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Muzz

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    I'm not super stoked with the final color here but I think it will do. Hindsight is always 20/20 and at this point I with I would have just listened to my instincts and left this one unfinished on the back.

    At this point I'm not about to sand back and start over though as I want to start spraying nito tomorrow morning. It is what it is at this point. Maybe I'm being too critical. In the end I think it will look just fine. What do you guys think?

    Mate the guitar is looking fantastic, and to answer your question, I would do some more work on the colour of the top, the blue is really poping in places and duller in others, it's just a matter of sanding back and re-staining until you get it just the way you want it. All the best with it :D

  2. Routed the channel to 10 mm deep

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    The end around the truss rod nut needs another 1 mm on ether side, I used tape to adjust the router guide +/- 1 mm and widened the channel at the headstock end. Again blocks of wood to stop the router.

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    It came out not too bad, the widened section is a bit longer than it needs to be, no biggy.

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    Squared off the channel with a craft knife and a small screwdriver, it's a snug fit so hopefully no rattling.

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    Next step, cutting out the neck,

  3. Not much to do on the body now until the neck is finished. I did some more work on the neck. Drawing out the profile.

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    Marking out where the truss rod is going, I drilled guide holes for the router at either side of the route. As a drill guide I used my invention, block of wood with hole drilled in it, Avengers says that he invented block of wood with hole drilled in it, but he totally ripped off my idea :D

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    I put the router bit in the guide hole and then adjusted the router guide to sit against the straight edge of the neck blank.

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    I clamped down bits of wood at either side to stop the router at the same points each pass.

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  4. Where I come from, cricket balls are red.

    I meant the balls of THIS cricket... :D

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    black

    hope to start next week... stay tuned :)

    It is going to be as black as the balls on that cricket? B) well it's not going to be very black then, because that cricket is a female :D

    That big spike coming out of her rear end is an ovipositor

  5. But it is telling me my blank is still too thick, too much of a drop on the headstock

    Why or how would too much drop be a problem on a non angled headstock?

    Looking good Muzz, this is fun to watch.

    SR

    Cheers Scott, I am having fun with this.

    But it is telling me my blank is still too thick, too much of a drop on the headstock

    Why or how would too much drop be a problem on a non angled headstock?

    Looking good Muzz, this is fun to watch.

    SR

    For the tuners closest to the nut, there may be a little too much tension to allow accurate / easy tuning. & if its a very high jump in level the low E & maby the A string just wont hold on the tuning post.

    That's it, I would also be worried about a weak headstock.

    Tomorrow is a public holiday, I am going to study the diagrams you sent me Paulie and start drawing up the dimensions of the neck, I am thinking 23 frets, just to be different, I think it will also suit this body.

    Trying to work out if I can make a template which can be used to cut out the whole neck and stop router wobble.

    I have wondered the same thing recently and thought of a 4"-5" wide template with each edge being profiled, one for the left side and the other for the right side of the neck. That way there should be enough support for the base of the router.

    Liking the shape on this.

    The burn marks could be due to the router staying over that area to long.

    Yep that's along the lines I was thinking Jaycee , perhaps a truss rod channel route in the template to align it to the neck.

  6. But it is telling me my blank is still too thick, too much of a drop on the headstock

    About 3-4mm from the bottom of the fret board is enough. Do you have any drawings of fender necks ? I can send you some if you want. They illustrate it very well. PM me with a mail address & ill fire you some cad files or pdf.

    Fantastic, will do :D

  7. Worried about router burn? It's time to change your manpon.

    Practice neck coming along OK

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    But it is telling me my blank is still too thick, too much of a drop on the headstock

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    Trying to work out if I can make a template which can be used to cut out the whole neck and stop router wobble.

  8. Loving the shape! Personally I would have gone for a slightly less pointy treble horn, but I get what you're aiming for :D

    Hey, glad you like it, yes the treble horn is pretty much a knife's edge at the moment,

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    I am not decided whether it is going to stay that sharp, it will probably get blunted just a little somewhere along the way :D

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