RVA
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I put the bridge bushings in before finishing because I did not want to hammer into a fresh finish. However, they took a beating in the final pre-finish sanding and post-finish sanding. Advice on a better approach would be appreciated
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After some more sanding.
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My improvised scale ruler. Very professional! If anyone can suggest a real tool, it would be appreciated!
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My ridiculously imprecise method for locating drill points for the bushings. I was off by almost 2mm and had to file the bridge slots to make it fit. Serves me right. I have since purchased transfer punches, but that is probably not my of a step up
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My bridge locator rig. This method is usually done with a trapeze bridge as you probably know, but this worked
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After fitting the neck and body with threaded inserts. Cheap Chinese neck, atrocious fretboard (more on this later). I will likely replace it if you good people can teach me how to make a decent neck
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My first angled neck pocket! I measured how much I needed to lift the template to get the desired angle and then propped it up with a shim Target: 3 degrees. Result: around 3.75. I'll take it!!
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Cavity routing. In the process, I gouged yet another template. Infuriating!!! Bye bye doggie!
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After edge routing ang some rough shaping. I use a Milwauke 3" buffer/sander freehand for shaping, which is the best tool I have right now. Note the amateur router burn on the perimeter!
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And the glue up. Got clamps? Yeah, we got clamps
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Side by side
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Here she is off the bandsaw. The dog image is still hanging on, but I am sure you realize that will be short lived ! And here is her matching alder back
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So I bought this walnut top because my employee and I were convinced we could see a floppy eared dog in the grain. So did my parents, and my mom asked me to name the guitar after her deceased doggie, Chloe. Here is the bookmatched top after glue up next to the 2 plywood cauls I cut for the top to back glue up. So do you see the dog image?
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Thank you very much. I enjoyed your build threads and videos!
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Beautiful artwork! Nice job and congrats on your first build!
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Thank you for the compliment. After seeing your work, it means a lot to me.
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All the bodies were built from scratch from blanks. And I assure you, what little ego I had is gone after spending time here!!
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Thank you. Yes, walnut top and alder back
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Anyway here is my last build And my current build - Finally another shape!! I have much to learn, but I am happy with my progress so far considering I have no experience with the trades (suit and tie guy here) and I started scratch building a year ago.
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Yes, quick pickup switching and knob manipulation without losing time in the song is a skill set I have not mastered (among many others). As a home player, the pressure to execute does not happen unless I turn on that darn, unforgiving recoding device! BTW, there were so many posts and pics for which I wanted to hit like, but it seems I am presently limited in that regard. So let me say that I am both humbled and inspired by the work here. I look forward to raising my skills to the next level and the info on this forum will be of great help
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Up/down positioning of the switches for me. I had never reflected in why, but I guess because: - It feels quicker, at least in one direction (down). - This seems to me to be the best way to keep your hand in position as moving the hand rearward is an unusual motion for guitar players, where as up and down is happening all the time. I have not tried a 3 way in the right/left direction, but I have played with traditional tele controls and it was not comfortable for me. I even thought about getting a control plate with a slanted switch slot but never got around to it.
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I find that layout simple convenient. I am also a fan of rear routing on drop tops so it works well, I think. Are pics of your latest on the site? Your builds and the others I have seen here are very impressive. I have much to learn!
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Thank you for the advice
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Build # 2. Walnut in walnut
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Sorry. My PostImage links don't appear. If anyone can help me figure out how to link here, I would appreciate it. I hate to burden your server with uploads But for now, here are some resized photos of build 1. Spalted and burl maple on Mahogany
