Almost There...

01:25 Today was an exciting day, when I finally got a chance to see the guitar, or parts of it, in their final version. I had received pictures from the painter of the work in progress, but the real thing looks even better. There's always a little apprehension when something you have been waiting for and working on for a long time finally comes to fruition, but it just vanished as soon as Jose Ramos showed me the body of the guitar in all of its freshly painted beauty. See for yourselves:



The reason Jose came to see me today was to sign the headstock of the guitar. We had a long discussion on whether we should use some more mechanic methods such as printing the signature, or rather to sign it by hand. In the end we agreed that if the whole instrument is hand made, it would be a shame to spoil it with a "fake" signature. So he came over today for the seemingly simple task of signing the headstock. Well, I don't know if it was the surface, the marker, or just the pressure to for once in my life write something intelligible, but it took me ages and a thousand tries in order to get it right. Jose was at the ready with an alcohol soaked rag to clean after my messes the whole time! In the end, thanks to tons of perseverance and a bit of luck, I managed to scribble a decent enough signature.


The neck is now back with the painter as the headstock has yet to be polished. It will eventually look like the body of the guitar. Tho body is now in Jose's hands for assembly.

If it all goes according to plan, I will fnally get to play the thing Thursday or Friday, depending on our schedules. And that will be the trial by fire. Until then, I'll just look at the pictures and drool...