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[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1497352393' post='3317440']
He's allowed a holiday??

I'll go back to huddling in the corner sweating and shaking then...
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Well, I think Mrs Andy had some say in it...he has a sensible amount of [b][s]fear[/s][/b] respect for her so who are we to argue.



The lack of updates must be terrible for you....

So what's it like for me???

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[quote name='Jakester' timestamp='1497355120' post='3317473']
Blast! I got all excited thinking there was an update!
[/quote]Likewise. The wait continues :(.

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The next day or so will be the 'creeping up on' the headstock.

The concept is that is should pretty much reflect the shape of the body. Here it is with the initial rounding of the top (which has already been radiused) and then I will do a subtle concave curve at the back ending with fully-rounded edges. There's lots of sand a bit, step back a bit and think a bit going on on the basis that you can always take away but you can't add stuff back on!

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Starting to get there. Still quite a bit of final shaping to do but this is starting to get to the vibe we are looking at. Other than the top 'horn', the shape is a pretty close copy of the body shape:


It's curved, radiused and rounded on the top:


It's definitely stripy on the back:


It will end up a little more curvy at the back, but this again is the basic vibe:




And the truss rod cover, cut out of the headstock plate itself, will be retained by a single neo-magnet:

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[quote name='RichardH' timestamp='1497453284' post='3318303']
Love the way the dark neck stringer laminate shows through on the bottom of the headstock.
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Thanks, Richard :)



Still loads and loads to do, but I like it when I get to the 'final list of tasks' stage. 17 items on it, two of which I've been able to cross off yesterday evening.

The 'most careful' one of the day was drilling the string exit holes in the fretboard. Not easy! Because the angles and exit points are pretty critical, the pilot holes (drilled from the top) had to be in EXACTLY the right place. Not at all easy when there is almost nothing you can get a ruler against. It was back to schoolboy geometry to work out exactly where I needed to drill, and then exactly the angle to twist to to end up with a hole that was in the right place and at the right angle for both the saddle and the tuner positions. It was another one of this 'check 14 times and drill once' jobs :rolleyes: .

It paid off, though. These are in the right place and are at the right angle:

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[quote name='Daz39' timestamp='1497525623' post='3318847']
How many times did you check you hadn't made it left-handed? ;)
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Constantly! Then had to check that Mick wasn't.... :lol:

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[quote name='Daz39' timestamp='1497525623' post='3318847']
How many times did you check you hadn't made it left-handed? ;)
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[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1497528221' post='3318872']
Constantly! Then had to check that Mick wasn't.... :lol:
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Unfortunately nobody's checked to see if I'm cack-handed... :D :D

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[quote name='stearstree1304' timestamp='1497541877' post='3318995']
I like the way the surrounds for the luminlay and accent line come together as one - very classy!!
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Thanks ! :)

Turned out as good as I'd hoped and better than I expected ;)

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[quote name='Stylon Pilson' timestamp='1497541995' post='3318999']
That looks good enough to eat.

S.P.
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Done.

Now what's for pudding?

*burp* :D

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[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1497616583' post='3319524']

I'll see how it goes, but I might be able to start fretting very soon :)
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You mean you're only going to start worrying about it now?

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[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1497616583' post='3319524']

I'll see how it goes, but I might be able to start fretting very soon :)
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With all the complicated shapes and unusual features I'd have been fretting from day #1 :)

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