Martin Taylor pops in to check progress on ‘The Chet….’
Jul 20, 2009 @ 17:51
It was great to see Martin again – when he visits he usually picks up a guitar at some point and suddenly the workshop is filled with beautiful sounds. Its surreal – I really don’t know how he makes them sound like that but I will be signing up to his Guitar Academy to find out. This time however we spent all the time talking about the Chet.
He seemed to like the work I had done so far….especially the Celtic knotwork. In fact he decided he wanted the f-holes done as well!……In the first picture I’m probably thinking ‘OMG… how am I going to make a Celtic knot in the shape of an f-hole!’
After he had left I started on a design immediately and it just fell into place. I just made a very simple cross over in the middle and it looked great. I don’t know what I was worrying about……coff….
They did look a bit chunky until glued in place – I made them oversized so I could glue them on the inside, underneath the f-hole itself, which becomes the border around the edge. They had to be fixed accurately in the centre for this to work. I used magnets and a couple of clamps to do this. I LOVE magnets….I will definately write a post about ‘magnets in the workshop’ soon….
The f-hole knotwork was glued in unfinished so the glue would take (last picture), and brushed in afterwards with sealer and a coat of matt paint.
Click here to see Martin’s entry in his blog about the visit.