That looks great Andrew. Nice veneer
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That looks great Andrew. Nice veneer
I love the way it is looking, well done Andrew! Go for the inlay, you can do it! ;)
Man that is gonna look sweet.. I want to try a hollow body bass build went I have these three kits under my belt. Too nice to mess up and not as forgiving.. your doing great.. can't wait to see it done.
great work Ponch, I've done the split headstock veneer thing too
Nice work. I see you failed to add your own glue spots on the veneer. Now you've just got to drill through it for the holes and truss rod slots. Small drill bits and then filing to avoid tearing the veneer?
I have a Ryobi drill press of similar size that I have been using for various jobs over the past 20 or more years....And there have not many times that I've wanted or needed anything much bigger...Quote:
Originally Posted by andrewdosborne
Thanks guys. So, machine head holes & truss rod hole are drilled. To stop the veneer splitting out I simply drilled holes from back of headstock (with drill press) with the front of the headstock laying on a small piece of pine cut-off. The truss rod hole was created with 2x closely drilled holes filed to shape.
Next job removing some of the veneer thickness (but not too much), then getting on with the rest of the neck finishing.
For the body the sides and top need a few more very thin coats of TO. Unfortunately I have a business trip coming up so no guitar building for next week (I'll need to make the most of this weekend). I also need to source a new tailpiece (I don't like the twirly decorated kit one) and possibly a Benson dog-ear P90.
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Hi Ponch, that looks great.
Wow, that grain is nicely following the contour of that headstock. I love it :)
So something went right today. Some more tru oil applied to the body. One more coat required then time to clean up the binding
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