Johnny Foreigner

Seems like it will patch up okay, and the aesthetic damage will be the kind you'd only notice if someone pointed it out.

Frustrating, but not as bad as it could have been. The neck cracked a little near the heel, but not all the way through, so I was able to dribble some Titebond in and clamp and it seems stronger than ever now.

and today I dropped the guitar while oiling it.

From a pretty great height.

Onto a wood floor.

F&^%K!!!

There's a chance the broke bits may glue back. It ain't gonna look pretty, but it might still play nice.

Or it might be firewood.

The cheapest price I can see on USPS or UPS is $71....

The box is 34lbs, which doesn't help.

If u ship to Canada I'd probably be interested

Sure, shipping at cost. It's going to be quite a heavy box though.

A job lot of tools - some luthiery specific, others general woodworking.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110809500718

Starting at $55 with free shipping.

No pics, but a quick update.

I tried doing a burst with dyes.

It looked like Mr Hanky the Christmas Poop in guitar form.

So I ended up sanding everything back and keeping it natural. With the tru-oil, it's actually coming out very amber. Should have pics in a week or so.

I'm selling off a job lot of my old supplies - fretwire, pore filler, conductive shielding paint, knobs, jacks, bridges, etc etc.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110809484087

Starting price is $45 with free shipping. I estimate the value at around $280.

Avengers: feel free to have any opinion you wish to have. But then I'm allowed to have one as well; even if that includes pointing out that you're often overly critical and despite trying to be proper, have a way of saying things that IMO comes off not just blunt and honest, but rude. And in many cases hypocritical given some places you lack skills in.

I'll admit, this one wasn't that bad, it was simply finally the one that made me speak up.

Chris

+1

...but we can all be guilty of that from time to time.

looking great, John! love the stripe and the cav cover.

that's awesome. love it!

and...

2) 47mm body / 18mm blade - convex sole

also in excellent condition, also only used on a couple of build.

$76 new from Stewmac, yours for just $35, including priority shipping to lower 48 (others $35 plus shipping at cost)

Next up... Ibex violin planes

1) 30mm body / 10mm blade - convex sole

Excellent condition, used on a couple of builds only. $63 new from Stewmac, yours for just $30 including priority shipping to lower 48 (all others $30 plus shipping at cost)

My current build it too thin for a regular LP 3 way toggle, so I'm looking at the SG style toggle, but I'm also intrigued by using something like this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1pcs-Chrome-DPDT-3-Way-Guitar-Toggle-Switch-/390363937651?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item5ae380fb73

It's a DPDT and I don't need the second poll, but I want to be sure that it will work just like an LP switch, as in:

position 1: neck

middle position: neck and bridge combined

position 2: bridge

Can anyone confirm?

it's in the right place. I like for my thumb to rest up against it when I'm fretting first.

A little glue line in the scarf, but I don't care, because my lams line up **perfectly** which makes me very happy

alrighty.

Neck carve largely done. I wanted to get the bulk done before fretting, but equally wanted to finish it once the neck pocket was cut so I could blend it in as much as possible with the heel.

Looking pretty nice. I like neck carving. Pretty hard to mess up. My tools were my ibex violin plane, a plastic surform, a scraper and some 60 grit. I'm sure there are probably more appropriate tools, but those are what seem to work best for me.

wet:

NICE!!

Andy, any tips on achieving the burst with dyes? I've seen elsewhere that keeping the wood a little wet helps the blending.

i also like the real honeyburst like this;

hmmm... choices, choices.

Also, this makes sunbursting with dye look super easy, but I suspect this guy is some sort of dye genius...

http://www.finewoodworking.com/Materials/MaterialsArticle.aspx?id=30182

Spraying anything, even rattle cans, is not going to be a possibility due to the fact I'm in an apartment.

I like the idea of a burst of some sort.

maybe like this:

My other concern is that - as this is my last build - I don't want to buy a ton of dye I'll never use again. I like the look of the water soluble aniline dyes from LMII. Could I achieve a decent burst with just, say, amber and red, or amber and brown? I think the amber very thinned could be almost a yellow, through to almost orange at stronger concentration, then a red or brown could pick it there.

hmmm...

lots to think about.

Whatever I do it will be stain plus tru oil. I'm not going to be spraying anything.

Orange could be interesting, and I'd be up for trying some sort of burst with a dye.

This is looking verrrrry nice.....are you sure you want to make it green?

SR

I would be open to alternate arguments if you'd care to make one.

I'm not taking nearly enough pictures along the way, but here's a quick update:

the headplate has been thinned and marked up for the truss rod cover cutout:

And with the inlays done, fretboard glued on, headplate glued on, it's beginning to look a little like a guitar.

Next up: I'm going to cut the neck pocket, get my bridge and pup routes lined, then carve the neck and fret 'er up.

That's what I do to get my neck angles.

SR

+1