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i ment to stick it at the end of my last "what ive been up to" but the thread's been closed.
any way, Claire's post motivated me to share those pics with you guys and gals.
i was getting this guitar ready fot finishing and wiped it with naphta,looking for the odd glue stain or against the grain sanding scratches.
i took some pics and i hope youll like'em:









hopefully itll recieve its high gloss poly finish tomorrow morning.

have a good week y'all!

Udi.

That is really coming along nicely.  It'll look great under finish.  Keep us updated.

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thanks!
yep, that camatillo is so dense it takes a very fine polish...gotta get myself a few more sets of that.

very nice!! I love Camatillo!

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
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Nice job Udi, good looking tone machine.

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Udi,
this is unquestionably the best outcome of the students strike. you should name her after Baiga Shohat.
Beautiful.

hehehehehehehehehe...zakk, no politics allowed in this forum ;) besides i already named it after our wonderful minister of education - Yuli.
maaaaaaaaan i just love doing' nothing!
by the way, the bridge is done and finish will be applied today.

Golda...now thats not a bad name for a flamenca blanca.
ill try to remember that.

Gorgeous! I love that camatillo
...how is it to work with?
Is it oily like cocobolo?

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Chris, ive yet to work with cocobolo(only bindings) so i cant quite compare the two.
i can say that it is heavy - much heavier than indian rosewood.
its also pretty dense.
i havent experienced any problem gluing/bending it,BUT it did completely "flatten" a brand new sanding belt which was used on the thickness sander to take it down to workable dimensions.

so ive started applying the finish.
i usually use nitro but decided to try polyurethane on this one.
ive used a matte polyurethane finish from and italian brand called "ilva" a lot in the past to finish furniture and liked it a lot.
so i called the local "ilva dude" and convinced him to give me a free sample of their highest gloss poly + the appropriate hardener and thinner.
it looks promising...







Udi.

Oh wow Udi, thats beutiful.
I'm admiring the shine there.
As well as the fact that you can take photographs with absolutely no hands

cheers,
Claire

Hi Udi - a great looking guitar, I had no idea that Camatillo could look like that.  A friend had a set and it was as purple as Barney!  Thanks for the pics,

Laurie

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Laurie,
it is purple, it just looks very different under different light...here it is with the camera's flash on:



now thats a whole different color...

Man look at that grain POP!  That is beautiful to behold.

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That's really beautiful. The bindings and backstrip appear to be ebony,what did you use for the purflings?

Thanks,

Ray

Heh! "Promising" indeed! What a great looking guitar!

Ray,
the purflings is just the common B/W/B .
but with the black being "swallowed" by the ebony on one side and by the dark rosewood on the other side, the white really pops!

i m currently working on a similar guitar only using honduras rosewood for B&S and caspian spruce for the top.