Viv's Vivenbacker

[Vivg]

Thanks for the encouragement everyone! I spent most of the day trying to not sand the veneer. It is definitely very thin. I think I can see an area where the glue that hods it on is thicker than the veneer!

Marcel, thank you for the hint on the neck I did wonder how to cope with maybe true-oil on the neck and a stain or paint on the body and glue in- between.

Like a number of people have indicated the neck centre line does not quite line up with the body centreline. But I've never thought to look at that on any guitar I have ever bought or played, so I don't think it will worry me too much. I think I can get it to look straight and end up with the bridge on the centre line of the body.

[Vivg]

Knowing it was going to be 6-8 weeks before my Ric-5 turned up, I decided to figure out where I could work. Most of the dusty stuff could be done in the garden. I realised I would need a work area, somewhere I can cut, plane or glue bits of wood and leave it knowing no one will interfere. I decided I needed a workbench. Lidl (possibly the most cost effective shop on the planet) provided me with a workmate type fold up bench. £13 and an hours assembly. It's quite acceptable and sturdy enough to route on.

I found a number of people on line making big wood working benches with 4x2" to make 6 foot work benches. Decided to scale it down to 1mx0.6m to fit on top of some racking. This came out really well and with the addition of a low cost vice from Screwfix, I know have a coal cellar with a woodworking bench. Perfect for carefully sanding down veneer.

[Simon Barden]

Good thing you've got some space to work inside. The weather at the moment is pretty changeable. Gone from clear skies + sun to heavy rain + thunder and then back again about three times so far today.

[Vivg]

Hi Simon, yeah changeable, hot and sunny or wet and humid or sunny and wet or sunny and humid. Hoping tomorrow will be a good day for sanding.

[stuzl873213]

Check your tuners, mine didn't fit properly, one overhangs a bit

[wazkelly]

Being a fiver and seeing how Stuzl's turned out I second the motion to double check the tuners for fitment once kit arrives.