Finally got back into it and have managed to start applying the T.O.
Unfortunately the pine has developed some hair-line splits it in several places. I’m not sure if it was the heat or the humidity, but I hung the body on the clothes-line after applying the first coat of T.O. (as is my usual custom) and several hair-line splits have appeared in the pine. I guess the problem is that the marine plywood is so stable it has not given the pine any chance of movement and the pine has split. Either that or it is a result of the rubbish job I did with the gluing that has let me down.
I have now applied eleven coats of T.O. and the splits have remained stable so I am hoping that sealing the wood has controlled them.
From a purely cosmetic point of view if the splits stay as they are I can live with them (as DB says, they’re not faults, just character traits). I just hope they don’t open up later with changes in the weather. Like a lot of things with this guitar, time will tell.
So far I am quite satisfied with how she is going, and have enjoyed the build to date.
Still a few things to do, but the end is in sight. It will soon be time to start thinking about Lynn #13 I guess. Lol.
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