A Guitar Called Jack--Part 35

- Here Gerry has just glued in the mother-of-pearl inlay into the fingerboard. The glue is epoxy tinted black. The "JW" inlay is clamped down to ensure it doesn't float in the epoxy. The stars do not need any clamping. They're not going anywhere. It might be a few days before Gerry sands the glue off entirely. Epoxy can sometimes take a while to get fully hard. In this shot you can also see that the purfling lines have been installed (white-black). After the glue is sanded off, he will install the binding to give the fingerboard its full width. You might also be able to see that he has done some initial radiusing of the fingerboard. This is a 12" radius. The final radiusing doesn't happen until the binding is on.