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  1. keep up the great work.....you'll learn from your mistakes, and make new ones on the next guitar!! JasonBird
  2. Wow Rich !What a project....looks like lot more work than building solid body gits. That bending tool looks cool...and the performax to thickness the head stock! Brilliant! maybe someday i'll try one!! JasonBird
  3. a quick update..I got the two body parts laminated together, and thickness sanded to 1.40" now i am waiting on the templates to get here so I can start routing. I still need to resaw my wood for the fret board and headstock . Still need to get the stock for the neck laminated and get the scarf joint going...will post some pics later this week. JasonBird
  4. to do this on a table saw is very easy . Just do it while stock for the neck is all square still. you could do it with one saw blade or with a dado bade and shims to get it done in one pass. I'd recomend that it be done in several passes so you can flip the neck around end for end, and that will ensure that your slot is perfectly centered. Once the slot is cut, glue in a block to butt the truss rod against , and fills in the rest of the slot. If you use a router, it sould still be done with mutliple passes.. JasonBird
  5. when you say veneer, do you mean multiple plies of backer with the decorative wood on top? or just thin solid wood? with either, wood glue should be suficient, a thin layer spread across the whole surface. Make sure that you have a backer board to clamp to to keep it all flat. oversized and then flush rout off the excess... JasonBird
  6. one thing you might consider is getting the saw bade that stew mac sells and cut your fretboards on the table saw. The first one that i did came out great and took 25 minutes to do....just make sure that your fence and mitre gauge are setup properly and square to the blade.... JasonBird
  7. That i beautiful, really nice job on the sunburst...what are you using for the finish? JasonBird
  8. The channel was fitting fine, i used the router bit that they were selling for the rod. I routed it about 1/4" longer than the rod so it would have .125 " to move at each end if need be....great idea onthe foam weather strip!! I'll do that this time.... JasonBird
  9. Thanks Alex for the links....looks like that was quite the finishing ordeal!! Daniel, thanks for checking it out, it should be fun! today i'm going to get the other side of the body laminated. I wish that i had some stock that was thick enough....but laminating will be ok i guess... Then I'll get the neck material glued up and hopefully be ready to go when my templates get here. I have a question...In the first guitar, i used a Hot Rod truss rod. I put a few dabs of bathroom sealant in the channel to dampen any rattling of the truss rod....but it still rattles! weird. Anyone have that problem before? Wondering if i should use the same kind of truss rod again, or go with differrent style this time....hmmmmmm JasonBird
  10. looks great matt! can't wait to hear it!! JasonBird
  11. i have read that, and i've seen some pictures of cracked ones. I will be taking your advice !! Once i get the templates, then i'll see how best to modify them if need be...Thanks JasonBird
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