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We pore fill with Z-poxy - two coats or thereabouts until all pores are filled then a 50/50 wash coat to even out the colour if necessary.

And that's correct - two sprayed coats of the Ubeaut Hard Shellac.

John - the mahogany is Swietinia macrophylla, plantation grown in Fiji. Top is some of Shane's Lutz.

The bridge and bridge plate are Brazilian Rosewood.

Once the shellac has cross-linked (about 28 days)we use the Festool sander with 400 grit paper to flatten the finish and then use Festool 1000 grit and then 2000 Platin 2 discs. The Platin 2 is like a micromesh disc.

This is all done dry.

We have only started sanding out the finishes this way in the last few weeks since Lillian kindly organised a Festool ETS 125 for me from the States and the results are very promising.

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Bob that looks awesome...I am sure the sound is the same!

Congrats!

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I'd love to see the guy's face who gets that for Christmas!
Such a pretty guitar, Bob. Nicely done.

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Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

The guitar was handed over to Ade this afternoon.

I gave him a link to this thread so he could have a look and got this email from him

This is what makes it all worthwile.

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Ta for the link m8, the snakewood/mahogany combination
has certainly impressed your colleagues on the luthiers forum.

What can't be detected in the pics, is the feather weight of it. Absolutely magic.

Cheers and thanks again from one very satisfied customer.

This is the most unique instrument I've ever owned in my life and the sound......the Sound......THE SOUND!! is incredible.

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That's cool!

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WAY!! Cool!

Keep it up Bob!

Merry Christmas from the land of tractors with snow blades!

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Maybe you need snow blades for your Llamas, Shane.

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