Sunday night—it's time to hang up the work flannels and iron the dress flannels. It's time to go to bed before 1 and wake up before 9. It's time to go back to work.
I'm happy to have a great start on the upright, reminding me at times of a Viking ship and at others of an old hot rod. Below is a shot of the sitka spruce top. I've burnt in the soundhole outlines which will fair better than pencil marks with all the sanding that still needs to happen.
It's a funny thing, that in order to play louder you need the instrument to play softer (take the electric guitar for example). Acoustic projection is feedback's friend. These soundholes will be burnt and not cut through, making the name rather inappropriate, but helping with potential feedback issues. Keeping with this, I've installed what many rockabilly players use—a double soundpost system.
The sides remind me of a Viking ship's sail or perhaps Beetjuice…
The side planks slowly fade from top to bottom. The walnut remains consistent and the planks between go from pale cherry and birdseye maple, to ziricote, then knotted cherry (which looks quartz-like when sanded), to jatoba.
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