Update:
So I've been out of my shop for a while since I've been really busy with school and other things, but I got back in this week and got a lot of work done on this guitar and some other projects.
I don't recall what I last posted but this is what I have done
- Took about .75" off of body thickness bringing it to 2 inches after top is carved
- Made a new fretboard (old one was destroyed in a terrible router radiusing accident.... RIP....)
- Inlayed board
- Radiused new board (I made a new jig since i was so paranoid from...well...I don't want to talk about it...)
- Angled headstock to accommodate for slanted nut
- Glued on fretboard
- Glued on maple cap for headstock
- Filed out slot for nut
- Shaped most of the neck and volute (in the 2nd picture you can see how towards the heel I didn't shape as much yet since I don't know how I'm doing to do the transition to the body)
- Side dots
- Routed neck cavity
- Routed pickup cavities
- Drilled electronics/string holes
- Carved out the "Belly Carve"
- Cut all frets to final length, in preperation for "semi-hemi/quarter spherical/bullet fret ends"
So here is where I am:
I'm gonna do final sanding on fretboard, then fret the neck
When I was routing the neck pocket I made a stupid mistake and had the neck placed too far into the body (the holes had already been drilled for the bridge); luckily when the neck was slid back into the position its supposed to sit it fits near perfectly. To compensate for a 4th contact point being lost i'm gluing the neck with WS epoxy and am filling in the extra neck cavity
Also when i was drilling the holes for the strings/bridge the bit twisted inside the body and came out crooked in the back regardless of how slow I went and how many times i backed out to clear the hole....so to remedy this i filled the holes with epoxy and tried again....exact same results...any ideas on how to fix/cover this?
Also how should I do the heel transition, I'm considering two things, the first one how it is right now, the heel just follows the shape of the body (but its strange becuase where the lower strings are ends abruptly); Or a Myka style transition, what do you think?
Now to some pics; enjoy
Here are some other pics
EDIT: on the first picture it looks like the pickup routes are uneven, I assure you thats just an illusion
Kenny