After a hiatus over the holidays, I finally returned to the LP to finish it up. I touched up a few finish imperfections, fitted, trimmed and slotted the bone nut and went through a setup procedure. The truss rod adjustments were minimal but it worked smoothly and well. For me as a non-player, I set it up basically to a Gibson factory spec but the action is slightly lower. When I take it to my son in a few weeks, he can tell me how it feels to him and we can go from there. Hopefully, I won't screw up any last minor adjustments such as blowing the nut or something.
Here are a few pics. We finally had a nice sunny day in Houston. Hopefully, you can see the true color of the dark edge of the burst a bit better. It looks black in a lot of photos but really is a dark brown. All the hardware is gold as is the fret wire.
Front body shot outside
Back body shot outside
Front close up inside
Hardware close up inside
Carve and hardware
I hope you like it.
I'm happy to have this one finished. I've already have the wood and ordered the parts for the guitar for my third and youngest son. He's patiently waited while his older two brothers got theirs. He wants a PRS style, single cut but in a 7 string. According to PRS, they don't make a 7 string singlecut. So, once I make some progress on that one, I'll show you all.
Thanks.