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I actually went into a Carvin store the other day asking about neck through blanks. I was positive they sold them, but the guy working there was adamant that they only sold bolt on 6-string necks. No neck throughs, no 7 or 8-string options either. :scratch: Back on topic: I love that body...

I'm in love with that lower horn. This is sick, dude!

I know you said you don't want to remove the fretboard, but it's really not as hard as it sounds. I've removed three fretboards total. You can do it for pretty cheap to. It just takes a lot of patience, a steam iron (for clothes), some razor blades, and a thin putty scraper. Sorry I don't...

I understand full and well the hazards of working with certain woods. I know I take a more light-hearted approach here on the forum, but in reality, I take it very seriously. A few pages back, I cut a piece of cocobolo by hand. Wore a respirator, thick gloves, goggles, etc. When I was sweeping...

What's not anymore? :lol: Anyway, I had to wake up this morning and move my car to a different street lest I get a parking ticket at 8 AM. Not too thrilled about that. While I was out, I went to Home Depot. I picked up a 3-foot long piece of galvanized fencing, three small C-clamps, and more...

My clothes are permanently stained. My cat also now has an orange belly. And I keep finding orange fingerprints all around the house. I hate to admit it, but maybe my roommate was right. Sanding in the house is not an indoor activity? Oh well, I have a nice garage workshop now. She wins....for...

As soon as I got off work, I went to Home Depot for a file, a roll of blue painter's tape, and a five gallon bucket. The file was for filing down the fret ends flush with the fretboard. The tape was for the fretboard so I didn't scratch it. The bucket doubles as a place to hold things and as a...

After quite a bit of time off of this project, I figured my one day off should be put to good use. I set up shop in my garage. The previous tenant left a small entertainment stand so I used that as a bench. It was quite nice. It has doors on the front, a little area under the main area, and a...

That fretboard! Holy crap! O.o

Im conflicted whether or not to thin it down more. Comparing this to my Ibanez Prestige, it's incredibly thick. At the same time, I don't want the same feel. I want this to be a purely chuggernaut and acoustic. I like a bit more mass for acoustics. This isn't for shredding. I'm going for a...

I woke up early to do some more sanding. This was my point of view for almost two hours. And this is the workstation after about an hour. I started where I left off with 80-grit, and once I got the basic shape I wanted, I moved to 150, 220, 320, and 400-grit. It's nearly as smooth...

Finally, after much delay: PICTURES! Yesterday I finished up the fretboard edges? Parting fancy Instagram shot. That was it for yesterday. Today I started sanding the radius. I started the day off with a refreshing West Coast IPA. When it's hot as hell and your A/C...

Taper profile is done. I'm currently covered in bright orange dust. It mixed with the sweat on my arms and turned a dark red. I look kind of bloody. Totally m3t4l. Not trying to brag, but that glue line is almost invisible. When I tapered it, instead of making the edges 90 degrees, I gave it an...

UUUUUUPPPPPPPDDDDDDDAAAAAATTTTTTEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't lost interest. For those of you who remember, I shipped this thing to Oklahoma to do some heavy work. Well, I came back to California nearly broke and didn't have the funds to ship it back. Five days ago, I bought a new car in...

I woke up early this morning to check on everything before I had to drive to the airport. I took the clamps off of the fretboard. Not much, but here are a few pictures. I didn't have time to get super detailed shots of every single angle. I'll save that for the NGD. The gross spots between the...

.....shit. Duly noted, scherzo. From now on, I'm just going to wear a respirator when I work with everything that isn't a 2x4. :lol:

Thanks for the insight on the glue! That relieves a lot of stress. Mini update while the fretboard glue dries. I worked on one of the volume knobs in my free time. This is what I came up with. I think it's kind of fun looking. The idea came from topped guitars. If people can glue tops on...

I started the fretboard today. I tapered it by hand. Pretty time consuming. I mapped out the outline in pencil, gave myself a few millimeters of "this is in case I screw up" space, and started cutting. I didn't want to drive al the way across town to use the table saw. Plus, it looks like it's...

Two words: Bath salts. But really, I think a clear pickguard would look good, but not clean and clear. Scratch it up and roll the edges around in dirt or gravel maybe. I'm not a huge fan of LEDs. I have them for fretboard inlays and whenever I have them on with the neck pickup selected...

Alright, everybody. I've been pretty quiet over here for a while. I never had my stuff mailed back to me in California. I'm flying back to Oklahoma tomorrow for a friend's wedding. A dry wedding at that. Boo-hiss. After that, I'll get to work on this thing for a full day and a half before I have...