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Don't worry about the fret tang chips - they will be fully covered by the new frets. Luckily - because this ebony is very, very brittle - none of the chips will show
Still planning to do the final sanding and start the finishing process this week
It's a slow, slow job. I'm basically leaving each one clamped at a time until the titebond is part hardened. With the ebony being as brittle as it is, I don't want to be having to take any of them out again
You can see the binding in this shot....should have done that in the first place - it definitely adds a touch of class...
Four more frets to go
I'm MUCH happier with the width
I'd get glue all over the fretboard!
This is now with the slightly wider 35mm string spacing nut and the strings are now where they need to be in terms of closeness to the edge. Feels better, too
The frets aren't levelled, crowned and polished yet so still some tidying up to do at the ends, but the binding blends in nicely:
Today SHOULD (I know - it's tempting fate a bit) see the last actual build tasks before final sanding and finishing.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youOnto last build jobs. On of them is slimming down the internal control chamber top so that all of the controls poke through as they should. Because it is routing down to 4 or 5mm thickness, I always drill at least one hole first to give me the comfort that I'm not going to break through the top!
To do that, I need to know at least where one of the holes is going to be. Someone asked me why the control chamber was so big...well, and this doesn't include yet the 3-way switch or the battery clip or the general connecting wires or a bit of P90 sitting in the chamber...:
It's going to be quite busy! Also, the pre-wired cables can be a real, real problem with small chambers.
By the way - while this was on and everything else temporarily fixed, I popped the stacked P90's on top and found some scales that I'm-sure-aren't-from-the-kitchen-despite-the-flour
So, take away the control chamber extra rout, add back the cover, the strap buttons and finish (negligible weight) should leave us comfortably below 6 1/2 lbs
*all* your other guitars?
Nice try. :-)