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Did some neck work today: levelled the frets, filed the frets, checked with fret rocker, repeat. Filed the fret ends. Polished the frets. Also cut...

"not too visible to a man on horseback" might be a good rule. My new motto! Of course, everything looks better from up there. By way of...

Basically you are just building a Faraday cage for the control circuit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage

That is a more than adequate description

I will be watching with interest.

Positions 4 and 5 seem like very good options for this kit as the neck heel is rounded like in the Stewmac picture. My acoustic has a very pointed...

BTW I put the strap button on position 2 on my fretless ES4-B bass. It is good there. No problem with the case since it's a thinline and the case is...

I put a button on my acoustic in position 4 about 2.3mm from the bottom of the heel. It has felt pretty good and does not get in the way of fretting....

Actually, it did not occur to me:(. The acoustic that I own and the images I found online had the strap button on the shoulder. So, there are...

That's an innovative solution. Is there a reason you did not want to put it in the heel of the neck?

One thing that did concern me was the fact that there is no block on the top shoulder to anchor the strap button. So, I made a pine block, shaped to...

I have sanded around the cone ledge wood, and used a razor blade the remove the excess glue spots around the rim. The cone now sits flat on the...

It does seem to be light. As for a pickup: not at the moment.

Thank you fender3x. As for the stands and cases; I should have learnt from the explorer, axe, thunderbird! I'm worried they will slip off the...

They look just great. The single pup is very eye catching, but the two pup one is also really appealing. Well done. ...and ah, yes! Stands and...

Interesting that the radius is 15". Usually all kits have been 12". I would hate to have to get another sanding block ;-)

If the back and sides look like the one on the shop site it will be great! I have heard aspersions cast, but I really like paulownia. It's been...

That's an awesome kit!

Looks good in the box: 5 ply basswood body looks nice. Triple binding on top and single binding on back. The back is arched. The cone ledge...

A wire goes to the claw to ground the strings via the springs and moving bridge, another ground connection should link to your cavity shielding, and...

Yes, that sounds correct. The cavity wire could go to any grounding point (but using the bridge ground/spring claw is possibly easiest).

Thanks folks. I will solder the tape together when I do the body cavity. I understand (not really understanding but can follow simple instructions)...

My year (18 months!) of the MockingBird is now officially over. I'm very happy with the way they both worked out. I like the way they feel when...

They look very cool. I love the thought of having a resonator in the collection. :D

I only have solid bodies and they are all shielded. I use slug & snail barrier tape from the BGSFOS, it's copper with an adhesive backing, it's...