Based loosely on input from the Interested Parties of Übersite as indicated here: http://www.ubersite.com/m/114858
This page is where I'll post pix and updates as the guitar progresses. Once it's done I'll post again with the final version.
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| Fretless Carvin NT6 Neck with rosewood fingerboard and no inlay received 04/07/08 |
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| Carvin Gold hardware, M22 pickups, passive electronics, and battery box - in hand 2/15/08. |
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| LR Baggs Fixed X-Bridge and Ctrl-X Hardware from Blue Star Music - in hand 2/19/08 |
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| 8/4 solid Tiger Maple for the body and 3/64" Tiger Maple Veneer for the headstock - received 2/22 |
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| Pretty standard Guitar Body design thus far. No, these aren't the colors. Input appreciated, of course. |
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| Drilling jig to positon holes in neck and body panels for dowel pins. |
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| Panels being glued together with dowels. |
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| Rough cut on my dinky little band saw (put on new blade halfway through trimming pieces away). |
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| Rough carve using belt sander, router bits in die grinder, and hand tools. |
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| Rough rout on the front. Chisels used for pickup recesses. Forstner bit used for knob recesses. |
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| Rough rout on the back. Router used for controls and battery recesses. |
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| Mid carve done using router and belt sander. Top and back end (top up) |
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| Mid carve - bottom- and back end (bottom up) |
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| 1/2" diameter knobs hand painted by Betsy Lute |