Okay, working WAY too fast. Gig cancelled tonight, a rarity in the Pacific Northwest, but snowed in with another storm on the way - and rain on Saturday... The wife is snowed in at the property where her horse is paddocked, so left to my own devices, started assembly on the Flamin' Emu (with the Ronnie Dio audiobook in the background). Some rough assembly... got everything together and strung to tension.
No electronics yet, though put some leftover copper sheet in the control and switch cavities.
A slight shift in the neck pocket, but not enough to warrant a shim - I dropped a bunch of white glue in the pocket before assembly, and pumped some into the screwholes etc to fill the air gaps. Haven't done this for years on a bolt-on. We'll see if it remains stable or if it shifts. Everything lined up when strung. Some backbow as expected. Once I let the guitar settle at tension, I'll set the neck, lower the fret slots and drop the bridge a little. The Grover locking tuners are dead simple - similar setup to my Klusons on a couple other guitars.
Slight modification to the pickguard to accommodate my subtle cutaway addition. The nearest screw ended up about a centimetre closer to the neck pickup.
The spacing of my custom pickups doesn't fit the stock rings, so I may be on hold until I source some rings to fit - likely standard Firebird rings. I like the idea of fastening them direct to the wood, but I left the cavities almost unfinished.
So, physically and acoustically I'll let things settle in, some tweaking, then electronics.
The wife is snowed in at the property where her horse is paddocked, so left to my own devices, started assembly on the Flamin' Emu (with the Ronnie Dio audiobook in the background). Some rough assembly... got everything together and strung to tension.
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