Saturday!/Sunday

Saturday we got to work on our builds all day as usual, i got a lot done, including the first coat of color on my electric. We are doing a very subtle and natural looking burst, im really pleased with how its coming out. I also got my neck glued up for my acoustic, and the rest of the kerfing put on the sides, and even the braces that go on the back. Sunday is our day off so everyone usually just hangs out around the house, some people go to the shop for a few hours, but i like to enjoy my day off and not wear myself out.

Thursday/Friday

The past 2 days have been pretty busy prepping our guitars for the first couple coats of filler. Most of the filler gets sanded off after its dry, and it helps to seal the pores of the wood so it will give it a more even finish. Today we got a little lesson on winding our own pickups, which was really awesome, but kind of boring sitting there watching a wire go around 5000+ turns. I got the first coat sprayed on my guitar, and the wood looks amazing. Let me post some pictures to give you an idea..

1st/3rd: my guitar 2nd: neck blanks for the acoustic 4th: brian teaching us how to wind pickups 5th: Jons total at wendys!!

Wednesday

I got a lot done today on my build. Lets see, i drilled holes for the volume and tone knobs and countersunk them, drilled a hole for the input jack, did a lot of final sanding on the body so it will be ready for the spray booth, and even got the frets put in. I also got the chance to join my back for the acoustic, and bend the sides! I've decided on doing a very light translucent amber burst on the body, ( on my electric) so that i can still see the awesome birds eye's on the maple. Hopefully my stuff from stew mac will arrive tomorrow!! Here are some pics..
1st: Frets being clamped in overnight 2nd: Tim and I bending the rosewood sides for the acoustic

Monday/Tuesday

Today we pretty much worked on our builds all day. I worked on inlaying my initials on the headstock. it was pretty tedious work, but i got it done after about 2 and a half hours. its pretty hard to get those tiny little circles to match up. Nothing exciting has happened recently, so let me get some pictures up..

1st: initials inlayed roughly, still need to do some final sanding and filling. 2nd/3rd: my honduran rosewood back and sides for the acoustic. Tim said it looks and sounds an awful lot like brazilian rosewood (which is extremely difficult if not impossible to find)!! It sure does have some crazy figure to it huh?

Sunday!

Finally a day off. today was pretty exciting, me jon lee guy and jess went into the city to get lunch and walk around. There was actually a big block party that we walked around in for a while. We ending up eating at the hard rock cafe, and it sure put a hurtin on my wallet. 15$ for a cheeseburger! Anyway, we went back to the house and hung out for a bit and went to brian's bands show down in atlanta again. Brian's band (Armazilla) was pretty darn good, then a few other bands played that were pretty good too! We are finally back at the house around midnight and its definetly time for bed.

Block Party!!

Hard Rock Atlanta

Underground Atlanta (underground mall pretty much)

Music Hates You

ARMAZILLA!!!!!!

Saturday!

Today we got work on our builds pretty much all day again! i didn't really get much done because i glued the neck into my body and that has to dry overnight..Mostly i sat around and played guitar and got some small things done like mounting the pickguard and the bridge. The rest of the bigsby has to be screwed down on monday. For lunch tim and brian took all of us out to a mexican place (we called it little mexico). Needless to say it was pretty much all hispanic and no one really spoke great english. Anyway i got a chicken quesadilla (sp?) and it was pretty good. I also ordered a bunch of tools from stew mac so they should be coming in around wednesday! Next week should be pretty exciting. Here are a few pictures.




The first two pictures are of the neck being glued in and the bridge temporarily mounted. The last picture is on the drive to the mexican place.

Friday!

Today we got to work on our builds all day for some reason, but thats fine with me! i got a lot done today and feel pretty proud of myself. the guitar is coming out better than i expected! Let me get some pictures up and explain them...

Ok so the first 3 pictures are the inlay work i did this morning, its pretty tough to get those little pieces to fit exactly in there, so its teaching me a lot of patience. (we all know i need some of that!) The 4th picture is my guitar mocked up so you can get an idea of how it will look, those knobs are cut from the same board as the top of the guitar so they kind of blend in! The last 2 pictures are me routing out the cavity for the mini humbucker ill be installing!. its getting pretty close!! i cant wait!