!!!
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