Signature Guitar Update - Final Meeting
00:40 Today (technically yesterday) Jose Ramos and I had our final meeting regarding the guitar. The lovely Miss Hidalgo came along and took some great pictures. This is a great one of... me!
The instrument is complete and in the next four or five days he will be polishing the body, mainly the contouring, based on the last directions I gave him today. In general, he had already done an amazing job, but a few things had to be changed in order to make it just right. And here, any small changes means taking file and sand paper and getting your hands dirty. I have to admit, when I saw him take this big file and start scrubbing it on MY instrument, I got scared.
My main concern today was getting the axis at which the forearm connects with the body of the guitar to be correct, and we spent plenty of time with that, as it is one of the key elements in an instrument.
One other extremely important thing was fretboard access, and some work needed to be done at the juncture of body and neck in order to make the higher frets easily accessible. I am feeling so very happy and priviledged with this beautiful instrument, I can;t wait to put it on tape for you to hear.
I have a meeting this Wednesday to make all final decisions regarding the electronics of the guitar, and probably next week we'll be meeting with the painter. Once he is done, I'll finally get to do something, adding the signature on the headstock! What would they do without me!
The instrument is complete and in the next four or five days he will be polishing the body, mainly the contouring, based on the last directions I gave him today. In general, he had already done an amazing job, but a few things had to be changed in order to make it just right. And here, any small changes means taking file and sand paper and getting your hands dirty. I have to admit, when I saw him take this big file and start scrubbing it on MY instrument, I got scared.
My main concern today was getting the axis at which the forearm connects with the body of the guitar to be correct, and we spent plenty of time with that, as it is one of the key elements in an instrument.
One other extremely important thing was fretboard access, and some work needed to be done at the juncture of body and neck in order to make the higher frets easily accessible. I am feeling so very happy and priviledged with this beautiful instrument, I can;t wait to put it on tape for you to hear.
I have a meeting this Wednesday to make all final decisions regarding the electronics of the guitar, and probably next week we'll be meeting with the painter. Once he is done, I'll finally get to do something, adding the signature on the headstock! What would they do without me!
posted by Andre at 12:37 AM
2 Comments:
It looks amaaaaazing!!! Congratulations!
Well thank you. All the people who have seen it are telling me how great it looks, but I think its main strenght is in how comfortable and "friendly" it feels. And hopefully, it will sound just as good :)
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