Bizman62

Pretty, down home like a summer cottage! Start by checking the nut height. Less than 1 mm between the first fret and the string is low enough to start with. You can use a pick of 1 mm, if it barely stays between the string and the first fret it's good. File the slots deeper if needed, the highest point being at the very edge on the fretboard side. After having adjusted the nut check the action again. If it still is high check that the neck is straight. You're aiming to have it to give just a little in with the string pull, without the strings a stiff neck should be perfectly straight. You don't want a hump in the middle of the neck since that will buzz! If all that is well and done and you still have your action too high, recessing the bridge by double the amount you need to lower the action at the 12th fret is an option. A lower bridge might also be available.

Happened to me too a couple of times but fortunately only thinned my fingerprint. That's too easy to do when using a large belt sander for thinning a tiny little piece like the switch cover of an LP. Actually I lost one such disk, it flew somewhere into a wood storage. Those incidents taught me to use double sided adhesive/masking tape+super glue to attach such pieces to a block big enough to hold firmly.

At our class there's a pretty girl, small and slender with long hair - isn't 28 still a "girl" or is that infantilizing? Anyhow, when she started she would have her hair open, not using earmuffs or goggles when using power tools. It didn't happen once or twice that I handed her those. She then used them with a "come on oldtimer" face... Now during the last Saturday of this spring I noticed she had her hair tied to a knot while working at the pillar drill and later having earmuffs and goggles while routing. When I thanked her for taking care of her safety and reminded her about her earlier attitude. She told that having heard so many horror stories from the rest of us and elsewhere including YouTube she had started to think it would be better to be safe than sorry. You should have seen her face when we discussed a potential scenario where long hair were grabbed to a circular saw, splicing the face! Very good reminder, mistermikev!

too far... Should I try to guess the missing letter where the three dots are?

Hmmm... on another forum the now retired admin (meaning he's an old fart himself) started a thread about how one would describe or name his/her fart. Some of the names were hilarious, some more obvious. Just remember, there'll come the day for all of us when you just can't trust a fart any longer...

Speaking about idioms, 32 going on 14 or 44 going on 4 ring no bells here... Back to the subject, how about redoing it to something similar than the Carvin in http://www.projectguitar.com/forums/topic/49668-what-is-this-guitar-pic/?do=findComment&comment=577558?

1/8" seems thin to me in an unfinished body even though the body is only partially hollow. There's not much left to sand off. Had it been my project, I'd have been pissed seeing how beautiful the back of the guitar is compared to the neutral looks of cedar. It's almost bookmatched! If the bottom is thick enough I might be tempted to cut along the bottom of the cavity and make the inside a top - or a lefty with the current bottom on top. That quilt definitely wants to be shown!

Well, she really looks like I hope you do. I mean, perfectly functional with some marks of a fully lived life and some subtler hints about being on the second half when viewed closely.

Shiny anatomically perfect curves, what's not to like? Congrats!

or to a more attractive guitar!

Do you prefer commenting here or on the YouTube?

Thanks for sharing, doing some study knowing what it is makes me want to build one! Or rather, build one inspired by it.

I just noticed a feature I may have to add to my current build: The gap for lifting the plates! And the way you've addressed the "all access neck" - does that allow for using the neck pickup as an extra fret?

I couldn't describe her better in my native language! Forums like this really broaden my expressing skills in English, hopefully still leaving the grammar I learned at school intact.

I can only help with what I've learned about lacquering the fretboard. For what I know it's done after hammering the frets in. You apply the lacquer and when it's (semi) dry you scrape the tops of the frets clean. Cut along the bottom of the frets in an angle for a clean seam. Or something like that. Hopefully I got that right.

That sure is difficult to find with Google! If the player were recognized, there might be something about his gear published.

You sure have the right tools to view your ideas in beforehand! In the limited size of the images it's still difficult to determine which one looks the best and I really can't tell ivory from gold there. Further, is that just an outline dividing the two in the lowest image instead of a thin black stripe? Each of those looks like the headstock would benefit from the same sort of binding. For food for thought, think about where the instrument will be played. If you're going to wear black and have a dark background on the stage, a wide light coloured binding will better show where the guitar is. Vice versa against white clothes in a well lit stage the black outlines would better emphasize the instrument. It's all about contrast. Don't know if you've heard the history behind the TV white/TV yellow colour, anyhow according to one story it was invented to show the guitar as white on a black and white TV instead of an overexposed lump of pure white.

Wiser words have rarely been said. What adds to knowledge adds to pain. Waiting to hear how she sounds, and I'd also like to feel the neck.

Anything I can do to help a fellow builder

Not everything... The low E tuner is slanted. Dusting off just the guitar only spreads the dust airborne and while you put the rag back in the cupboard and get your camera it will land again on the shiniest surface around. Hoover the entire house and wipe the sofa and the carpet with a damp rag before wiping the guitar. Your wife will love you for that!

So many well thought of details! I once saw someone argue about having binding with a rounded edge. In this case hell yes, definitely! Well done!

That's starting to look like an interesting project to follow.

Outstanding! Reading the previous page and trying to understand all the diagrams would have made my hair grow grey if I had any... Well done young man!

Less is less and more is more but which how much is too much? Gold on black looks always good but what colour is the actual binding going to be? If it's cream like it seems to be on the bass, then no gold purfling for me, thank you. A dark binding matching the top with a gold purfling sounds yummy. But of course this is just my opinion. Ivory/cream and gold can be a good combination as well as can be seen in some luxurious estates featuring golden faucets on a marble sink, marble tiles on the walls and floor, golden mirror etc... But there's no black in those I've seen.

Do I read the image right? You're going to rout a cavity to the bottom for the headstock? That definitely looks neater than the headless SG with the headstock sideways at the edge and it also features straighter string pull at the bridge which is always a good thing. What raises the most concern for me is the six posts right under your wrist. Cut the strings carelessly so the ends stick up and you'll end up slashing your right hand radial artery.