Guitar School Adventures Episode 3: Boxing, Binding and Bonding

Week three few by, it was just a week long blur of work. At this point my top back and sides were ready to be glued together. A little bit of dremeling and some "go-sticks" or "Go-Go-Girls" as I like to call them and I realized that all this wood I have been carving and sanding looks like a guitar. A sickness had begun to roam around the school. A few students got hit and missed a few days but as a class we were pretty far ahead so it wasnt so bad. Wednesday and thursday were pretty slow and steady. Brian gave us a brief lecture on pre-war martins and such, and how they used to "tune their tops" in the old days as compared to today. He then used a makeshift neck steamer out of an espresso machine and a plastic tube to remove a neck for a neck reset. It was quite the experience and I great opportunity to absorb some knowledge instead of following orders. By the end of the week we were all caught up and the day ended with another blow out of the shop. Saturday morning was a huge breakfast, french press stumptown and cleaning. My house mates and I went searching for a game system of sorts to have for the house but we couldnt find anything except at a pawn shop where they had either ALL the games but not the system or the system but absolutely no games. Hopefully we can find something to further cement our luthier bro binding experiences. Thats all for this week, stay tuned for the next episode. -G