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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

I have been a Los Angeles City firefighter for 20 years. I work in the Glassell Park section of Los Angeles. In 1985-1986 I worked for Charvel/Jackson in Glendora, California. It was a great experience, regardless of it being just a $5.00 an hour job. I worked in the wood shop and did the inlaying and fretting. I did get to see Neal Schon, from Journey, in one of his videos use a guitar I worked on and fretted. That was over 23 years ago. I was watching MTV with my cousin when I saw the guitar. I said, "Jim, look, I made that guitar." "And how much did they pay you...?" he asked. "Five dollar an hour" I told him. "Five dollars?...that's it?" Then he changed the channel. Making only $5.00 per hour puts things into perspective. But it still was fun. Now, it's just simple tools and equipment. It ain't perfect, but it is fun.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Amost done except for some sand-throughs.

I sanded with 400 grit and then went to 600. 0000 steel wool was better at getting the orange peel off. The areas of sand-through were at the neck heel and on the rear area by the tuners.
It was hard to hit that and builkd up the finish there with the spray, so I will stay with brushing. I can load up where I need to without any runs, that occurs with spraying. I touched it up with my fingers. After I finish sanding, and before final polish, I will brush some finish on the edges as insurance. The Bob Hendrickson rosewood acoustic was finished with brushes and had no sand-throughs. Maybe operator error, but the proof was in the result. I like brush as it's what I was raised using.

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