looking cool already mate
looking cool already mate
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Nice work Pabs.
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headstock looking great already Pabs
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So, filling out the plug with sawdust and glue did not go particularly well, just made the join even more noticeable. Oh well, veneer was always the plan anyway.
Luckily enough, I found an old veneer sample pack I forgot I had. Grabbed the only light coloured one left and went with that, slightly off colour, but who really cares.
First attempt at veneering.
Did the back of the headstock first, just in case I fluffed it. Turned out much better than I expected.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
Front veneer clamped and left overnight.
Cut, filed, sanded, finished, happy.
All in all, a successful first venture into laminating veneers. Not without stress, but a decent outcome in the end. Neck mods finished, on to the body!
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
nice work Pabs looks great, what type of timber is the veneer ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Thanks mate. I've got no idea what timber it is, apart from the distributor's name, the pack is unlabeled.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
no worries, its pretty light colour veneer with not much grain but looks great and hides the plugged tuner hole. Any idea what the thickness was have you got digital verniers ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
It was 0.6mm. Just happened to check that before I began.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
I'm installing an active preamp so I need a battery.
Routed out and squared the corners with a chisel.
I was going to recess it, but as there is only about 5mm left, the extra 2mm seemed to risky and as i have interrupted the hole for the bridge ground, that needs to travel under the box now. I can live with it.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
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