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To judge a guitars balance I normally hold it loosely by the body a few inches behind the front strap button position, which will likely be on the upper horn for this
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Neck rough cut, planed headstock face and routed for truss rod
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I have started laying out parts to get an idea of how it will look and where routes need to be. gone for a modded Dc special guard shape for now... I will probably try a few card templates once the build is further along and I can see how it looks with a neck on. I'm curious how it will look with a more junior shaped guard
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Like the way it's looking with the special style scratchplate.
Its an odd layout that messes with my preference for even spacing
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The pickups are an old 2004 pair of Bare Knuckle humbuckers in early 60's Gibson covers, The bridge is an Emerald and the middle is an A4 Mule.
Lots of progress to show later... I love how quickly Juniors comes together. Although it will go on hold for a few weeks after this to settle in before I carve the neck
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First job was to process the neck blank a bit more.
I got the router thicknesses out for 3 jobs.
1. Thickness headstock
2. Thickness neck shift to give a consistent 1" thick starting point with fretboard
3. I jacked up one end of the thicknesser by 3 degrees to route the base of the heel. I don't bother with a lip, its just a simple flat heel into a simple slot in the body.
Then I trimmed the neck, fretboard and headstock to shape.
Body has been routed for neck and I have added humbucker routes... but I just realised I've used the wrong hunbucker template. I need to label these things better. These are nice routes for a direct mounted uncovered humbucker, but a covered one only just fits, and won't at all once there is lacquer on there. Oh well, I will give them a quick adjust tomorrow.
The neck join is nice and tight and everything lines up where it should.
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I'm never sure on the sizing of pearl blocks. Gibson use an odd mix of sizes, but they look right once the frets are in. Never sure if this is just because we are used to seeing the oddly sized blocks.
These are a mix of the usual gibson size blocks
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