Wow. That's one way to do it!I ended up cutting about 8 mm off the end of the neck below the fretboard.
What did you do about the binding on the end? Did you remove it then replace it?
Wow. That's one way to do it!I ended up cutting about 8 mm off the end of the neck below the fretboard.
What did you do about the binding on the end? Did you remove it then replace it?
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No I didn't touch the fretboard, i cut in parallel to the fretboard about 1.5mm below the fretboard
and parallel to that level with the tongue part of the glue joint. Both cuts about 7mm in then removed the material between the cuts. The end of the fretboard just clears the humbucker and the surround fits snugly below it and just covers the humbucker rout.
I could have done it with my inlay router but didn't trust myself freehand with a router. I also considered enlarging the humbucker rout rearward to give clearance but that would have left a small gap at the front. I also considered a custom humbucker mount with a gap for the neck but I figured that as the timber I removed wasn't part of the glue surface and appeared to me to be an issue caused by use of a stock G model neck rather than a purpose built neck. That my solution was more inline with original design spec's.
Last edited by Tassieaxeman; 16-02-2020 at 03:41 PM.
Change of plans, I ended taking 6mm off the end of the fretboard and regluing the binding, the new covered humbuckers had a slightly larger footprint and didn't quite fit, now I have ample clearance.
I've also added a MOP inlay to the heel.
Bit of progress has been made, I've glued up the neck, all but finished the back and sides, finished the top.
Now I'm onto, cleaning up the binding finishing the back and wiring it all up while I wait for my new inlay router bits to arrive so I can finish off the headstock with some pearl inlay.
My wiring set up is a little complex, it's a LP, Jimmy Page setup with a split ground circuit, it should be silent.
I'm using gotoh push pulls, artist bull buckets, orange drops.022, and a gotoh ³ way . Swtchcraft jack.bridge ground is soldered to the copper sheilding.
All in all its turning out pretty well, I have a plan for the cracks in the binding, hydrogen peroxide on a cotton bud to bleach out the stain and fill with plastic epoxy and white plastic powder.
Fingers crossed.
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