First of all thank you everybody for the replies, sometimes I’m not sure I’m doing this for myself or for you ,,ha ha Ha The input jack is always kind of a head scratcher because the edge of the guitar is so thin ya need to use those small acoustic type jacks this one was a little tricky, I’ve learned from past experience using these type of jacks it is nice to have a flat surface inside the cavity, so you can screw on the nut to the Jack. Also, it’s hard to tell in the picture but I angled the hole slightly to Jack, is not a 90° into the body. as you can see inside the cavity the jack looks like it’s crooked
I had to do a little modification over the control cavity to accommodate for the Jack coming through at a weird angle The job I am currently working on I’m doing a shitton of walnut, I grabbed a piece that I thought would match for a rear cover plate, to me it’s just OK I might grab some more pieces and make a couple more and try to get a really good grain match
This is a HateLike. I LIKE the guitar, and the skills you possess sir. I HATE that will will never possess either of those things Thanks for the pics mester, you are a very talented guy....
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++9.sorry, that was my dog laying on the keyboard....You are the MAN....One day, I am going to get some tools for my now expanding shop. I am putting in a woodworking area... Fabulous CornDog, just Fabulous....Wow~
Finish is looking beautiful! I almost hate that the Bigsby is gonna cover so much of that grain pattern!
So the body got some clearcoats at least a couple weeks ago and it’s just been hanging around, it’s time to buff it out to a shine. I started a neck build / builds finally. Yay. There is a lot of process to build a neck so I figured I might as well make more than one while I have all the tools out to do the processes It takes me about 2 to 3 times longer than building a body, so I might use a donor neck on this guitar until I have one of my own finished. Also I haven’t decided what color fretboard, I’m thinking probably dark, maybe light? Any thoughts? Here’s a few necks , I’m going to try to do them all at the same time but....? 2 Firebird style 2 Tele (1 lefty) 1 Jaguar and 2 of my own creations
Those are some great looking necks, corn! You’ve got some serious talent! I don’t think you can go wrong with any combination on the body you’ve built. I can’t wait to see her when she’s finished!
I had a little time this afternoon ( like who doesn’t? ) to get the router out and get the truss rod channels done. I only have two truss rod’s right now anyway, in between all this “Social Distancing” I’m doing ,,, I’ll order some more , in the meantime I’ll start on some fretboards
That's already a beaut! Can't wait to see it finished. The grain on that walnut is something else and your workmanship is over the top.
Always enjoy your approach to this work. You always let the wood talk to you first, then you figure out the most direct way to make it happen. And they all come out awesome.
I’m soooo,close I’m fresh out of 500k pots dang it. Also need two more pickup mount screws. So this wasn’t the neck I was going to use on this but it has been sitting around long enough and needs to go somewhere, you can read all about my dilemmas if you want to go look at my “Me so corny “ thread. Anyway I guess I’m going to have to put on my hazmat suit and head over to Sam Ash for a couple of parts so I can finish this damn thing
