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De la reprise,

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The #guitar build is complete and I've uploaded the last of my photos to the Great Guitar Build Off folks. That means the bench is open for whatever comes. I wish I could post more than 4 photos at a time. #guitarmaker #ggbo23

#guitar content! These strings will come off to do the level and dress, after the neck spends a little time under tension. It plays, intonates and makes me happy. Hitting the final stretch. #luthiery #guitarmaker

#guitar update: Everything is glued up and ready for a sanding extravaganza. #luthery #guitarmaker #ggbo23

Good weekend. Got the neck ready to radius and fret. Ebony binding with w/b/w purfling to match the ebony head plate. Fingerboard is white limba with crushed opal inlays (except the alien, it's malachite). Now I need to start hollowing the body and get the neck joint. This will be set neck, not bolt-on.

Second image is with a wipe of mineral spirits to get a better sense of finished color. #guitar #luthery #guitarmaker #ggbo23

7 minutes of fret slotting compressed. #luthery #guitar #guitarmaker #guitarbuilding #ggbo23

Today was neck glue up day. Frets slots cut, inlay cut with the CNC and them stick it all together. An extra mahogany neck blank made a perfect clamping caul.

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It's been too long since I posted an update. I'm currently down with the rona so not much is getting done but there still progress I haven't posted. I've got the neck cut, glued and routed for the truss rod. I also used the new CNC to make a cover for the P90 I wound. Little by little. #guitarmaker #guitars #luthery #cnc #woodworking #ggbo2023

It's update day. Top is filled and level sanded. Body has been glued and rough cut. It's an Ash, Bubinga and leopardwood sandwich. Neck will be canarywood with a purpleheart finger and an ebony headstock cap. #luthery #guitar #guitarmaker #guitarbuilding #guitars #luthier

Inbound guitar content:
Gluing up two half's of spalted maple burl that will be the top of the next build. Which will be my #ggbo2023 entry. Look at all those holes I can fill with shiny stuff.

Yes I used an in-progress neck to clamp it all down. 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

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It's been a little bit since my last update but that doesn't mean progress wasn't made.

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While shaping the belly carve I exposed this void, so I exploited it.

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More shop time today fretboard is basically done. Time to shape the neck. .
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Finished up the binding and am learning that guitar making is indeed mostly jig making.

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I've had family in town so I haven't spent much time in the shop but I did get about 90 minutes today. Started with the truss rod. I taped up the black palm fingerboard trimmed it close with the band saw. When I hit it with the router, bad things happened. The palm turned into a splintery mess no matter how careful I was.

Plan B, slot a piece of purpleheart and start over. I also managed to get it routed for binding and the side bindings on. Turned into a pretty productive hour and a half. I think I like this better anyway. The flame binding, with just a sliver of purple blending with the birdseye is going to be amazing.
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I think I've decided on the final mix of wood for my April Bass. Black limba, white limba, birdseye maple and black palm. 🤩
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