I just got back from the shop of renowned luthier, Jay Lichty, in Tryon, North Carolina. I was there for 8 days filming what will become an Online Advanced Ukulele Building Course. This ukulele course takes Heidi's Litke's course to the next level. It will include an arm bevel, soundport, custom rosette, slotted headstock, pinless bridge and even instructions on how to do a waterborne finish.
I had a fantastic time filming with Jay and getting to know him and his wife better. The Girl from Ipanema kept us well supplied with Brazilian coffee as we filmed.
That is the good news. The bad news is that the filming was the easy part. I hope to be able to weed through the footage and do the editing in time to have it available sometime in the first quarter of next year. These things take time but it will be well worth it.
My most recent online course is being well received. This course was filmed at renowned finishing expert, Jeff Jewitt's shop, and is about how to apply a Urethane finish to a guitar. Jeff Jewitt is the go to source on anything finishing related. He has written books on the subject of finishing and is a contributor to Fine Woodworking magazine. He also runs his own finishing supply company called Homestead Finishing Products. In the past we did a course together on spraying lacquer. In this course he takes it to the next level and shows how to get a factory high gloss finish with urethane.
Learn about:
- Surface prep - the secret to a high quality finish
- What an isolante is and why/how to use it
- Why polyester and urethane
- What do dry, cure and burn in mean
- How to use dry transfer decals
- Spraying basecoats
- Sanding the finish
- Spraying topcoats
- CA glue for finish repairs
- Dry sanding vs. wet sanding
- Leveling and buffing to a high gloss
- How to remove the finish in the bridge area
I have been finishing guitars for many years and my best finishes were done using urethane. Now all the information and expertise about this finish is available in a comprehensive, easy to follow online video course from Jeff Jewitt.
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