So the body has now been glued together.
But it was then that I realised that as the body is much thicker than a standard electric guitar the neck screws I had bought were way to short. I would have to leave the ferrules deeply recessed. Then thought that I would bevel the area behind the neck pocket to give me better access to the higher frets. Then I thought, what the heck, why don’t I just try and shape it a bit. So I did.
This is where it started. You can see the bevelled area near the ferrule holes.
This is after I started to get stuck into it with a chisel
And here it is finished. One of the ferrule holes is still deeply recessed but I wanted to keep the same flowing line from the lower horn but I was restricted by the size of the central core of the guitar. So the ferrule stays recessed and once again a design flaw has been turned into “character”. Lol.
Binding next.
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