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I've found a nut that's the right size... so my biggest job to start with concerns the top of the neck there. Obviously it's had a bit of a whack... but didn't break - well not at the top of the neck anyway. It broke at the heel - which has already been fixed - roughly. Although rough, it's really not very noticeable and I don't fancy trying to do something like that right now!
So, I need to work out where to get some binding...
Presumably I use glue (is superglue okay?) for the fretboard and to attach the binding?
I'm starting from scratch here chaps...
Still, it looks pretty nice. The colour's great. The fretboard was very very dry, but a bit of lemon oil is sorting that out.
Not sure what to do with that headstock - tempted to strip off all the varnish, paint a design on there and re-lacquer, or leave it.
I've decided to create a design, rather than have wording on it...
All in all, pretty good. Suggest away on any of the repairs required...
The top binding has a crack, but actually it feels pretty well attached, so I'll fill the tiny missing part and sand it smooth.
For the bottom binding I think it's best to remove the small piece nearest the headstock, and as the rest of it is pretty well fixed, only replace the two frets worth. Should be able to smooth the parts of the binding together.
Mind you, even if it doesn't work, it'll look mighty purdy.
All glued nicely. It's much smoother than it looks!
You'll see I haven't done anything to the bit I cut off, but that layer of melamine lacquer suddenly makes the crown inlay look very old!
And now ready for the strings and pins...