TD's Resonator (GHR-1)

[Trevor Davies]

Thanks Tim. I'm waiting for some cooler weather before I can add some water-based poly clear coats. Thankfully, next week looks a bit cooler!

[Trevor Davies]

I forgot to share that I had sprayed the front of the headstock with mtn94 black around the time I added the tru-oil. Both the paint and the Tru-oil have had time to gas-off.

Today I have sprayed on 4 coats of Cabots water-based gloss poly.

I will leave it for about a week, then add a brown burst around the front, and add more clear coats.

[vh2580]

Looking good Trev.

[fender3x]

1+ It's stunning!

[Trevor Davies]

Thanks vh2580 and fender3x.

Work and weather have slowed my progress on this build. But, I have added a logo to the headstock and yesterday managed to add a few coats of Cabot's water-based satin poly to the body and neck.

I think I will forgo the burst. I'm worried about being able to clean the binding after, and also that taping the binding will result in lifting/damaging the clear coats. I should have done the burst immediately after the stain coat!

I have also picked up some open back Grover tuners (98 series), with the push in bushings.

[dave.king1]

That's coming up a treat TD

[Trevor Davies]

Thanks Dave.

The neck is now glued in! There was a tiny gap on the lower side of the neck, which has been filled with some CA glue.

[fender3x]

Almost ready to play ;-)

[Moparnut]

Thanks fender 3x. And yes, string intonation does get a bit weird! I have a Fender acoustic - definitely not 648 scale! The high e comes in around 642 mm! I assume it is intonated correctly - maybe I will check.

Today I have stained the body and neck with FW jarrah stain, diluted to 33%. The binding was taped beforehand, but some stain seeped under the tape.

Then spent a while scraping the binding! Not my favorite job. I used a safety razor blade clamped in a short length of dowel jig.

Then gave it all 2 brushed on coats of wipe-on-poly.

I love your idea about the razor blade clamp for scraping the binding! I've always done it by hand using my fingers as the clamp... I think your idea would be more accurate. I'll be doing that on my next build! Thanks!

[Moparnut]

P.S - It's looking awesome!