In times passed, we had purchased a similar unit from Wally World on line. When The Fuzz went to pick it up at the local Wally Mega World, he realized it was a piece of crap. But since they had also damaged it in shipment (although they tried to keep this a secret) he was able in good conscience to refuse it. After standing in several lines to ascertain that his funds had been returned, he went back on line and found this little item all the way from Brazil. It looked better and was less expensive. (We won't say it was "cheaper" because Wally's was definitely a piece of cheap crap.) But we had never actually opened the boxes till now. I am pleased to report that it was pretty nice, made out of real wood and all. But it still needed to be assembled. The Fuzz was quite happy to find that everything necessary was already in the boxes, even the glue. All he needed to supply was a screwdriver. The instructions were completely pictorial, which was good since The Fuzz does not read Portuguese.
Here's a look.
7 comments:
sweet!
that looks nice!
That is nice. Most stuff at Wal-Mart is crap. Refusing whatever it is you refused was probably a good idea.
Did you stain the wood first, or just varnish it?
It's just varnish over pine.
very nice!!
Ah. The natural look. Can never go wrong with that.
I would have probably gone with a light color stain, just to bring out the grain a little more. Then varnish, sand, varnish, sand - then a final coat of varnish.
it would be shiny as a new violin.
I'm just not that ambitious.
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