Well it's been a while, but I have been working on way too many other projects, some of which overlap, some of which are unrelated to guitar building.

I made new bobbins for the axe.They are alnico v pole pieces and the poles are reversed between each bobbin. The stuff between pole pieces is epoxy because wax just runs out when I pot them.



These wont be true humbuckers as the windings will be scatterwound . there will be a 10mm gap between pups. I also stained the upper flatwork black because I had recollection of them being black with the silver pole pieces. Turns out that was wrong, and I am going to have to make silver covers. I did a test to see if I could weld the 0.25mm stainless sheet. My welder stops at 10amp as a min and that's not low enough. My other options are silver braze, or to try making a plug and form and try to press them. not sure how that will go without crinkling the curves.

I will also have to play around with cams on my neck carving jig to get the profile correct for the shorter, narrower neck.