Today we celebrate. Yesterday we tightened the last bit of chrome on her golden body. Three months ago our hands drew wide and curvy shapes in the air. We sketched plans in our pocket journal. We visited the hardwood store, carefully weighed beams in our hands, stroked curly grains and went home with nothing but splinters — reconnaissance before buying. Cutting, sanding, gluing, measuring, and imagining brought the amber, purple, and coffee colored planks to life. Her natural linseed oil finish glows softly. Paul is proud of his masterpiece. With this post, the project is complete. Fini! A few more pictures here…. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Three failures and an espresso
We worked very hard this last weekend to wrap things up, but improvised plans can sometimes go bad. Our inexperience slowed our progress. Paul was excited to begin, and started by using the hand coping saw and fine blade Continue reading
Planning for Sunday
We can imagine the completed bass guitar. We put our third coat of old fashioned varnish oil on the wood tonight, and the color continues to get deeper and richer. If all goes well, by Sunday, we will have everything reassembled Continue reading
