…..for the resting of the fingers on……or ‘Ebony and Irony’
Jun 7, 2009 @ 11:39
Work continues on Martin Taylor’s guitar….The finger rest is made from two pieces of ebony – one for the mounting block and one for the finger rest itself. This guitar had an unusual recess on the neck, to house the mounting block, so extra care had to be taken to make sure it was a good fit. This makes the rest much more solid – I might try that myself in future.
Whilst working I noticed a small split in the neck where the old screws had separated the wood. Super glue comes in several different thicknesses – I used the runniest – it is great for this sort of thing as it penetrates deep into the crack for an instant fix.
After that it was fairly straight forward to fit the pickup. A small recess was cut into the rest before gluing it on with epoxy. The mounting block was also attached with the same glue.
To finish I sanded the whole thing to 1500g before polishing it on the buffer.