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RE: "Luthiers share your creations" thread
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n85ae
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RE: "Luthiers share your creati... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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Thanks for the comments! Anders, you are right. It's like the wood is in pain, and sounds TERRIBLE when you first string it up, it was a VERY disappointing feeling the first time I played it, but I didn't say anything to Dad (he might read it now). However I was still going to keep the guitar! After I got the Golpeador installed, and started beating on it a bit, then that's when it completely changed in character. After that I was thinking, OH!!! Now I like it!!! A LOT!!! I really like the guitar for a lot of different reasons. Aside from that my Dad built it. I also like that for example I saw a little defect that I didn't like, and I just took it out to the shop, grabbed some sandpaper and the shellac and "fixed" it. Which is nice since with French Polish it's really simple to make fixes. Yeah, the French Polishing part is just something you have to do until you get a feeling for it. Every time the pad hits the surface is different, so it's all about "feel". Maybe too sticky, maybe too wet, maybe too much oil, not enough alcohol. You just practice until you sort of know what's right. Now that I have done the french polishing, I would truly agree with your point, that you sort of have to develop your own way. I had to fix a lot of mistakes with sandpaper while learning though ... :) I have a piano which I bought a while ago, which is old and has a shellac finish, so that might end up being the next french polishing project. Jeff
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