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That said, many thanks for the kind words, folks. Always much appreciated
Before gluing, a vital thing not to be missed - cutting the access to the trussrod:
The cunning plan is to use the cut out above as the cover, fitted flush with magnets:
There will be a shallow scoop at the apex as a finger-nail access (this will be a snug fit!)
And no, you can't have too many clamps!
The plate is presently oversize at the edges and will be sanded flush with the headstock once the glue has fully cured.
One being a Hiscox Pro II GS (semi acoustic ES335 etc) case!! Feast your eyes - possibly the only one in the UK as far as I could see.
And, against all the odds, it fits!!!!
Of course, there's the vibrato whammy arm to accommodate...but surely that's nothing that a quick few seconds with a router can't fix
This is absolutely a 'measure 15 times, drill once'
There is an advantage with the Steinbergers that the strings go directly through the centre of each tuner:
A 2mm bradpoint to drill the pilot hole - the wedge is to get the headstock at 90 degrees for each drill hole and let me drill a recess in the back to avoid tearout at the main drill hole exit:
And then the BB (bigger b******) :
And fitted - his/her trunk's got studs! :
When sanded and buffed, the fretboard and headstock plate will polish up to the same sort of satin as the ebony on the body.
The remaining visible neck laminates will darken with the application of the Tru-oil but will buff up to a similar sheen. And before anyone asks...no, they don't do the Steinbergers in nickel
Only a couple of jobs left on the basic build and then I can move onto the final sanding and finishing
Looks great!
the only question that remains (for now) is where will you put your Swifts on the headstock?
I may have a cunning plan...I'll pm you when I can find an example
I retro fitted them to my band mate's genuine '64 fake Firebird when the original (genuine) banjos eventually fell to pieces. Without a shadow of a doubt, they are the best tuners I've EVER used. My son-in-law has the Epiphone Firebird which he bought when they were still fitting them and he agrees.
Here's my band mate's not-a-Gibson with them fitted:
The tuning knobs themselves are at the back:
The wing nut at the top is actually the clamp and turning the back knobs raises and lowers the shaft.
So to string up, you turn the knob to raise the shaft as far as it will go, at which point, the string hole is exposed in its centre.
You then thread the string through, pull it taut and clamp it with the wing nut
Turning the back knob the other way retracts the shaft, pulling the string in with it (as you can see in the bottom shot) and that tautens the string up to pitch
And they hold pitch excellently and fine tune super smooth and controllably
Yup - we should form a Steinberger fan club
One of your best yet Andy. Love it.