Here, is the Les Paul neck in the neck pocket of the body. It is not a perfect fit (I need to get some of the edges worked out to fit more snugly against the body), but it is much better than my attempt without the templates. On the first picture, you can see the neck angle is wrong. This is because the neck pocket angle had not been routed out yet. The third picture shows the template sitting on top of the neck, which shows kind of what it will look like with the fretboard on.
Here are some pictures of the body once the neck angle had been routed and the edge routed with my new bit to make carving the top a bit easier. You can definitely see the difference from how it looked when the top was flat. As you can see, the top is now carved down to match the koa binding. I still need to do a lot of sanding to get the glue off and everything smoothed out.
Well, here is my one boo boo. In the first picture, you can see that the router bit took too much out near the neck tenon. The second (blurry) picture, shows the piece that I glued in to fix the problem. The fretboard will be covering this area, so it should not make too much difference.
Here is the guitar after a lot of sanding and sprayed with water. It looks real nice. There is quite a bit of figure that comes out when sprayed that you don't see when it is dry. The finish should actually make it look even better, especially once it is polished and buffed out.
Well, its starting to look like a guitar now. I will have pictures of the others with their necks in the body once I get back to the shop. I wish that I could spend more time working, but lately, all I get is a few hours a day for a couple days every other week due to work and other family/household responsibilities, so if you happen to have a lot of money that you want to give me so I don't have to work anymore and can just go to the shop during the "normal" work week, my family and I would be forever grateful. Wow, that was a long sentence. That's all I have for the time being. Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking,
Aaron
4 comments:
They are really starting to take shape. It is pretty amazing that you are getting as much done as you are. I remember what it was like trying to work and take care of a family at the same time.
Only I never seemed to find the time to do the things that I really liked to do. Try not to let "work" interfere with what is really important!
I like your pictures Alexsh! Here's one of me thinking about guitars...
Very impressive!!
By the way, your Dad is right about spending time doing the things you love. Time passes very quickly. It seems like just yesterday I was a carefree young girl at the beach.....
I can still remember as a teen I use to stay up and watch Adventures in Paradise on Monday nights with Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, he was the captain of a freelance schooner called the Tiki.
I think that was my first dream job...funny I never got a call back for that beach bum job either!
I have always enjoyed the beach and the South Pacific has always been my idea of paradise.
As I recall he was a Korean War veteran who found adventure across the South Pacific. I thought that maybe I could do that as I was a Viet Nam veteran, but it just never materialized; I even read the book, I think it was by James A. Michener.
Well, if we are not careful we will have another record comment list if I keep getting too far off track.
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