What’s Going On in the Somogyi Shop
Mostly sanding is what’s been going on, for me anyways. Simultaneously finish sanding a Somogyi 00 #524, and my own Silverman #1. The Somogyi will be sent out to be French polished, and I’ve started working on the finish for my #1. I’ll be French polishing the body, and oiling the neck.
Somogyi 00.
Back of the Somogyi 00.
Using Ervin’s jig to drill indexing holes, which will be used to locate the bridge.
Endgraft on the Somogyi 00.
With #524 off to the finisher, it’s time to start on something else. There’s various guitars in progress to choose from, but the next priority is #502, a Modified Dreadnought which is up to the binding stage.
The Somogyi bending iron. I wonder how many Brazilian Rosewood sides have been shaped here. I first hand bend the binding, until it can fit into the bending jig.
Then I bend the binding in the jig, which gets it pretty close. It will still probably need some minor touching up by hand.
Binding bent, and guitar ready for binding channels.
The Somogyi binding cutter.
After cutting the binding, and the cutaway tips. Next up is to install the binding…
Silverman #1, sanded and ready for finish.
Rosette details.
Label details.
Endgraft details.
Indian Rosewood back and sides.
Starting on the epoxy pore fill. It took 3 coats to completely fill them.
Sanding the epoxy, until it is removed from the surface and remains only in the pores.
The neck will get an oil finish. I pore filled it too, for extra smoothness. It’s mounted on a tripod ball-head, which makes it easy to reposition.