Now that I finally have a moment to breathe and collect myself from the onslaught of guitar construction (these last few weeks have been an insane mix of stress, Red Bull, and ibuprofen) I will finally post more pictures of what the heck I've accomplished:
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| fingerboard side dots installed |
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| front facing inlays installed |
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| binding scraped and sanded flush to the sides |
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| tortoise end graft wedge installed and sanded flush |
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| close up of the purfling |
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| dovetail fit and truss rod installed |
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| another look at the dovetail and truss rod |
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| raw headstock |
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| cutting the headstock inlay |
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| "finished" headstock inlay |
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| installed headstock inlay |
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| a bit out of order...gluing on the headcap laminate |
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| gluing in the neck |
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| neck glued in place, truss rod graft in place, headstock shaped |
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| better view of finished headstock, gluing on the fingerboard |
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| clamps. |
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| powered through shaping the neck. |
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| as far as I could get on the guitar before we set it aside for 7 weeks to work on our electrics, learn about finishing, and practice doing repairs |
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| view of the back |
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| composite view of everything done so far |
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| 6 hours of inlay work...a fun 5 points |
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| now we practice finishing...a lot of sanding. |
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| this thing reappeared...stupid scarf joint |
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| hand rubbed gloss and hand rubbed satin |
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| blueprinting out my electric guitar; a copy of a 61' Gibson SG |
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No muss, no fuss, no extra boring details... now if you will excuse me, I am going to return to my spring break.
