December 1, 2008
Ordered the tone ring, some resonator parts and tailpiece. Once tone ring arrives I can fine tune the depth of body. I have the sides in the mold with the neck/butt blocks and kerf installed. This will have a flat top and back, no radius.
Finished building the plate joining jig. Did the shooting board thing with the back plates, first with the plane, then finished with the 48″ level with sandpaper.
December 1, 2008
While preparing the drill press platform for Safe T Planer work to bring down sides and back prior to bending and joining I finished the headstock veneer and did a little neck shaping.
Got some inlay off eBay. Here it is laid out on the fretboard. I’ll probably stick with traditional dots on this one.
December 1, 2008
Finished applying lacquer. Located guitar in isolated place to cure. It’s been sitting for one week, and tomorrow I can begin sanding through to the final buffing.
