Ok, here goes. I have been mustering the courage to begin posting some progress pics of my first "complete" build. For this thread, I am going to focus on a LP Jr double cutaway I am building, but I am also concurrently building 2 telecasters, a jaguar, and another LP Jr single cutaway. I am looking forward to any critique -the good, the bad, and the ugly - you would like to input. I am here to learn .
I did build a bass a couple of years ago, but I cheated and purchased a Carvin neck for it because of the "fear factor." Being a big fan of Carl Thompson basses, I "borrowed" his scroll design mixed in with a few other influences. The bass turned out to be a very nice playing/sounding bass (passive Lane Poor pickup) and I became hooked on the hobby. Here is a pic of the bass just in case you are interested:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hyd...full_front1.jpg
Sorry I hijacked my own post there....Anyway, the LP Jr is going to be made of the following components:
mahagany body
3 piece mahagany/purpleheart/mahogany neck
birdseye maple fretboard
Kent Armstrong P-90 pickup
Grover Imperial tuners
Wilkinson wraparound bridge
the finish will be painted a solid color
So, on to the progress pics:
Here is the body glueup. It is a 2 piece chunk of 8/4 mahog
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hyd.../Bodyglueup.jpg
Tracing the shape on the blank - I found a free CAD template and software on the web
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hyd...anktemplate.jpg
Beginning the rough cutting of the body
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hyd...utonbandsaw.jpg
Here are the neck pieces befor glueup
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hyd...Rneckpieces.jpg
Here is the scarf joint cut (I have to get a better method for doing this )
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hyd...arfjointcut.jpg
Neck after ears glued on and peghead was thicknessed
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hyd...acesmoothed.jpg
Can't really see much in this pic (the fretboard is taped under the steel slotting template), but this is my fret slotting setup. I have the Stewmac blade and steel template. I works very well but takes a little time to get my miter set perfectly.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hyd...ardslotting.jpg
and finally.....Here is a pic of 4 of the 5 I am working on right now. LP Jr is on the far left DUH
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hyd...0telejaguar.jpg
and 1 more
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j140/hydrogeoman/4vrjr.jpg
Thanks for looking and I will post more as I get further along.