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Anyone ever clean out the inside of their guitar? I just cut a soundport in another one of my guitars and the dust bunnies don't like me peering thru the hole at them. Aside from blowing them out with air I can't think of a good way to get 'em out.

I can't believe the destruction in Japan. My parents actually live In Misawa, way up north. But they have been in Las Vegas looking for a house for the past 2 weeks. Glad for that. But my mom has family in Sendai tho. We haven't & won't hear anything until they go back in 2 more weeks. My wife, son, and I were just in Japan visiting my parents last September. Crazy thing is that our original plans were to go on my son's spring break from school which is the last week of this month.  We had traveled thru some of these cities on a trip from the north down to Tokyo. So even tho it's a far away place, it's not so far, hits too close to home.

All I can do is pray for the whole country as they face their challenges each day.

Greyson chance

Don't know how many of you have seen this kid recently. He is really awesome. Very talented.

This is a video from a school talent show last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGe2cwsR-IQ

This is his brand new music video being played right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AU1yyy_At4

My question is, how are people like Greyson Chance and Justin Beiber in the same industry? Talent verses image/hype, how does that work? It sorta bugs me really.

Hey all!! I've been wanting to share my refinishing project so I finally took some pics of it.

So this is my Art & Lutherie Wild Cherry. I love this guitar. If plays so easy!! But I hated the satin black finish and painted on rosette.
I decided to start tinkering with stripping the finish. Boy was it messy.

Here is the back all stripped and cleaned. I like the cherry grain.

Here is the front as of right now. I haven't gotten around to it yet. I want to do it when I have time to finish the whole project so it's un-strung for as short as possible. I'm gonna lose the black pic guard and go with a clear static cling one like I put on my Yamaha A/E.

Something I found tho. There are a few spots on the front that show sandthru of the top veneer layer. I don't know if it's been refinished before. Also the back and sides were the same color under the black as the neck is. A sort of reddish brown.

Pix inspired me to tackle a soundport. It wasn't all that hard to do. I still need to fiberglass the inside of the port, which I should have done before cutting it out, but oh well. I had a hard time deciding on a shape. I liked the guitar pic shape but wanted something different. So I went with the cross. It was alot more intricate so I made the cross fit into the guitar pic shape. That way if I messed up the cross I could just cut it out into the pic shape. I hit the side of the neck while rubbing with acetone and stripped a little off the heel. Notice the filler between the port and the neck. Some idiot drilled a hole for a strap pin there and just below the heel on the back. That's one reason I got it so cheap I think.

Another cool thing about A&L. This leaf on the inside of the guitar on the bottom of the neck block. Dare I say it's a leaf from a cherry tree?

Couple of questions, Would sandthru occur at the factory knowing it would be covered up? Why the brown under the black? And only on the sides and back?

I will finish it in the spring when the weather is a little nicer. I'm gonna go with a black to natural burst on the top because of the sandthru. The back and sides will be natural. All satin clear. I'm not doing the neck or headstock. So that's where it's at to date. I will post more when I get more done.