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Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Monty! I’m glad you didn’t scrap this guitar. Once completed you will get a large feeling of accomplishment, and enjoy playing it that much more. 😃👏

Thanks for video Monty, which oil using for shellac polishing here?

Ha ha, good one Monty 😂😂

Thank you for making this video Monty and sharing your experiences.From Scarborough Ontario.

I admire your fortitude and you're wife's support, Monty. My situation is similar yet dissimilar. - I don't like sanding or using power tools if I can help it; I'm much too accident prone for that. My recent heartbreak ruining a top when trying to patch repair a broken purfling with a router taught me a lesson. Less is more and sometimes a card scraper is the better tool for leveling. It's less messy. I also learned that violin makers use this thing called a gramil for inlaying. I found one and used it to redo my binding and purfling. - I also cut my own shellac but in that case I do rely on a power tool to speed up the mixing process. Specifically, I use a coffee bean grinder to turn the flake into finer flakes and a powder. My last batch of 8:1 took just a couple of hours to fully dissolve. I'll throw up a short on my channel (a la the old "video reply" days on UA-cam.) - I also French polish my guitars, so when I cut shellac I do two jars; one 8:1 for sealing the wood so that the CA glue doesn't soak into the wood and one is 4:1 for pore filling (I use a shaker filled with pumice) and French polishing building sessions.

Well done persevering Monty! The lesson can be applied to any of us trying something new. What a grand experience to return and discover you kept working endlessly to move the build ahead. You inspire us.

Mistakes happen to all of us no matter how experienced we are as luthiers. We know we learn from our mistakes. The challenge is how are we going to correct the problem. As luthiers we are problem solvers; which is what you did on this guitar.

I like the idea of a sound port. I am sorry about the setbacks. About your hand shacking, my left hand shakes when I hold something. I mentioned it to my neurologist and he said many surgeons are forced to retire when they develop the kind of shake I have. I am trying not to be discouraged by it.

I always thought that I was the only builder that had too correct the snafu's I encounter with almost every guitar I build.

I love the sound ports on your guitars! So that is my vote 👍 I have a long-term goal of eventually building guitars, and I want to model them after your builds. Keep up the amazing work. Love your videos they are so inspiring.🙏

Condolences for the last hurrah guitar Monty. I'd vote for no sound port but I'm a bit of a traditionalist and kinda resistant to change... Beautiful back and sides wood!

Glad to see you persevered. If you hadn't told us about the problems, we probably wouldn't have noticed. I'm looking forward to your upcoming tool videos as I'm always looking for better ways to sharpen my tools.

Not a real and fair comparison. Compare a $5000 factory guitar with a $5000 costom. That would be meaningful.

That was time well spent! Excellent explanation of the hardwood strips, thank you.

I always love this short! John & I joke about projects and I say “Mr.Monty says there is NO 10 minute job” 😂😂

I have heard some people claiming the non-cutaway versions of guitars sounding better but to me the extra access a cutaway model offers is worth it

Thank you for sharing this information 😊

Another amazing video Monty. We always enjoy watching your content. ❤❤