The Waimea slack key guitar is almost ready for the spray booth where it will get its lacquer finish. It now has two coats of sanding seal and one coat of pore fill. It will be sanded back and then head into the spray booth. Its flamed curly Koa back and sides will pop under finish. The sealer and pore fill give only an indication of what’s to come. Hang in there, Jeff, it won’t be long now till you will be playing your new guitar!
James shows Jeff Cook the progress on his flamed curly Koa “Waimea” slack key guitar. The body is complete and some neck work has been done. The headplate on the slotted headstock is book-matched Madagascar Rosewood to match the binding, bridge, and end graft. Now the neck is ready to carve. It won’t be long, Jeff!
Below, Jeff checks out the Madagascar Rosewood purfling on the inner edges of the soundholes. He’s ready to play this thing, but hey, he’s just going to have to wait a little bit longer. The dove tail joint can be seen in these shots; the joint is also a bolt-on. The best of both worlds.
The bookmatched Madagascar Rosewood endgraft on the Waimea slack key guitar is complete. The purfling is “black-white-black”; the “black” is dyed Holly and the “white” is Maple and so is not actually white. All binding on this guitar will be Madagascar Rosewood, so coming into this endgraft on each side, top and bottom, will be more Madagascar with hand-mitered purfling at each corner.
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