Well... after an unbelievable evening of fun and friends and playing some fun music with my good pals Jon and Rod, and Julian, and celebrating Mishies B-day, we finally arrived, after a long morning of travel got settled, unpacked and prepared, I finally attended the first dat at Roberto Venn! A long HOT , HUMID Day but very good as far as learning goes- mostly getting aquanted with the woodworking machines like planers and table saws etc. getting our tools squared away and meeting folks and getting aquainted with our surroundings, we finally selected wood blanks for our first guitar body which will be Telecaster style and I have opted to make it a baritone guitar (simply because I do not have one!) But that may change. So we planed, sanded and joined the wood halves (alder) glued and clamped, thickness planed after gluing, and tomorrow we will cut out the template and rout all the body cavities for pick-ups etc and will probably have a finished, body by friday or monday. Minus the actual finish, then we will prepare the rest of the guitar, make the neck, and all the other parts later next week. So it's all happening FAST. Alot of young people and two other other gents that are my age and one even older! I am beat! so I will post a couple pics and will not update till the weekend.
Some shots of RV and my workstation, far right and some machines as well as the template.
Over all a very productive day. Make sure to look at the Roberto Venn website for a little history of the joint.
http://roberto-venn.com/http://roberto-venn.com/
Looking good, man. Can't wait to see the finished works!! Be well.
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