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hmm... hadn't noticed before - that doesn't look like indian
time to do something about that nut shelf
my old squier provides a suitable filler piece
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it is a nice tight fit. I put it in to test and struggled to get it out again. It’s now been glued in place and will be trimmed back later this week... then pics
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firstly i did the big structural fill on the front. That would have left a hard line behind the bridge so i then inlaid a 3mm basswood veneer to make it look like natural joins in the body, and a feathered join on the contour. which will blend better than a hard join at right angles to the grain. The other way i was considering was to route out a big deep strip down teh middle and put one big fill in, but the way i did it keeps more of the original wood.
It now looks like this
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again i have progressed quite far and forgot to take pictures
You may remember the back looked like this
the spring cavity had been extended , the block section had been widened etc...
i did pretty much the same as the front. I first filled the block section. Then i filled most of the spring cavity. once they were set in place i routed a wide shallow slot for a veneer to cover it all up.
The heel had been angled, which is a mod i thoroughly approve of so the contour has been preserved. it does mean we have another feathered join line on the veneer, but those are less likely to show up than a hard joint
You can see a slight trench near the end of the srping cavity... i didn;t join the plugs fully here as its a non structural join. when gluing up the plugs i used some wedges in this gap to push both plugs tight against the important glue surfaces
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i am going to leave the body alone for a few weeks now so it can settle in. concentrate on the neck. Then once its fretted I will put it together for a test fit and see if I need to make any changes before finishing
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