{"id":110,"date":"2009-09-14T20:49:03","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T00:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/?p=110"},"modified":"2012-08-07T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T17:19:07","slug":"goodness-sealed-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/?p=110","title":{"rendered":"Goodness.  Sealed in."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"body_content\">\n<div id=\"nav_layer\">\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-110 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/?attachment_id=215'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/sealed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/?attachment_id=216'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/cjeichinger.com\/diamondeyedjack\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/whole-front-sealed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A few weeks ago, I commented that this project had reached a milestone.\u00a0 Today, it reaches its first moment of truth.\u00a0 One of the ironies of building an instrument from scratch is that, in spite of all the advanced planning and prep work, certain fundamental qualities do not reveal themselves until well into the building process.\u00a0 One of those is color.\u00a0 With all the agonizing over wood selection and template placement, I still could only guess as to what the color of the instrument would be.\u00a0 It is not until the wood receives its first sealer coat that the wood comes to life, and its true color is revealed.\u00a0 The best I could do was to look at previous builds and try to compare the finished products with the unfinished woods used to create them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body_layer\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>These pictures show a fully carved and routed guitar with a few coats of wood sealer applied.\u00a0 Eight months after commissioning this project, I finally know the color of the guitar, and it\u2019s pretty much exactly what I was hoping for!\u00a0 From the beginning, I was hoping for an overall dark color with a nice reddish contrast against the grain &#8211; and as you can see, that\u2019s what I got.\u00a0 The top has kind of taken on a three dimensional quality, as the grain starts popping out.\u00a0 Also, the figuring of the Curly Maple core and neck is nice and deep, another aesthetic decision made early on that I\u2019d hoped would materialize.\u00a0 Take a look at the unsealed guitar from couple of posts back, and see for yourself what a little sealer will do!\u00a0 Susan at Alembic says this top is one of their finest representations of this type of Coco Bolo to date &#8211; I agree.<\/p>\n<p>Alembic will apply more layers of sealer (drying and hand sanding between each coat) before the inlays are placed.\u00a0 After that, another bunch layers of sealer will go on, as many as necessary.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll try to post some additional pictures of the sealed wood soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, I commented that this project had reached a milestone.\u00a0 Today, it reaches its first moment of truth.\u00a0 One of the ironies of building an instrument from scratch is that, in spite of all the advanced planning &hellip; 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