It looks like it will be another week until the guitar gets assembled and sees strings. John found a small area in the nitro on the top near the end block that had shrunk into the grain of the Carpathian spruce that required touching up with an airbrush. A delecate operation no doubt! The area will now need another week to dry before it can be buffed. In the mean time, John selected a lighter piece of riftsawn Ebony to make a belly bridge and also made a thin Ebony pickguard.
While it feels like forever at this point in a build, it is actually a good thing. 6-week dried nitro buffs out better...
