RestorationAD Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Extra shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Thin. Still a lot of carving to take place. A look at the back after the heal has been roughed in and before shaping the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Here is where I leave off for the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Starting on the neck. Roughed the heal and volute in. This will have a fast D shape neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Throw the neck on the new neck shaping jig (see the other build for details). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Neck finished shaping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Wet headplate. Wet neck. I like to see what it is going to look like with finish. I also use it to spot glue and bad spots on the bodies before staining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 A few shots of the back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Got the fretboard ready for fret work but ran out of time. I guess I will get it one day this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Time to start laying this thing out. First up bridge. I have described how to do this a lot of times so here are the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Now that the 2 outside holes go all the way through flip it and do the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 You will notice I didn't drill the middle holes at all... I just marked them for the 5/16" brad point bit. Then I get a measuerment for the depth and drill the ferrel holes. A trick to keeping them all aligned is to use a guide line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 After drilling the holes we do a recess for the lip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Humbucker routing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Ok I was picture happy early and then just kinda lost track of what I was doing. Anyway... so I routed the neck pickup and cut the tenon for the HB route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 The electronics cavity layout. This is so much easier now that I have all the measurements and templates listed on a sheet of paper on my wall. Why did I not think of that before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Time to do the radius on the back... but first a few shots of the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 3/16" radius to set the depth of the carve. This will have the soft edges like the other one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Carve Progress picks. I always start at the arm rest and work towards the horn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 The spalt on at the but of the body was very difficult to cut evenly... a little CA and some hand sanding with a curve sander and all is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 I am tired now and that is when mistakes are made so I am stopping for today. We are not done. The horns have to be softened a lot... the edges are too sharp at this point. Once I soften this I will harden the spalt and sand it up. Maybe tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 More pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HuntinDoug Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 I'm really digging the top on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DogNate Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 oooh... looking good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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