335ish 12 string Clone from closing down sale

[FredA]

Great!
Looks like we both had successful 'bushing extractions' sessions yesterday night! ;-)

[tonyw]

Yes mate a good session was had

[tonyw]

Perfect day here in Melbourne to get some finishing done

Neck finished, give it a few days to dry, a bit of a polish out and away we go, i will get the tuners on.

The body has a bit more to go yet, maybe 3-4 coats.





Heading to the bush for the day tomorrow, so everything can have a nice drying period without me poking around.

Next finish my wiring loom.

[tonyw]

Polished and cleaned up the neck, next i need to do the frets and nut.

I took all the tape off and of course it leaves sticky residue on the frets, but i have some Lemon Oil i have been using for years, this bottle since the late 90's, not only does a litttle go along way to hydrated the fretboard, with a bit of elbow grease it removes the tape residue.






And the nut removal? i just took it out with light finger pressure, glad that wasn't staying in and not checked.

[tonyw]

Bit of a mockup of the neck on

[tonyw]

Mock up with the slugs on, geez this is a heavy headstock now.

Will straighten and install them properly later its too close to beer o'clock .

[Fretworn]

Are you going to install the tuners back-to-front like that. I suppose modern enclosed tuners shouldn't have a problem with string pressure separating the gears.

[tonyw]

No just threw them on so i could check the slug weight, already around the right way and spaced ready for the screws.