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  1. How'd you cut the slots for the letters? That looks sick!
  2. I like the natural coloring, and the compromise on electronics (2 pickups)
  3. This is probably a dumb question, but is it necessary to bend frets before hammering them in? Im sure it makes things easier but I need to know if its necessary to purchase/make a fret bender
  4. Im just gonna fill them and sand it down flat, much simpler
  5. Thanks everybody, I hope I'll have more pics of progress soon, but it might take a while since school is starting in aw few weeks :/
  6. Eh, before I have destroyed a large amount of scrap wood with the router and have a bunch more experience under my belt, I'm probably gonna stick with either filling it or possibly sanding it down
  7. Thats what the plan is but I'm wondering if the filled parts will have a different texture or if the paint will cover it
  8. The unblemished front The FUBAR'ed back
  9. I recently started my first build. Its a basically a tele-custom body shape, im planning on putting a single humbucker, (lp jr style) with a volume control, to get my feet wet in wiring. Havent thought too much about the neck yet, but im thinking 25 1/2 scale length, 21 frets. My local lumber yard is a little dumb so I ended up getting two long poplar planks and cutting them into three pieces each which i stacked 3 high and 2 across. This led me to having an excessively thick body, as i was aiming for 1.75 in. I purchased a router and figured I'd use this to cut the body down to thickness. I had no prior experience with a router so after a few practice runs on scrap, I went to the real thing. Most of the process went pretty smoothly, until, ... oh god no... fuuuuuu... When I looked at the body I saw several "pot holes" where I accidentally, tilted I thnk is the right word, the router. Now I have no idea what to do, maybe fill them maybe sand it down, I just dont want to make it too thin. Ill post pics soon...
  10. That looks cool, definetly following this build
  11. Get someone with a strong arm to hold it for you, it shouldnt move around too much, if you cut a little outside the lines, you should be fine
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