STA-1MH The King's first PB kit.

[king casey]

Finally got the neck attached to the body and fitted the bridge.
Found that it's not quite located correctly so some hole filling and re-drilling to come.
Reflecting on this, I also decided to re-dowel and re-drill the tuner holes.
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing right.

cheers, Mark.

[Simon Barden]

And worth doing at least three or four times.

You're doing the right thing, Mark, even though it's a PITA.

[king casey]

And worth doing at least three or four times.

You're doing the right thing, Mark, even though it's a PITA.

Yes Simon, I was umming and ahrring about it but when the bridge error reared,
I thought be dammned!

You were correct mentioning the positioning along the top. I saw the template that stated 'half an inch'
and the blinding rush ensued.

Yes it's a PITA but at the end of it I don't want any regrets with this and there's another lesson learned.

cheers, Mark.

[king casey]

So a step backwards

Looking like the furniture at the OK Corral

cheers, Mark

[FrankenWashie]

Good thing you had plenty of dowel

[Simon Barden]

I'm buying shares in a dowel making company!

[king casey]

I'm chowing down on a few as it eats into the weekly food budget.

Meanwhile the add-ons keep arriving.

cheers, Mark.

[king casey]

Victory...for now....



cheers, Mark.

[Simon Barden]

Nice work with the tuners.

So it's veneer time now then. That curve by the truss rod might mean you need to pre-bend some veneer to stop it snapping.

[king casey]

G'day Simon. the plan is to veneer the back. (however the tuners have covered the nightmare of a beginner's handiwork)
I'll consider the front when I see the actual veneer in front of me.
Plan B would be to paint the front of the headstock the same colour as the body.

cheers, Mark.

Edit: Actually I guess the next step is to get the bridge position sorted out.
Then it's on to the joys of endless sanding hehe.