So learning new build skills. I wanted to do a veneer. The basswood ST-1 is a bit plain, so it seems like a good candidate.
I have some camphor laurel bookmatched veneer.
Cut a cardboard template to see what it might look like strat shaped...
And again, slightly moved over.
hnnng...
Hopefully there'll be some veneer left to do the headstock as well.
Things I don't know about applying a veneer? Just about everything.
Questions I've thought of so far:
- What sort of glue?
- How to cut the strat routes, before or after gluing the veneer down?
- Should the veneer be soaked to flatten it or just pressed flat when glued?
- When veneering a headstock, glue it before or after shaping?
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