Simon B's Custom ES-1/ES330 style build

[Simon Barden]

And if it all goes wrong I can simply sand it all off and start again. Hours of fun!

[OliSam]

Loving this build and looking forward to the headstock reveal!!


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[Sonic Mountain]

Me too, I'm curious as to how it finishes up.

[Simon Barden]

'Lots of bad words'. Of course the veneer moved when it was clamped. Tried heating the veneer off with an iron but that was only partially successful. So it's sanding it off time. But it's snowing outside so that will have to wait.

Next time it's veneer on first, then rout the hole with the Dremel. Without pinning it, I can't see a way to prevent the veneer moving when clamped. At least if my hole routing attempt goes wrong, I can then stick another piece of veneer on, whereas I can't easily recover if I try and do the inlay straight into the headstock wood and that goes wrong.

[king casey]

What's the consensus in using the venerable grab-and-hold-it contact cement?

cheers, Mark.

[Adam Barnes]

What's the consensus in using the venerable grab-and-hold-it contact cement?

cheers, Mark.

If you dont get it spot on first go theres no moving it, and the only thing that gets it of your hands is petrol but i could work you'd need a third hand to help lay it down

[Simon Barden]

Well, the old veneer is off (it was stuck very firmly indeed in most places and the next veneer is now on. I left the very end of the veneer, where it meets the nut ridge, very slightly exposed so I could check it during clamping. This will work, even if it does mean a bit more work. Still, I'm fairly confident about routing out a small circle with the Dremel. It doesn't need to be 100% accurate as any gaps can be filled with superglue and then paint.

I've also been piling on the Tru-Oil layers on the body and it's almost there. I've rubbed back quite a few times, so it's just eliminating the last one or two shiny dips in the finish. Now using TO that's pretty heavily diluted with turps.

So I really just need to complete the headstock, then I can glue the neck on, and mess about with any filler around the neck join, get that coloured to match the rest and then get that covered in TO.

[Wayne.Mumford]

You are very persistent Simon,you must have a lot of patience, I wish you better luck next try with the inlay on the headstock . I can’t wait to see this one finished, should be a winner.

[WeirdBits]

We shall fight the veneer in the headstocks...

[Simon Barden]

And now my scalpel's gone missing so I can't trim the veneer down!