After a few emails with Adam and a bit of other mucking around it looks hopeful on the tuner front... and leave that there until things happen further.
I had a closer look at the neck and body and made a worrysome discovery. As can be seen in the photos there is a ugly gap between the binding and the neck that will need filling. It is only about 1.5mm wide and it needs to be there as the neck when fully home doesn't meet up with the binding. So I was wondering what others have done to make this look right. I don't want to fill it with glue so was thinking a thin smear of Selleys spak filler or maybe Timbermate before I stained and top coated.
As for the final look I'm going to go Red in a manner similar to the original 1967 version. I have a number of grandkids and they all know of my interest in guitars, and they know some of my guitars are as old as I am... So, with that in mind I intend to make this build akin to what I remember seeing in guitar shops when I was a kid back in the '70's. I look after my instruments and my grandkids all know that too as they have seen and touched and played them with me... With any luck when they or their parents see or touch or play or hear this guitar they will think this is the one I've been hiding in my bedroom cupboard all these years and will believe it is something special....
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