Tuesday 19th February ’08

the day begins with the careful drilling of the various control holes

the pillar drill is used, with the depth stop set, to thickness the control cavity to 4mm

it is then tidied up with gouges and small violin-makers planes

the control plates have all the necessaries drilled

the nut slot is cut

the back of the headstock is engraved and the engraving filled with padouk dust and glue..

after everything has dried she is tidied up.. and works quite well

in order to match the colour of a PRS.. my favourite blue actually.. some time is sent playing around with stains

but it works out quite well..

the next step is the 15 coats of sanding sealer

front and back..

after several hours everything is dried the entire guitar is sanded through the wet and dry grits

and then several layers of wax are applied and polished

she’s looking quite well.. and the pups are impressed too..

the engraving came out quite well..

and I couldn’t resist installing the bridge

just to see what the final effect will be… tomorrow!

All my best,

Ben

Crimson Guitars HQ