On Saturday the 20th of December Christine’s mother, Joan, received her guitar at their Christmas.  Before I gave it to her I took a few pictures at home.  Safe to say she was pleasantly surprised…
Enjoy.

Work on 12/13/08 and 12/14/08
With the finish polished to it’s final gloss it was finally time to bring the guitar to life by adding the bridge, saddle, nut, tuners and strings… Oh yeah, can’t forget a pretty label.
Immediately after polishing I roughened up the area that was masked off previously [...]

Work from 12/5/08 through 12/13/08
Time for the stuff that really gives a project life and can cause hours of aggravation: the finish.  There are two major options for finishing a wood guitar: a clear film finish (traditionally varnish or lacquer) or oil.  Oil finishes are super easy to apply.  You [...]

Work from 11/25/08 through 12/6/2008
The sole purpose of the headstock is really just to hold the tuning machines.  It’s never flat with the fingerboard but angled at about 10 degrees so that the strings exert some pressure on the nut.  It can be virtually any size and shape.  Most built [...]

Work from 11/11/08 through 12/4/08
The neck of a guitar is a pretty unique little piece of engineering.  About a quarter of the build time of the entire guitar went into some portion of the neck/headstock.  The neck has to be thick enough to withstand the stresses from the strings and [...]