Build Update #19

This post may be the last major post of this build. Yes, it's been over a year since I began. All the planning in the beginning was well worth it. Would I build another guitar? Absolutely.

Here are some pics.


Oh, it plays nice. The nut still needs rounded and glued down. Without gluing it down, the strings go in and out of tune do to the nut moving around.


Still need to touch up that area near the bottom.


The mahogany grain is absolutely spectacular. In direct sunlight, it shows a holographic soft red pattern, while indoor lighting gives it a brown/red candy look. Love it.


The lacquer has hazed a little bit since I buffed it, more noticeably on the walnut. No big deal. I can rebuff in a few months again if i wish. The string alignment is spot on, as shown. The neck pickup mounting ring was probably slanted for a Les Paul, so it places the humbucker a bit out of wack (not parallel to the strings). No big deal, again.


I would love a 3 or 5 ply short black cream pickguard with gold mounting brackets, but for the life of me i cant find anything relatively cheap (it's plastic, why should it cost more than $50?!).

Will post a video soon once I adjust the nut and the humbucker ring.

I would like to thank everyone for following this blog. Hope those who were looking for help with building found what they needed here.

As a side note, I measured a ~16-18% MC in the didge branch so I stripped off the bark and will split and hollow it once I get the angle grinder chainsaw attachment. Expect updates for that too.

-Peace

Andrew Bauer (bauerb2)