Cutaway Jumbo.....
neck carved, fretted, and nuts for bolt on system fitted to the tenon
and as Nathan has specified Tru-oil as the finish, I try out a coat or two, just to see......
the pic does NOT show the bearclaw to it's full here, it's eyepopping in real life!!
then the neck and body are brought together and the finishing gets under way properly.....
Friday, February 26, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
00 zouk
pin holes reamed and under saddle piezo in place....
the strings are on!!
for the volume control, we mark......
drill
fit the pot and put on the lovely wooden knob I got....
round the other end the jack socket hole is drilled
and the combined jack socket/strap button is fitted.
I'll leave it a few days to get used to the tension before I do a final set up.
no pics, but i've been sanding the jumbo.
a lot!!
so much that I went too deep on one binding strip and had to remove it, re stout the slot and fit a new one.
ah well, no BIG disaster!!
the guy who I making this for has asked for a tru-oil finish.
I've used other oil finishes before, but he asks for tru-oil, so he GETS tru-oil...
I found a gun shop high in the hills between my home & work so yeaterday I set off to get some.
in the snow
LOTS of fun, slithering all over the place in a front wheel drive people carrier, but when I got there they had none!!
Ah well, as usual eBay will provide......
pin holes reamed and under saddle piezo in place....
the strings are on!!
for the volume control, we mark......
drill
fit the pot and put on the lovely wooden knob I got....
round the other end the jack socket hole is drilled
and the combined jack socket/strap button is fitted.
I'll leave it a few days to get used to the tension before I do a final set up.
no pics, but i've been sanding the jumbo.
a lot!!
so much that I went too deep on one binding strip and had to remove it, re stout the slot and fit a new one.
ah well, no BIG disaster!!
the guy who I making this for has asked for a tru-oil finish.
I've used other oil finishes before, but he asks for tru-oil, so he GETS tru-oil...
I found a gun shop high in the hills between my home & work so yeaterday I set off to get some.
in the snow
LOTS of fun, slithering all over the place in a front wheel drive people carrier, but when I got there they had none!!
Ah well, as usual eBay will provide......
Thursday, February 11, 2010
cherry OM, back braced and glued onto the sides.
jumbo, neck shaped some more, and neck body join partially done.
fretboard radius done and fretboard dyed black.
and the OO zouk.....
tuners in
bridge made
set to the right place using my handy dandy bridger placer jig
cut around
varnish removed
and glued into place
jumbo, neck shaped some more, and neck body join partially done.
fretboard radius done and fretboard dyed black.
and the OO zouk.....
tuners in
bridge made
set to the right place using my handy dandy bridger placer jig
cut around
varnish removed
and glued into place
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
so, where are we?
the 00 zouk is hanging letting the finish cure. another couple of days and I'll give it a rub down with some fine wet & dry and then another few coats.
the jumbo had a bit more neck shaping done today but nothing worth showing up in a pic....
the cherry OM got a little attention today.....
neck & tail blocks shaped & glued in
then the neck which I glued up a few days ago...
headplate sanded flat....
500mm scale worked out & marked
then cut
and the tenon cut and the fingerboard extension glued in
the 00 zouk is hanging letting the finish cure. another couple of days and I'll give it a rub down with some fine wet & dry and then another few coats.
the jumbo had a bit more neck shaping done today but nothing worth showing up in a pic....
the cherry OM got a little attention today.....
neck & tail blocks shaped & glued in
then the neck which I glued up a few days ago...
headplate sanded flat....
500mm scale worked out & marked
then cut
and the tenon cut and the fingerboard extension glued in
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
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