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I saw this tip on the Crimson Guitars blog the other day ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fiwc5yGHn4
Caught a couple of hours of dry before the rains came again. Managed to finish the main carve of the top and started on the back.
Here's the top:
When it's had its finishing applied, it will be more this shade:
I've also done the main relief at the back - still got to do the two scoops at the base of the horns:
Also got to add a touch of extra cutaway at the top waist to do to even it out:
I'm hoping that tomorrow is dry as forecast so I can do the scoops at the back and tidy up the outer edge and the flat surfaces of the top and back. By the way, I do it this way round as the planing, spokeshaving and scraping quite often results in dints and dig-ins along the edge - b****y irritating if the edge is already tidied up and perfect!
Thanks for looking
Andy
Time for the final carves and the last dry day forecast for the week
Crucial thing now is to work towards a weight. As I said at the start, the chap I'm doing this for has arthritis in his neck and needs a light bass - which the Cort is. My hope is that I can carve it down to a weight, eliminating the need for an extra 'control chamber'. Before the final carving tweaks at the back, we are getting pretty close:
The Cort Luthite body is 1428g and the solid walnut body is 1462g
Back to the final carves - the horn scoops at the back. A combination of rasp file, medium file, curved scrapers and sandpaper got me here:
Now was the time to finish-sand the edges.
Then all round finish-sand. The top now came up like this:
I'm shamelessly stealing @WezV's technique of sanding wet with Tru-oil, to create a grain-filling slurry. I've yet to decide whether to also use his technique for a fabulous tru-oil final finish or my normal wiped-on Ronseal, but the latter is completely compatible with the former anyway so I can try the tru-oil and, if I cock it up, still go onto a gloss finish
The final colour is going to be something like this:
I still have an option to sand down the top a bit more where the control knobs sit but, presently:
Cort Curbow : 1428g
Solid Walnut: 1422g
Result !!!!
Thanks for looking and your encouraging feedback
Andy
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Heading towards the final coats of the Tru-oil, using @WezV's method. It's coming up really nicely. Silky smooth to the touch...
The final stages should get a satin sheen without losing the 'real wood' feel.
I've also got a bit of finishing off to do for the control knobs recesses and I am going to attempt to do a matching control cover in walnut. Because of the grain, I'm not totally sure it's going to work (it might warp too much) - if it doesn't work, I'll just use the Cort cover.
Then drill a few holes for cables, earths, etc and it's ready for reassembly
Andy