…No rest for the wicked…
Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7
On the course everyone works at their own pace, making something totally unique, so it is not unusual to have a few minor snags in the seven days. Just in case we do run over we now plan in extra time for the day after a custom course.
We ask our course participants to keep the morning after the course free, for any tweaking time that may be necessary for niggles that there wasn’t time to fix. It gives them chance to really try out the guitar to make sure everything is OK before they take it away. Some of these guitars go a long way home so it is important to have this time to make sure everything is as it should be. Mostly it is not needed- Nick and Kevin didn’t need it but Dave certainly will.
Dave was up against it from the start with such a high spec design but had always planned on a full gloss for his guitar so was always intending to leave it with us for spraying. At break time Dave got out the Archtop he made here with us last year so I could take some photos. Then it was straight back back to work. As it was just me and him in the workshop progress was very fast. He made short work of drilling holes for the the pick up wires, strap stud and jack socket. The neck joint has now been done and the top is now carved. We won’t worry too much about making him sand it perfectly as we are going to spray it here anyway we can finish that for him.