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Thread: Another RCA-4 is coming

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    Quote Originally Posted by fe22ari View Post
    No plan survives contact with the enemy
    Ha ha ha ha, so true. Headstock plan looks great though
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    Maple parquet floor sample marked up. Can’t wait for the wooed bits to get here from Pitbull

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    Some progress but without the kit yet. Headstock extension but may still go with stock kit and sell RIC tuners and a little practice with oil paint on some ash veneer.
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    Is the veneer buckling under the moister? Or is it looking that three dimensional?

    Also, great work on the headstock expansion. Not sure why the kit comes with such a minimized headstock.

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    It’s just a test on a bit of ash veneer

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    Just read your question again, the veneer is a bit wavy but it does look like that if a little greenish

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    It takes 4 days to the UK from Oz then 8 days to be released from UK customs but will be here tomorrow. Looking forward to the build and some mega fail pics for everyone 😊

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    Hope you're happy with it when you get it. If the neck fit in the pocket is quite tight, just wait a few days. The changes of temp and humidity associated with air cargo travel make the wood either shrink or swell, but it sorts itself out over a few days in a stable temperature.

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    Yes Simon, neck is very tight. Will have to move it outwards too as RIC bridge placement requires extra 10-12mm forward towards neck as well as end of neck being almost level with body.. lots of routing to do and then there’s the headstock extension. #anxiousamateurluthier

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    Need to make a new pick guard too
    Last edited by fe22ari; 30-03-2018 at 07:03 PM.

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