Fret ends trimmed, side dots are in. They are kinda straight except for the last one which I completely buggered. Hopefully it'll become less noticeable under clear, I filled the goof with sawdust and CA. Another valuable order of operations lesson. Need to do this before any neck carving next time. I'd also like to do something similar to what Frankie did on his public enemy build where the side and top markers are combined. I'll be less concerned with mucking up the board next time now that I've had so much practice making them. (EDIT - just went looking and that's not the build I'm thinking of. I'm sure someone routed in from the edge and had a block that served as both front an side marker....who's was that?)
Also a pic of how the dots come for those interested. I drilled about 5mm deep. Glued then trimmed with a blade. Bit slack on pics sorry.
Pretty much onto sanding and refining. I've decided to make an aluminium plate to go on the reverse of the headstock to add a little more thickness for the tuners to sit in. As it is they mount ok, but are at the limit of how much I can tighten the nut, so a couple of extra mm will be handy. I think it might look cool too which is a bonus
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Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
