Classical Build - Toscano Guitars Intensive

[Dave M]

Like this:

[bernm]

Like this:

That looks great! Thanks for sharing - I'll keep that in mind for the future.

[bernm]

And the final day of the intensive ...

I arrived at the workshop, and took off the clamps. Here we are with an attached bridge:

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Shaping the heel cap to fit:

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Levelling the frets:

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Adding just a little french polish for protection:

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nut installed:

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And strings going on:

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From here I didn't take any more pics in the workshop. I was too interested in actually testing out the finished guitar. It sounds really good and plays well. Nice attack to the notes, lots of volume.

Here's a pic I took at home yesterday:

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Anyway, I'll stop here for now, but there are more pics to come. Basically, the plan now is to play the guitar for a few weeks and see how it goes as it settles in, see if we need to tweak any setup etc. And then the strings will come off and I'll basically be working on the proper french polishing for a while. The little bit of FP that's on here now is just a basic start so that the guitar has some protection while it's being played in. I'll pop back on here soon and share some thoughts on the intensive overall, and of course a little later when the guitar is fully french polished and completely done. Thanks for looking along with my classical build journey!

[Steve.Toscano]

Looking good.

The finishing schedule interests me. 10 spit coats before going in the aquacoat? Might try this myself. Ive been using Aquacoat on my last few builds but results haven't been that outstanding

I find that with Tas blackwood you need to really get a good seal of the wood prior to applying aquacoat, to avoid the dreaded greening affect.
Other woods i only apply1-2 seal coats of shellac prior.

[Steve.Toscano]

Well done Bern.
Been a pleasure having you in the workshop. Got a bit hectic there at the end. Well done on the awesome build.

[kiwigeo]

Looking good.

The finishing schedule interests me. 10 spit coats before going in the aquacoat? Might try this myself. Ive been using Aquacoat on my last few builds but results haven't been that outstanding

I find that with Tas blackwood you need to really get a good seal of the wood prior to applying aquacoat, to avoid the dreaded greening affect.
Other woods i only apply1-2 seal coats of shellac prior.

Ok I'm with you now. Is there a specific ingredient in the Aquacoat reacting with the tannins in the Blackwood?