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Thank you. It’s just low res photography hiding an amateur finish.
The slot will have to be filled. If I try to cut a second slot that close, without filling the first, I’ll end up with a trench wide enough for a conventional nut. I need to think about how to do this. Maybe sand a bit off the other end of the fretboard, and mix the dust with glue. Maybe make a sliver of some other, lighter coloured wood which I can glue into the slot. Maybe just fill it with glue. Answers on a postcard please.
Thinking of progress. These two are the only pieces of the kit which haven’t been replaced or modified. You can see from the gaps around it’s edges that the cover plate should have been.
The intonation is fine, and it even stays in tune with a capo on the third fret. The tuners were always going to be stiff, but they are workable. Their biggest problem is the ratio of the M3 thread. They were never going to be as precise, or as easy to turn, as the 19:1 tuners on my current Tele.
You can cut them pretty close to the headpiece but it's never perfect. The headless guitar trick is to bend then at a 90 degree angle as close to the metal as possible and then twist them until they break. I find that gets them short enough not to harm anyone
Cedar body with walnut veneer and black binding. Bastardised Overlord tuners. String-through Telecaster bridge. Oil City Wapping Wharf and Winteriser pickups. Five way switch.
It looks great! Love the colour and the overall look...and that it's lightweight
The other one looks like an ideal 'one to take to the slightly dodgier venues' too!
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