See how it settles, but mate...if I can do it, anyone can. Trust me. I was stressing balls about that part, but careful planning and steady as she goes wins the race. You will be fine [emoji106]
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Wow. After feeling sick routing out the pocket this morning, wondering whether I had done the right thing, I just strung it up and it worked! I now have plenty of height adjustment either way. I took maybe 2mm off - if that. I noticed that the angle on the bottom of the pocket is kinda wrong as well, but it seems that I can deal with that now It is better than it was. (Mr Baker, I don't think the pocket on mine was as bad as yours, but it still wasn't cur deep enough all the same.
Yesterday I straightened the neck and attempted to sand the frets which went okay but the fret crowning file sucks and I don't have great frets right now, but they work LOL. Without setting them correctly yet, I can no play every note on the fretboard.
Something I hadn't talked about is the ferrules - they suck as I tried installing them without much care. So I ordered a "tone block" from Euroa Guitars here in country Victoria and it should arrive tomorrow. He is sending a router bit and a template with it, so I should get this nice and neat.
Now the final major problem. After digging into the neck pocket, I am unable to stick the pickguard under the fretboard. :(
I am hoping that I can sand a little under the end of the fretboard just enough for it to clear. Fingers crossed.
Chris
UPDATE:
It's all back together and is quite playable. I have fitted the toneblock from Euroa Guitars and I had to cut the pickguard around the edge of the neck as it would no longer fit underneath the end of the neck after routing the neck pocket. I now have plenty of string height adjustment at the bridge.
I am waiting for a set of string trees to arrive hopefully tomorrow and then I can continue to set the guitar up. Apart from fiddling with a couple of scratches I made when fitting the bridge a long while ago and working out some sort of headstock logo, it's pretty much complete.
Pictures to come later in the week.
Chris
Okay, let's call it done.
I still have a set-up to complete, but it plays and sounds come out. There are a few scratches to repair that I made but I can fix them.
Thanks to everyone on this website who helped me along the way. I hope you like it and gain some inspiration for your next build.
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Chris
Well done mate. Hope you get many years of enjoyment out of it. Awesome grain flame on the back of the neck too [emoji3]