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Plus I polished up the logo and lacquered over it to hopefully stop the tarnishing. I had only polished the name when I took this pick, not the banner part yet.
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And I’ve built a pick guard out of veneers, and the top layer is striped maple like the back and sides, but the same stain I used for the neck turned the pick guard chocolate brown, not in this guitar’s palette at all. I’ll have to paint it black after all.
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A few little details, that, plus I have enough side dot materal left to do the four on the highest frets, #15- #21, at least on the right handed side.
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There will be some finishing details but they can wait until the very end, if I can make it work. Now mostly, I have to see how long I can wait for the glue to cure before I string it and carry on setting it all up. The cleat resets the counter for that, I’m at Day One again.
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EDIT TO ADD: I realized I really have no data, no previous experience of doing these things with these glues, the Revenant was a completely different job and when I did this sort of job before I hadn’t yet heard of hide glue, the Vega’s fretboard is never coming off again. I have no idea how long to wait.
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I just guessed that I ought to give it a month, but having no real clue and nothing to do, I doubt I’ll be able to wait that long.
I suppose a week after the cleat
thingy (and two weeks after the break and the fretboard) is my guess at a minimum, that’s when waiting will get difficult. That would mean next weekend.
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