Posts Tagged ‘#4’

The reveal! And a bit more…

I finally got the nerve to finish the bindings! It was slow and tedious, but in the end it worked great!I’ve found that if I glue the binding on right after I finish bending it, it is a little easier to work with. I guess that makes sense, wood is a more malleable when it is hot.

Here are pictures of my progress. I need to finish up my fretboard with some binding, glue it on the neck and fret it. I also need to shape the neck and rout the headstock. After that it’s all downhill 🙂

The Fretboard inlay… yeah, I know its crooked… I am pretty pissed about it, but I am not going to start over, I just need to push on. This is why I need a CNC machine!

Teaser!

Slowly But Surely

I am having a problem bending these ebony bindings. But I might have figured a few things out… so I am going to try again tonight. here are some pictures of the end gaft and neck construction (thus far)

Box closed up

Onward

So with #6 finally finished, I can start back up on #4… confused yet?

This guitar shouldn’t take too long to finish, I’m already cranking away on the box. The sides took way less time than I thought to bend. Tail block is glued on, heel block is assembled and waiting to get glued on. I need to force myself not to rush too many things because that could hurt me in the end.

I have some cool ideas for the neck, stay tuned.

I thought I had more imaged to show, oops. Oh well, I promise to have lots more up soon!

-M

Grab Bag Friday!

If you haven’t noticed, I have gotten a little more lazy with sorting my imagery. Sorry about that, but I’m not going to fix it on this post.

Here are some pictures of #3, 4 and 5.

#4 Pics

Random pics of #4

A smattering of images

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