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Using a bigger cutter to help speed up the process. I am replacing the Colt soon as I can afford to.

Where did we leave off... it has been a busy month of crazy stuff none of it guitar related. Ok. Multiscale 7 strings on the CNC. This batch was done wrong. The new process is much simpler. But I have to waste the fretboards and work so I will finish these 2 the hard way. It was not easy or...

They are coming. Be patient I only work on the weekends. Yes. When I first saw it on tdpri I was like WHY DID I NEVER THINK OF THIS? You are welcome. Cheers!

Thank you. Unfortunately I am swamped right now so please be patient and I will get back to you.

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Now we are just being excessive... but I was wet sanding the top with mineral spirits so why not shoot a few pics.

A few seconds with the router and template. Results clean neck pickup

And random picture. Trussrods after a bath in wax. Neck set. Too cold in the garage for epoxy that night so into the dining room. Time to get these two close

On to the next neck carve

Neck fixed up before gluing. I will probably reduce the heel even more but this is good enough for now. Ok cut out for the neck pickup.

Moving on to sculpting the headless and setting necks

As it dries the grain stands up so you can sand it down.

Time to stand the grain up and help steam out the deep scratches. This is a hard maple top not a soft maple. It is a real bear to get the scratches out of with normal sanding. So we steam the top a few times in between sanding to help speed the process. Also helps for water based dye later.

Dunlop recess strap locks. This one only gets an arm cut but I am going to give it a nice carve look.