Custom Guitar Finishing
The Vayu prototype is coming to a close. I've finish sanded, stained, and sprayed the guitar. I prefer to use a waterbased lacquer for finishing. It has all of the hardness of solvent based lacquer but it's non-toxic and environmentally friendly. Once all of the coats are finished the results look wonderful. The lacquer has now dried and I'm in the polishing stage. I use 3 different grits of polish to achieve a mirror shine. After that I'll do an install of the hardware
Vayu prototype coming to life
I've been working on a new prototype for several weeks now and it's coming to a close. The Vayu is a single-cut version of the Prana model. It has 24 frets and a 25" scale length. I'm also experimenting with a new neck profile, it's a Slim V shape. Like the Slim C it has a taper from .77 to.82 but has even less of a shoulder. This style of neck is great for those that wrap their thumb over the fretboard like Jimmy Page and Hendrix. I'm going to be putting a ZerO Glide n
