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I've been racking my old head for a word to describle your builds.
Elegant, that the word, so damned elegant!......they look just, so, right.....
Andy
I will be doing a final gloss coat (probably) after I've let it harden enough to do the final de-nibbing, etc, but so far so good with the Osmo.
I still have to put the ferrules in (it's a thru-body) before I can string it up to position the pickups properly, but couldn't resist a quick mock-up:
I still have quite a bit to do and, in the meantime, will decide whether to go gold pickup rings with black screws, or a more muted (but probably more classy) black pickup rings with gold screws. For the picup positioning and fixing, I'll try it that way round and see which looks best.
The gloss needs some proper drying time before I can polish it but, other than that, there is only half a day or so's worth of build tasks before it can be assembled ready for set-up
I'll be interested how the Osmo polishes up. At the moment, the gloss is OK...but undoubtedly closer to an acrylic varnish than it is to a polyurethane varnish finish. It is, on the other hand, MUCH easier to apply...
It also seems to be working better on the sapele than the laurel. This looks reasonably OK. The neck has been slurry-and-buffed with the Satin Osmo, using the rounded ridge at the heel as the demarcation between the satin and the gloss :
And I'm sure I used to be closer to 'it'll do' than OCD before I started this caper...but the back is curved....and so the hatch ought to be too, really...
This should be enough. I've sprayed the back with water, which will make the back expand, then clamped it firmly onto a 10" fretboard radius block which I will leave overnight.
Other than that:
- Frets are levelled and polished
- Back of headstock is flat to the correct thickness and tuners are ready to fit
- Hole has been drilled to fit the barrel jack
- Fretboard side dots fitted
That just leaves:- Magnets on the control chamber hatch and trussrod cover
- Copper lining of control chamber
- Strap buttons
Even got a case for it.....And it still has to be set up, etc..
But, visually, it's pretty much done.
Where did that pesky heel go????
Not set up at all, but I have to say it plays pretty well straight off the bench. The neck feels nice, but it is more Fender 'C' than my preferred soft 'V' - I will fettle this over the weekend to suit my playing style (I always do the last shaping once the strings are on and I can really feel how it plays.
It balances nicely on the strap - but is a little heavier than I was aiming for. Pre the extra fettling and using heavy solid brass knobs (I'm on the lookout for some nice wooden ones), I'm coming in at over 5 3/4lbs, which is 3-4oz heavier than planned. Not bad, though...
Bloody lovely!
Ross
The first and most important is getting the neck profile to just how I like it. Many other builders think I am completely bonkers, but I do this 'live' with the guitar fully strung up, ready to play.
It's simple and it's quick - in fact I've done this in the past while the new owner of one of my builds has been sitting there having a cup of coffee!
Basically, I :
Here it is at the early scraper stage:
Whole process takes less than an hour - plus a bit of resting period (for Osmo) for the slurry and buffed finish to harden.
And so I now have a neck I'm REALLY happy with and can play comfortably - even with my arthritic hands
Next is tidying up some of the squiffy ferrules, put some slightly longer pickup screws (gold ones) in, sort the nut height and do a basic set up of relief, action and intonation.
I'll do the fancy shots and post the final pics when I've got the missing tone knob early next week