Originally Posted by
Mike Sherman
You should try to at least get the finish applied before the move so it cures during the moving process.
Great point, Mike. I hadn't thought about it from that perspective. Of course my sprayer is already packed, but it's not a big deal unpacking it. But I'd have to spray outside, something I haven't attempted yet. I'm worried about dust and debris sticking to the wet lacquer.
My biggest challenge so far has been with mounting the pickups. I think I'm set with the neck pickup but am still trying to find an aesthetically pleasing way to mount the bridge pickup. I glued up some pieces of koa and maple, in reverse to the order they are on the guitar, to see how that might look.
This is the attempt at creating something with ebony. It's just a rough design that I abandoned when we agreed ebony didn't belong there.
You can see what I'm trying to do. In coming up with a design shape for the koa/maple cover, we tried to once again take curves from the headstock but it just looked weird. What do you guys think? Do you like the reverse order of woods? Should I try to incorporate the wood from the fretboard? What about the shape? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
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