Getting Closer

In the past few days I have been able to make a little progress. In fact, I am getting close to being able to start routing the holes for the pickups and stuff. Soon I can cut the neck to the correct width, shape the neck, install the fretboard, etc. The bummer is, not sure how much time I will have on Saturday to work on it. Oh well, it seems some other things are important too. Including an animated .gif for y'all. you will have to click this link tho.

WOW! Two posts in two days!

This morning I took the clamps off of the pieces i was gluing together and thought I'd post pics of them.

I still have the backs to glue on, the front and back pieces are curly cherry but the center is just regular cherry. So after some more sanding i will glue on the backs an then be on to the next steps including cutting the neck to the width of the fretboard and rounding the back of the neck to its shape.

I set the fretboard on just to see how it looks. It won't be attached until a later time.

Finally..Progress

Today was a nice day, not too hot and certainly not too cold. I was able to make significant progress today, I can only imagine how much I would have gotten finished if the glue dried instantly.

I was able to do the rough cutting on the neck giving it its basic shape, It still needs to be tapered to fit the fretboard and also have the back rounded.













After cutting the neck i was able to cut several of the pieces of the body and glue them together and start gluing them to the neck.




I was able to glue 1/2 of the body to the neck, the other 1/2 will have to wait. This is the part where I wish the glue was instant, waiting for the glue is something that I don't dare to rush. I would hate it if something came apart because of my impatience. So, even tho it is hard, I will wait, until it is safe to remove the clamps and glue the other side on.

It's starting to look something like a guitar :)