Witto's 2nd build.. The Mossie is here !

[wcieslik]

well... after much stagnation (and some distraction by the IB-1S) and still tinkering the 'Ricky, I have finaly made some good progress with the Mossie ...

The two holdups were, How to finish the body... Solved now... plain gloss black ! no fancy designs here !
the second issue was, I decided to swap out the stock HB and SC pickups to 2 x HB... (Tonerider Rocksongs)
This in turn meant I needed to make a new scratch plate.
After destroying the first two attempts I decided to let things rest a while, and put energy elsewhere.

last weekend I had a good jolt and my 3rd scratch plate attempt came out OK...
I'm now up to cutting the rectangular holes for for the new pickups.
Also buffed and polished the body, and fitted the bridge and saddle posts, and neck along with the new Diadario locking + auto trimming tuners.

Feels like I'm nearly there !


OMG - I love my new buffer !


Yes.. those are my feet !


Oh...AND I even remembered the earth wire this time !!!

[wcieslik]

Happy with my shims and neck fit is snug as! now. (Needs a firm hand to push it into the pocket now, and it seats admirably firmly but still removably).

Going to pick up some 12mm dowel from Bunnings, for the bridge post holes today.
Decision made, I'm definitely going with the roller bridge, and mounting it vertically as opposed to offset.
Still out to lunch regarding using a Moslike trem, or just keeping it simple and going with the stock To'M stop.

Feels good to be on the move again with this project.

[phrozin]

that's a pretty common toss the black plastic its not needed as Simon said you could re dowel the hole and re drill it that's what i do once it bolted up you wont see it you can get 4mm-5mm dowel from a hobby shop they use it as wooden ship model masts

[wcieslik]

All warts and glory. Well... More warts than glory atmo, but getting there! More work needed on B and G nut slots and some remedial work required to hide an errant drill hole. Luckily, I have mastered this dowel plugging gig!

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[wcieslik]

Updating the build diary.

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[wcieslik]

Twas a busy day.

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[wcieslik]

Hopefully enough polishing will fill the crack

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[wcieslik]

Wiring complete and working.

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[wcieslik]

In pieces again, to start the finnish. Neck first. In gloss jarrah.

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[Mosrite Slab]

I see you've dowelled and re-sited the bridge posts, presumable as they were slightly out of line with the roller bridge ? I wasn't going to bother but with the anniversary of Johnny's death last Saturday lots of photos kept appearing on social media. It was only then I noticed that the stop on his white guitar is a lot further back, past the lead jack socket. I've decided to put mine there too and also take the opportunity to check the bridge posts now I've screwed the neck on as it appears to be about 1mm out of square when measured from the last fret. They're also a little bit loose.