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Good stuff so far!

I'll be watching!

I miss doing this stuff so much! I'll be watching

I just noticed that you didn't do a zero fret on this guitar. Did you have a change of heart?

sorry, I don't really know what the deal is with ccs... All I know is that I bought a snowblower, and the guy at Depot was all "oh, everyone's getting rid of Horse Power, because its not an accurate measurement now. Everything's being converted to ccs." Annnnnd, I figured with the whole overseas thing going on in this thread, that some kind of conversion was appropriate. Now that its been clarified, I'm going to go with "Yes. post-nuclear diesel is what I was getting at!"

Fun fact: when i read this, the voice in my head has a Finnish accent. I like the humor in the posts as well as the mystery! I wanna know what that mysterious chamber is all about! Its like... a chamber of secrets... I like the "Whole thing done by router" technique you're using here. Its a versitile tool when used properly, but it is also a tool to be respected, with the amount of hp/cc put into that one little blade... Also, I want cake now.

Is it easier to measure for a multiscale fret layout? I imagine it'd be more forgiving looks wise, but not so much intonation wise...

Awesome work!

i think its flawed at the 1K mark... You said your budget was:

You type very well! I never would have known.

Damn... How deep are the extra routing dings? maybe you can just level it off and touch up the OFR cavity?

It looks awesome! are you gonna throw some finish on it? I'd hate to see it chip or discolor.

I try to use special purpose things for their intended use. Wood glue for wood, superglue for frets, epoxy for non repairables (grain filling, body points, etc.) I dont use hide glue that much though... except for violins... like usually i'll build the whole thing with a dremel, wood glue, and poly stains but when i want to go through the authentic experience, i'll use chisels, planes, hide glue, shellac (its whats available... i dont have nitro), and wood dye.

Very cool! I'll have to look into making a set of templates like that sometime.

Well, it IS a kit. I was expecting derailment, or ignoring. But then again, it is a bunch of guys going "OMG I MIGHT GET TO SEE HER BODEH!" so i can pretty much forget being ignored. I'm totally learning a bunch about Mahogany though! :popcorn:

I bet you the bottom join is african, and the rest of it is phillipino ONWARD!! So I went over the piece for a few, and I went through the grits between 60 and 600 getting rid of all the little dings, factory sanding marks, and splotches of mystery stain that I found all over the thing. Its nice and smoothed out now, and the only mystery stains are on the tail side. There's no getting those out, because that's end grain. I then did some measurements and found that this kit didn't have a neck angle built into it. Since my router is in storage, I had to make a shim out of some spare mahogany from my SG build. So... shimmed, glued and clamped! Next, I'm going to make some mahogany plugs with the plug cutter, and fill in those bridge mounting holes. I gotta go to storage to get the plug cutter though... I might as well pick up the router while I'm there. More later!

Ah! Right, I forgot to mention that. The guitar is listed as "solid mahogany." Its not the reddest looking mahogany I've ever seen, but *shrug* looking at the grain closely, and comparing it to the mahogany body I have for my SG, I'd say it might be... its really light weight though...

And we will top it off with a little bit of shotty routing. Looking at this, I can say that it is obviously a second. No big deal. I can fix up just about everything on this thing, except for the blemish on the fretboard... I've never seen anything like that... [edit] I'll try the Danish Oil. Thanks! It feels odd compared to the rest of the neck as well... The neck fits the body pretty snug, which is nice, but there is a bit of a gap near the bass side. Also, forgive the messyness of my place. Someone just moved out, and I haven't quite gotten everything where I want it to be yet. I haven't really even decided if I want to live here, either.

At least all the joints are nice looking. No gaps Blemish on the heel. I can fill that with a mixture of CA and wood dust. Again, the guitar is being painted, so no biggy there. And a sizable ugly thing on the fingerboard.. not too sure what to do about this... Even with the blemish, the fingerboard is straight, and the frets are level.

M'kay, here's what we got! The electronics and parts are fine, so we're just gonna box those away for now: Right out of the box, the first thing I noticed was that the body is not a one piece. All this means is that it is a prime candidate for a solid finish. As I took out the electronics and control cover cavities, I got a good look at the front pick guard. It looks like it had shotty craftsmanship at best. This is easily fixable with a scraper.

I think every glue has its place. I use wood glue to bond wood to wood in any case, and i use superglue in my fret tangs before i tap them in. I'm currently using epoxy as a grain filler.

The acid streaks in the grain would throw me off so much when it comes to making that center line to route on for the truss rod. Good times! I'll be watching this now that I'm not tied up!

Several things: 1. I like the wood/binding combinations! 2. The shape and contours didn't appeal to me at first, but now that I see a finished stock, I can see where you were going with it and am impressed. Good clean work! 3. I love to see little teeny wood shavings. It means you took your time, used proper bits, and made sure the project was done correctly before moving on to the next step. 4. All in an apartment? I love the balcony view while working on these kinds of things, but I bet you have some angry neighbors lol. 5. That pink towel is awesome

If you did a natural finish that just seals the wood, and weren't too worried about the stainless being level, it could be very pretty. Hard as **** to cut, but none the less, very pretty. I could see some guitars with very small accents of SS in it I guess... It shouldn't affect the sound. It might make your tap tone a little dead, but other than that, if you were to inlay small amounts of steel (say something the size of a quarter or dime in random areas) I doubt it'd have any noticeable before/after results.