…Fitting the mother of pearl Bailey logo…
We decided the logo looked better across the top so I went ahead and did it.
Inlaying is great fun….It’s a very simple process but it does take a bit of practice to get really good. It helps a lot if the surface to be inlaid is black – ebony is great for this. If you use black glue, this fills any gaps and becomes pretty much invisible, the inlay then looks crisp with nice clean edges. Lighter coloured wood like maple are much harder to inlay…..
The guitar now has it’s topcoats of lacquer and is looking very shiny. Now it will hang for as long as possible before polishing. The longer its left the harder the finish and the easier it is to polish.
So the next blog about this guitar will be on assembly day when the guitar is finished….It has to be done by xmas so thats plenty of time…..meanwhile I got some repairs to do.
Better get on with it then!