First up, I got stuck into that appalling headstock. Some of you may have caught my post about not pre-drilling the headstocks. I hate the Gibson type headstocks, so a redesign was always on the cards, regardless of a drunken Chinese 'craftsman's' inability to accurately locate a drilling template.
First thing I had to do was cut some 'plugs' from the excess headstock material. I needed 6, but there was only enough for 3.
So I've decided to put some flame maple veneer on the face of the headstock (from guitaraust.com.au -$7.95 for a headstock) This enables me to cut some plugs from any old timber for the top, and cut the 3 maple plugs in half for the underside.
This is where I came a little unstuck, and I unreservedly blame the Americans for not following the rest of the world in adopting the Metric system.
My plug cutters are imperial. Try and find an imperial clean cut auger bit... Well, I found one, but it's quite long.
So to cut a loooong story short... it wasn't a very pleasant experience and the plugs didn't work as well as I'd liked. (Better late than never, I'm now the proud owner of a Carbatec 8 piece Forstner/Plug cutter set...)
Luckily, the back of the headstock and neck are going to be solid 'Black Stump', so I can fix the f@%kups with wood filler, and the veneer will cover all sorts of evil on the top.
(Yes, I've got a Rockerverb MKII. Cool huh?)
I've still got a bit of final shaping to do on the headstock, but for a first go with dodgy equipment, I'm satisfied I won't make the same mistake on the NEXT PRS.
And I learned something very valuable... Never do any critical work on your guitar build if you've had a couple. No matter HOW impatient you are...!
Actually, let me re-phrase that... never do ANY work on your guitar build if you've had a couple.
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