Feeling pretty chuffed with myself

Skodadad

I bought a la cabronita body of Drbob on here that needed a neck and finishing. It was cheap and worth a shot but the neck pocket was apparently larger than normal by a few mm. I measured my strat neck and it seemed the right size so I bought a £10 neck off eBay from some generic strat copy. When I got it it was like a club but the neck was an exact fit for the pocket other than it being about half an inch to thick at the heel. I took to it with the belt sander putting a slight angle end to end on it and now it's spot on. I also took around 8mm of the rear of the neck and shaved it using a Stanley blade as a cabinet scraper. I can't believe it but it actually worked! I then cut the head down on my fret saw to vaguely resemble a Tele neck and it isn't half bad! I now think I have to refret it as it has the lowest frets I have ever seen, not worn just really low. I've used up every bit if spray I had as a filler for the body and will be flattening it and choosing a solid colour. I have to re route the filterton route to fit in a p90 now, I may have to try and buy a template as I don't know my freehand routing is anything to write home about. I need to get some sandpaper today to finish sanding it.

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Roland

Such fun! Are you going to take a bit off the heel end of the neck?

Skodadad

It already has an overhang on the fretboard, I'm not sure how much I would get away with removing. I think it will intonate as it should and the overlap covers the curves. The screw holes also align perfectly. Lucky I guess. I'm trying to find a piece of wood for a scratchplate as I want a Tele / la cabronita hybrid. All I can find is ply and it's too thick. I left room for it to tuck under the overhang. Not sure that's the way but as ever guessing.
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axisus

Nice one! 

Deadman

Yeah well done mate.

DrBob

Gah, every time I sell on a project the person who takes it on does a great job of finishing it and I get a dose of the Green Eye !

Good work.

Skodadad

Plenty of time for me to stuff it up yet a Drbob