HazBeen

Fanned fret slots..... check. I have checked them several times, appears to be within acceptable limits so RESULT!

+1, great supplier and they have loads of stuff

Thanks, soon I will address the biggest challenge... getting the neck right, incl. the flared part where it bolts to the body. But I think I have the right approach in mind for that.

Body rounded, as it is is 2.45kg. And the wood I will take out for the control cavity, belly and arm cut, tuners and neck should be roughly the same as the weigh of the hardware, so that is where I am thinking we will end up. With the headless neck absolutely on track to stay below 4 kg, Quick mockup attached as well, just for fun

Weight wise, it is looking like we will end up just under 4 kg. Not bad!

Note the trussrod access

Did quite a lot over the weekend. - Both top and bottom now glued on (1 at a time). Bottom in first, got a really good glue up. Hope 2nd is as good. - Weight reduction cavities routed - Neck rough outline cut, trussrod and graphite rod slots routed - Devised a way to keep body shape as it and still be able to access the tuners - and a few more bits here and there.... Apologies for the upside down pics, my iPad sometimes decides to flip pics when posting to BC.

Very nice, the Origin helps speed things along. Almost CNC speed.

Glue ups look neat too

Look what showed up Thanks @Andre_Passini!

Little bit of progress to report. Fronts and backs glued up. Also cleaned up body core (no pics, took down thickness some more (3.8 cm will be final thickness) and chambered.

Better with Ebony fretboard....fretboard and body core thicknessed.... body core is 2.6cm. So we will end up just over 4cm. Will be chambering the core, so weight will not be any issue. Next step, trussrod/graphite rods, fretboard and a million other things 😂

Widest neck blank I ever made

Having slept on it, Ebony fingerboard ordered...

It is already decided and sorted , ABM single string clamps. Anyway... Neck blank and body core glued up. I still need to thickness the ash a little, so when I slap on 8mm walnut on both sides we get to 4 cm or just under. It was getting a bit late for my thicknesser’s volume and I prefer using a hand plane for the last few mm anyway, so glued the 2 halves and will sort the planing out when dry. I decided to go for the 3 ply, maple/wenge/maple. I liked it best. What I don’t like is how the ovangkol looks against the walnut top. Too similar in colour.... I need to do something about that. Probably just order new fretboard material, darker.

What a cracking instrument!

I also am going to make a saw guide for the multi-scale frets as my normal jig only does straight. Saw a design online that looks good and that I will copy. Uses magnets to keep the saw blade stable against a maple block that can pivot to make the correct angled cuts.

Bridge is being set to me today ... yeah and ABM is making me the black single string clamps to order and they will ship Wednesday/Thursday next week. So, this weekend I want to make a start and finally create some saw dust. Rough cut and glue up the body, and also glue up a neck blank.... leaning toward 3 ply Maple, quarter sawn Wenge, Maple (my go to) or maybe do a 5 ply Maple, Wenge, Maple, quarter sawn Wenge, Maple or even a Maple, Wenge, Wenge quarter sawn, Wenge, Maple option... but maybe all the wenge in a 5 ply is a bit dark (given the dark walnut cap on the body and black hardware.

There certainly are ways, I thought about routing the strings through headstock “in diagonal ferrules”, and then clamping straight on the underside or I could indeed do an inset, but I had something specific in mind and chose to follow that vision (ie single string clamps)

More an esthetics thing than technical to be hones. I just dont like a square line (clamp) against the diagonal nut/zerofret. Going single string clamps means I can follow the diagonal.

Hmmm, whilst not spent much time on it, using the upper horn shape as the basis for the “headstock” makes sense. Example attached. I cannot use the Nova string clamp due to the fanned fret, so I am looking to get some single string string locks a la ABM7011. Open to suggestions/alternatives if anyone has any.

That said, it may be a proper headless too. My sketchbook will decide

Basically a smaller headstock, without tuners just clamps .... a la Ritter, Bogart (old series), LeFay