Sealing With Shellac and Varnishing Rosewood

1984
DS#269   BRB1 p.264            
Neil Hebert                                                                                           

▪ This guitarmaker has adopted finishing techniques that are often reserved for violins, and claims that in eye and tactile appeal it is superior to lacquer. Particularly important is how he deals with rosewood’s tendency to bleed color, a problem that fiddle finishers don’t have to face.