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Day 5: Creating the rosette and headplate
Posted on 06 December 2011.
DAY 5 – 1/12/2011 10-4pm. I walked through the gorgeous grounds of Montsalvat for another day in the workshop. I think the pet peacock was trying to mate with a duck. The duck did NOT look impressed. It was a little awkward….
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Day 4: Carving back bracing, kefred, picking soundboard and cutting the neck.
Posted on 06 December 2011.
DAY 4 – 29/11/2011 10-4:30pm. Wow, got a lot done today. Piece by piece it’s coming together. Things I expected to be ages away are happening now. Think I’ll miss the process when it’s all done. But there’s still a way to go.
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Thank you for a great year!
Posted on 30 November 2011.
G’day friends, Thank you for a terrific 2011. Thank you for the lovely people who provided me a place to lay my head when I was on the road, for the many people who purchase my CDs and help sustain this musical journey, for community radio who’s support is undying, and to the venues and [...]
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Day 3: Carving Back Bracing
Posted on 30 November 2011.
DAY 3 – 24/11/2011 10-1pm. On arrival today I was to test if the glue had repaired the inch crack through my cutaway. No. Workshop master Chris, had hoped we might be able to salvage my broken sides, but despite after heating and wetting the wood, the slightest pressure on the wood re-cracked the cutaway. [...]
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Day 2: Creating the Back of the Guitar, Bracing, and Hand-Bending the Cutaway
Posted on 30 November 2011.
DAY 2 – 22/11/2011 10-5:30pm. It’s now been three weeks since I last worked on the guitar, as I’ve been away on tour. And I can’t tell you how much I’ve been itching to get back into the workshop to continue.
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