Bizman62 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) Touché! I got a memory overflow issue at "pooping", not being able to store anything past that... Edited August 6, 2019 by Bizman62 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted August 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 I got the control cavity and pickups routed out this morning. The c/c was was mostly freehand, but I have a template for the pups. That's all for outside today, but I brought everything inside to glue on the binding while watching TV. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 The binding route on the headstock was about 1/16" too deep. shit Well, nothing to be done about it now. On to damage control. I took some binding and split it with my beloved scrollsaw. This will give me much "shorter" pieces to mess with. All I could do was glue the pieces above the other and TRY and make up the height. Then I bathed the join with acetone and binding "sawdust", hoping to melt the shavings into a slurry and jam it into the line. Success was spotty. An error this glaring eliminates it from future GOTM contention. cest la vie Some judicious sawing, chiseling, and filing gave me a pretty decent shelf for the plastic nut. To be 100% clear, I don't actually use a nut per se. I use a zero-fret. This is a fret placed where the traditional nut would be. This makes any un-fretted strings ring with the exact same tone as the when fretted, making the nut material a moot point. The plastic nut then becomes a string guide rather than a true nut. [voodoo] So much is made of the nut material influencing tone. Once the string is fretted, the nut is out of the equation. Therefore a zero-fret makes a consistent tone regardless, eliminating the nut material question entirely.[/voodoo] Next up is gluing on the fretboard. Here's the mandatory "march of the hammers" shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 was thinking "why in the world did he finish binding the whole thing if it was short"... then saw your recovery. nicely done. cudos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 32 minutes ago, avengers63 said: The binding route on the headstock was about 1/16" too deep. The fix was awesome, but wouldn't it have been easier to get a piece of wider/higher binding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted August 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Bizman62 said: The fix was awesome, but wouldn't it have been easier to get a piece of wider/higher binding? Perhaps. But this is what I have on hand, and I'm a cheapskate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted August 10, 2019 Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 16 hours ago, avengers63 said: I'm a cheapskate. That's a valid reason. Although my wife and I prefer to use the word "economical" in cases our decisions are made to minimize monetary losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 I got the neck 99% shaped today. The heel area still needs some real "by hand" love. Normally, I'd have all of the shaping done before attempting any finishing. BUT.... I start a new job next week. This screws with everything because I'll be on the road M-F, only home on the weekends. Clearly, this significantly cuts into my available time. I'll be using my "away time" to let the finish cure, then finesse the heel when I'm here. I'll be finishing the heel shaping before I buff out the top, and putting a towel down so I don't gouge it on the table. I'm also using poly on the top instead of lacquer. No, poly doesn't need that long to cure. but why wouldn't I let it sit when I have the opportunity. It's water-based, so I need to get some linseed oil into the top first, so it still has that "warm oil glow" we all love so much. The oil is still wet in these pics, but y'all get the idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 man that looks great. nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 13 hours ago, avengers63 said: This screws with everything because I'll be on the road M-F, only home on the weekends. Clearly, this significantly cuts into my available time. Welcome to my world. Although I'm not on the road, the course providing the workshop facilities is wintertime only, five hours every Saturday. 12 Saturdays before Christmas, another 12 before May 1st. My current project has been in the bag for the last few months. Back to the real matter, she looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZekeB Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Sharp looking guitar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post avengers63 Posted September 29, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 I finally had time to buff up the finish. I'm out of Maguiar's, but it's just as well since I haven't oiled the back yet. Almost there... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Before I polish the finish, I'll be leveling and polishing the frets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Let's get some shit done today..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Good gawd... I forgot how long it takes to properly lay out the peghead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Little by little..... And I'm now out of shielding tape. It turns out that I don't have the proper screws to mount the pickups. Alternatively, the route is pretty tight in the corners. So tight that I really don't think the pups are gonna move willingly. In other news, I don't think my 1/2" brad point bit can get any more dull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Very classy looking build going on here John. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 For maybe the first time in my history, the wiring had -zero- issues. I NEVER get it right the first time. But to balance that out, the action is ridiculously high. Good thing I'm not gonna gig with it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splintazert Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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