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    Almost missed on the nut. The nut will end up sitting on the headplate now. This is a brand new design so I haven't quite worked out all the gotchas yet.
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    Back to the machine for neck profile. I don't use the CNC to shape the neck just set the thickness of the neck using math... no guessing. .6" from fretboard. That leaves me .1" to play with when shaping. Flip and do the frets Not sure I like using the CNC for fret slotting but it is too easy...
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    Roughing in headstock on yet unnamed test guitar.
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    couple of power chords so she can fake some AC/DC
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    Time management is the key these days... tomorrow I probably only will have a few hours in the shop. It is probably better though as it will keep me fresh. I will start uploading directly then.
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    RAD -- Guitars

    Images added to a gallery album owned by RestorationAD in Member Galleries

    Pictures of finished guitars
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    Sentinel_1600x2400-1_zpsf2b8a6a3.png

    From the album: RAD -- Guitars

    Ebony topped beast
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    So you are uploading pics straight to the site?
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    I think I have decided on a Bridge and it is non-traditional... I have a TonePros wrap around in the box but I like the Gotoh 510UB better. http://g-gotoh.com/international/product/510ub.html Here is the real issue. I like my 16" radius fretboards. I like my 1.75 wide necks. All the TOMs and Wraps are for tiny little necks. So I am going to go with an ABM 3256c in Chrome. http://www.abm-guitarpartsshop.com/Hardtail-Bridges/Modern/ABM-3256/ABM-3256c-Chrome::415.html?language=en Yes because I plan to play this thing I am using chrome hardware and a fixed modern bridge... Also ordered a set of Chrome Sperzels for it. Need the lighter weight tuners on an SG for balance. I did extend the top horn a bit over a standard SG as well (like Diggins did on Old Boy http://www.jaydeecustomguitars.co.uk/old_boy_standard.html)
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    Eh.. Spent my holiday weekend in Fredericksburg VA with my marine virtuoso bass playing brother back from a tour of Japan. We had a blast. We exchanged a few gifts... his gift to me was a flame top 1990 Fujigen RG 570 MIJ (lived in Japan its whole life) and in return I gave him the first guitar I built when I started building again and a 1996 MIJ Jackson Kelly I had laying around...I got a vintage RC10 RC car he reconstructed to boot. Looks like I won out. We tuned up his Steve Harris P-Bass replica I built him (armed with my copy of Steve Harris' Seymour Duncan P-Bass Pup) and taught my Daughter a few chords and why you don't run RC cars in the house. Not a bad weekend. Hope you survived Harvey. Bracing for Irma now. I will find a new host for the photos cause I hates photobucket. Unfortunately I have a pro account and need it to keep all the old threads photos alive.
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    Hmmm... sounds like an image proxy thing. The gallery is here --> http://s284.photobucket.com/user/restorationad/library/SG_2017?sort=3&page=1
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    Cheers! \m/
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    Not creepy at all. Thanks!
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    Really liking this project. So Battle of Evermore.
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    Btw i cut it twice to make sure the waves end up in the finished board.
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    Fer f*ks sake never trust a router.
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    Ehh fer f*cks sake. Those threads are huge. TL;DR. Plus this is the three year later me. I am building for me not as a business. I get to do whatevs i feel like! CHEERS! Also glad i could contribute to this forum. I learned some things here. I was inspired by some of the old guard.
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    Hell yes. $12.00 scrap bin Macassar ebony. I love my local wood supplier.
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    Better but still not what I would do. But that is cool cause it is your build not mine. Cardboard cut outs are never as cool as finished products. Hope you get to start soon. Cheers!
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    Back to the SG
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    Of course it chipped
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    Ok day two. Never make the headstock blanks wide enough..
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    Umm needed a test neck to remember how to do some of this stuff... so here is another project that I will finish in step.
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