Another question I hope someone might be able to help with ...
I’m looking to replace the stock nut with a bone one, I’m looking on real parts at the moment and they have a good selection ... should I get curved or flat bottom, and is it safe to get the slotted ones or am I better off doing that myself?
Thanks!
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Flat bottom is fine for the PBG necks. I've also found the preslotted ones to be fine. There may be a little overhang either side of the fret board to file off and on one of my guitars the slot was cut very deep and I had to put a small shim under the nut, doesn't seem to be a super common problem.
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Great, thanks Sonic!
And thanks for pointing out the PBG necks are the same, I’m about to order a tele kit cos I’m getting such itchy fingers waiting for this one to cure, so I’ll just get two!
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The nut bottoms follow the contours of the bottom of the fretboard. A 'slab' board is flat at the bottom and is the most common type of fretboard. It will have a flat-bottomed nut, A 'veneer' board is curved at the bottom (to match the curve on the top of the neck) and will have a curved-bottom nut.
That’s good to know, thanks Simon!
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Maybe I should qualify that with a 'generally'. You might come across the odd Fender vintage style model with a slab board but you then find the nut channel is curved at the base, but with other makes of Fender style guitars that aren't vintage reproducion types, it's almost always a flat bottomed nut.
Update time!
Yesterday I started the wet sanding process - having read through so many build diaries before I even ordered my kit I kept seeing comments about how much sanding was involved, so I was aware, but during the initial prep I was thinking "this isn't so bad", but holy wow ... it has taken me two full days to get this baby flat!! And not two days of a little bit of sanding, then go play for a while and come back to it later, I'm talking two days of doing very little other than sanding, sanding and more sanding!! And that was just the first 600 grit sand, so I get it now, it is a massively painstaking process.
However, the results are amazing!! it's so flat and has me so excited to move up the grits and make this baby shine!
I mentioned earlier I was nervous about breaking through the colour, so I started out going SO gently, it probably would've taken me two weeks at the rate I was going. But fairly early on I broke through the colour, at first I was shattered, but then it was probably a good thing because I'd broken the seal - so to speak - I wasn't as tentative and started to progress much quicker.
I'd say there's about ten spots I'll need to touch up - my plan for these is to tape of the body and just the spots where I broke through an then sand them down to 600 as well before moving onto the higher grits.
The neck has finally started to cure a bit as well, having hung it in the sun daily for the past week. It's still a bit tacky to touch, but not sticky at least - should it be smooth before I start doing anything else, or can I give it a light sand to see if it's ready or I need another coat of finish?
What brand was the paint? I am looking for paint for a friend who wants to redo his Guitar.
It’s Rothko and Frost nitro, it’s quite exxy, really toxic and makes a hell of a mess, but it looks pretty! I got it from here: https://www.guitaraust.com.au/finish...-aerosols.html
Latest on this project - I finished up sanding and polishing the body and am really happy with it, these pics don’t do it justice, it’s nice and shiny and has good reflection.
I also shielded the pickguard and did a test fitting of the new pickups, pots and switch, they’re a very tight fit into the body cavity, it’s going to be touch and go with them not touching the body shielding once that’s in.
The neck is finally starting to feel dry, it’s a month on Monday since the last coat of neck finisher so hopefully I’ll start finalising that this week.
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