My Build Diary, RD-1

[FrankenWashie]

I can see what you are saying, the top two tuner holes are different distances from the edges. The mids look right as do the ones closest to the nut but the top two are definitely out.
That’s a definite dowel and redrill job unless you want to flick it back to Adam, or forget about it if you can put up with it.
Personally speaking, even the photo of it is giving me a tic, so I’d be cutting the plug for it as we speak. 😵😂

[AlexCab]

I can see what you are saying, the top two tuner holes are different distances from the edges. The mids look right as do the ones closest to the nut but the top two are definitely out.
That’s a definite dowel and redrill job unless you want to flick it back to Adam, or forget about it if you can put up with it.
Personally speaking, even the photo of it is giving me a tic, so I’d be cutting the plug for it as we speak. 😵😂

To be honest, it took me a while to notice it, and that was after I removed the machineheads. Plus I'm not confident enough to re-drill the headstock (I can already imagine a potentially catastrophic mess !) so...I'll keep it like that and work on a couple of other things instead. Thanks for your advice anyway

[FrankenWashie]

To be honest, it took me a while to notice it, and that was after I removed the machineheads. Plus I'm not confident enough to re-drill the headstock (I can already imagine a potentially catastrophic mess !) so...I'll keep it like that and work on a couple of other things instead. Thanks for your advice anyway

Depending on where you are there may be a better equipped forum member who may be able to help you out with it. If you can deal with it as is then all good.
look forward to seeing how the rest of your build goes👍🏾😁

[king casey]

Despite currently building my 2nd Pitbull kit, I consider myself a veteran in drilling/re-dowelling.
It doesn't require a great deal of skill.
A bag of 10mm dowels and some Aquadhere.
The filing done with a coarse rasp, however the Dremel 'grinding kit' did speed up the process.

Once done you'll be asking why the hesitation.

cheers, Mark.

[AlexCab]

It's been a while since I last posted here. Having no workshop of any kind at home, working on my guitar on the dining-room table is always a bit of a pain... So this is taking me quite a long time, but then I expected it to. Ok, on the plus side, I've managed to contour the body, or the upper half at least, and I think it looks cool as is, so I'm going to leave it like that.
I've also carved the belly contour which also feels nice and smooth (though far from perfect)

Oh, and of course, I drew and cut a pickguard, which was harder than I expected. The shape was really not that easy to get right... It still isn't perfect, but I still have some 3-ply plastic that I can use should I decide to make another one.