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Got the cavities shielded, body polished, just waiting for the pickups to come in!
Shielded painted cavities always look really fresh..
In other Model 1 news, the materials for the Founder's Club have been starting to come in, I just got the body material and the fretwire dropped by yesterday!
Jescar fretwire is unmatched, it's the best!
And I have this wonderful one out the door, first stop is via a local music shop to see if they might be interested in stocking..
I've spent this weekend getting a headstart for them beginning on Monday!
First step was rough cutting my neck blanks, and then pattern routing them to shape - you can see the screw holes pre truss rod route that I use to attach the template. I used to do double sided tape but you cant beat the security and speed of screws, especially if they get entirely removed by the truss rod route.
Then on Saturday morning I took the chance to do my truss rod routes, I use a jig that holds my Festool track rail that allows me to run the router in the same way every time. The jig also holds this exact neck size the same way each time and clamps with a wedge
In the afternoon I planed and glued together my five 2 piece body blanks, I then rough cut them and had them ready to plane today (Sunday)
Sunday morning I cleaned up the blanks and put on my two roundover profiles, next step is to blend the transitions and finish sand the bodies before routing the cavities
Got the body cavities routed, sanded up and fitted the necks to the bodies. They are now wed together and have matching serials.
They are bolt on, but I get the fit nice enough that they hold thier position quite nicely
Got the bodies all drilled for bridges, jacks, strap buttons and ground cables
Then final sanded and then sprayed with a couple of coats of primer.
The primer I build coat on coat and then in the morning I'll flatten off each body with goldflex and apply the colour coats