Gavs ES-2T Florentine

[gavinturner]

@Andy - ok you've convinced me to have *another* litre . It will be a struggle but i think i'll manage. Thanks for letting me know about the JM. Please have it ready for March, I don't relish the thought of competing with *any* AndyPort build for GOTM. Thanks for your cooperation :P

Cheers,
Gav.

[lawry]

I'm in agreeance with Wokka. Need pics of beer halls. Have a ball, mate.

[gavinturner]

Hi guys,

A big PROSIT! to all my friends on the PPG forum from Kloster Andechs - my favourite place in the whole Munich region. Here in this hilltop monastery the monks still brew the local specialty - dopplebock - a dark double strength Mana from heaven. Don't worry I'm having enough for everyone!



Cheers,
Gav.

[lawry]

Looks like you're having a whole chook too!
I love dark ales/stouts etc. so you better have a double double for me Gav.

[Andyport]

Hey Gav,
Hope you packed some clothes that are a bit more generous around the girth.
By the look of all that beer and food, you may need them!!

Looks like you're enjoying yourself...pretty hard to take, no doubt.

Cheers
Andy

[gavinturner]

hi guys,

Back home at last, and straight back into the man cave to create a bone nut for this beast. Got to use my new toy from Stewmac, but I have gotta say I'm not too impressed with it. Following Stewmac's own nut basics guide, i was able to use this new jig to draw a line on the nut blank at the fret height+0.030. However, when it came to drawing a second line above this one at the height of the thickest string, the jig wouldnt take all the feeler gauges required. The slots cut in the sides of the jig weren't big enough! What a gip - thanks Stewmac.



Anyway, despite this little set back, the nut was created without too much trouble using the rest of my Stewmac nut making and slotting files and was subsequently added to the neck. Looks good!

I also received an order in the mail from eBay while i was away. I wanted to create a custom truss rod cover to exactly match the cream perloid in the GFS pickups. Well, I thought I ordered cream, but it looks like I got white instead (or too white for this project at least). I created a cover out of it, just to see what it looks like, but it really is too white.



It looks OK, but I would much rather have one that's the correct colour. Consequently, i've got more material on order. Hopefully I'll get a better result this time around!



cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

Hey Gav, must be good to be home, welcome home mate !
Bummer about the Stewmac clamp and the pearloid pickguard material being white instead of cream. Just let me know which month you are entering it in GOTM and I won't bother entering ! haha
I'm checking out your 3rd RC-1 video now !

[gavinturner]

Thanks Wokka! Yes, if I were you i wouldn't enter GOTM. No really - don't enter. Please don't enter?? That way I might have a fighting chance???

cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

haha nice one Gav, this kit will have a very good chance of taking out GOTM April if its ready in time

[lawry]

Welcome back to OZ, Gav. Bet you're still sloshing.
Yeah, but of a bummer the toys weren't what you expected. But the quality of your build is stunning. Now that you're back you can entertain us with this thread again.