Bionic Dave

Dude this guitar looks like crap. Get some skills as a luthier bud.

Joking

You just hold your horses.

I am working on it....

I'm skilled so thats why I use this. you need to step up your game.

OK so the rough carve is done just have to drill the pot controls and switch control holes and carve them into the top.

Dude this guitar looks like crap. Get some skills as a luthier bud.

Joking

What kinda neck pocket jig ya usin'?

Chris

It's on page 2 it's a Myka style jig but I made it fully adjustable and out of extruded Aluminum. I also use it for neck angles in the top. Works great.

Ok I got the binding done, as well as the neck pocket. I must say though I got the idea of the headstock binding and neck binding from Myka.

Every builder is a designer.

binding work.

Looks Fantastic Brett.

Keep the pics coming.

Fretboard is glued and binding channels are cut for the neck and headstock.

I like filing my fret ends like a crazy moron.

Great videos thanks for sharing.

Dave

I'll take a pic in my wife's tights and underware next time.

It's just under a inch.

Neck

Look at my toes.

Started the carve.

More.

Carve penciled in.

Thanks Grant.

Here's more. Top trimmed up to body

Recarve/ landing zone

Cutting the neck angle

Cool

Why did you use 3x3 tuners on a online 6 headstock?

For starters you shouldn't be checking your intonation with a harmonic. Always fret at the 12th fret.

Check the distance from the nut to the 12fret whatever that is then double it that's the scale lenght. Then check the bridge saddles for rough distance the tune to open. Then fret the 12th and check for sharp or flat the intonat. Then retune and check again. So on and so forth.

Dave

Now thats some funky quilt. Lookin good there dave

Master grade quilt. It's been glued to the body over night. Time to start work on it.

Update in pictures.

You got enough headstock material for a 24 stringer.

SR

I was just saying that to the wife last night. It's been trimmed down now. The off cut is for the pickup rings and Volume and Tone knobs.

Dave

I know that headstock is just a Ibenaz headstock with the bottom missing. But man dos it have Character. the strings running over nothingness is a sweet design. It will look like a harp.

I could have too. but I decided to make 2 and use the rest for other stuff.

This one is getting a 59 lp neck shape.

Got some work done on the neck. Scraf joint cut and glued and truss rod channel cut.