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And a few passes before the end… about five minutes later it was on fire!

 

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So I was pretty mad after the machine died. I finished cutting the body on the Bandsaw and used the spindle sander to clean it up. I then shortened the top horn right below the tear-out. I also shortened the bottom horn a hair to keep the look I want. I am not sure that it is going to balance well enough now with the shorter horn so I am going to make a new body but it was nice to see it anyway.

 

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And the back.

 

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Cleaning up the fretboard edges on the maple/bloodwood neck

 

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Fretboard edges cleaned up on the wenge neck.

 

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Neck profile rough cut. The old way is fast you just have to be careful of tear-out.

 

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And closer to being a guitar.

 

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That bass headstock.

 

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Time for headplates. Here I am getting the necks off the table so they are easier to clamp up.

 

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Did I mention I have a smoking new Hipshot 7 string headless unit on my desk?

 

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Wenge splinters hurt and electrical fires smell.

This is always the slow part of the build. It takes a while to get the headstocks shaped, tuners drilled, fretboards prepped and fretted, side markers in.

Headstock shaped.

 

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Fretboard Prepped




Input jack. At an angle so it stays out of the way.

 

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B --

Fretboard prepped

 

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Moving along.

 

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Fretboards fretted.

 

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What do we do when we are waiting on the CNC to finish stuff? Experiments.

Sometimes heads are useless... so we cut them off.

 

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First pass.



And look what I found. Void. I knew that piece of padauk was suspect that is why it has been on the shelf for 2 years.

 

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More experimentation in ergonomics will come when I shape the body.

 

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Enough clowning around… Bass time.

Tuners are drilled. I had to buy a 9/16" forstner bit to finish this up.