A Guitar Called Jack--Part 57

This is a shot of the headstock with about 9 coats of lacquer, after some preliminary leveling of the finish. The final leveling won't occur until early December after the lacquer has cured and shrunk back. You can see that some areas are dull and some are shiny. The objective is to get the entire surface to be dull, which means it is entirely "leveled". Gerry put another 3 coats of lacquer on today, and will add another 3 when he returns from a short trip to Toronto. At that point, the guitar is hung to cure.