Well, its been raining for 4 days with terrible flooding, and it finally stopped and the sun came out. I was able to get back to the shop without a boat and guess what. Nature had done what I was afraid to do, simulated the environment that caused the damage to the new guitar body in the first place.
Yes, it was like a sauna when I walked in. I felt the guitar laying on the bench and the wood was very pliable and the glue was soft and mushy enough to put it back into shape and glue it back together. Wow, was I surprised. The picture of the hygrometer was taken about an hour after I opened the door and turned on the fan. It was probably 90% and about 85 degrees F when I first walked in .
I immediately grabbed my glue (yellow resin glue this time) and blue painters tape and went to work. Shaping and molding like a sculpture. It was pretty wild. It was like the guitar building Gods were looking over me. I was afraid to stop until I was complete because the conditions were changing rapidly back to normal.
Looking at this picture it looks a little lop sided, but who cares, we're moving again. It will never be perfect, but what in life is? Character comes from adversity, and this baby has had its share of that!
Will fill you in later with another update on this and some other stuff I'm working on.. I picked up some necks from the Martin factory that are sweet...thanks for checking on me..
Robert
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