These last stages of the build are not particularly interesting for my audience. I do apologize.

Apart from shaping the neck, I’ve been sanding. And sanding. And sanding some more. This does mean, however, that the guitar is about ready to be finished! And I’ve decided that that’s not something I want to do myself at this stage for a couple of reasons. First of all: I like nitro cellolose lacquer finishes. Unfortunately, nitro is not very nice to work with. In fact, it’s pretty toxic. And with no prior finishing experience, no spraying booth and a couple of small kids around the house, it sounds exactly like something best left to a pro.

Secondly, after having put a year and a half into this thing, the last thing I’d want is for me to screw up the finishing. So, I’ve found someone who’ll do it for me and hopefully I’ll be able to drop this guitar off at his shop in the next couple of weeks or so. After which I have to wait for six long weeks for the lacquer to cure. Then it’s ready to be stringed up. Can’t wait!

In the mean time, time to start work on #2!

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