Bizman62 Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 Some of you may remember the El Pish which participated in the GOTM contest in April. Well... I had not given her the attention she needed simply because I just didn't like the neck. It was good for noodling but there's no noodlers in this house... So I took her outside to the garden and spent the afternoon with a scraper, a sanding beam, a half round file and some sandpaper. The neck changed shape from something more common in classical guitars i.e. with a flat center to a modern C. Sanded to 320 grit, wiped with a damp rag to raise the grain, sanded again with 400, raised the grain, sanded with 400... Rinse and repeat until no grain raised. Applied some Osmocolor clear and rubbed it in with 1000 grit wet'n'dry, wiped the excess off. After some hours now it's playable but not fully cured. I can say it suits my hand much better now so an afternoon well spent! Maybe next year I may find the volute area or the body join to be too chunky and redo one or the other, or both. Or maybe not. The beauty of wood is that you can redo everything as long as it requires reducing material. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 It’s amazing what taking a bit off the neck does to a guitars playability. I recarved the ziricote one before I finished it and on using it properly for the first time at rehearsal tonight, I can say it’s transformed the guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 that guitar is really nice... i esp like the back. something really attractive about it. so it plays better for you... mark that down as a win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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