Assembled S906

Assembled today. The next week will be spent fine tuning it.











Headstock

Bandsaw repaired...

At least I have some progress. This is part of the pile... We have some white limba bodies and a neck, peruvian walnut body, african mahogany body, sapele bodies, flame maple necks, ebony, bubinga, and cocobolo stringers. (etc...)



Some cocobolo and ziricote fretboards...



Peruvian walnut and Birdseye maple neck blank... 8 string perhaps?



Still have a bunch of Ziricote to cut up...

Best laid plans...

I should have know Friday when I couldn't find a 105" 3/8" Bandsaw blade at the local wood store that it was going to be a bad weekend for the bandsaw. Saturday I went to work anyway... about 5 hours later I had only cut half the wood I planned on cutting. I had burnt through 3 blades, 1 tire, and blew the through-out bearing on the bottom guide out.

Oh well Monday is time for ceramic through out bearings, urethane tires, and some new blades. Then back to ripping and cutting.

Waiting...

Waiting for paint to dry...




Also what color pickup bobbins? Creme or Black or aged White (Not pictured)? Chrome covers are not an option...

It is what it is...

Assembled. The morning after... needs about a week of tweaking to get everything perfect but overall it is good. They always take a while to settle down and be what they are going to be. Better pictures in a few weeks.

Wenge V playable...

Sometimes even bad pictures say a lot. I will try to get some better pictures when I finish up. For now it can sit, settle, and get tweaked a little here and there. I still have quite a few things to do. I have to tune the pickup heights, fix the radius on the bridge, tweak out the nut, dial in the action, and fix a ding in the side from the pickup falling out of my hand (grrr....). Overall this came out pretty nice. I polished the fretboard up to 2000 grit then buffed it with a nice compound.




I haven't devided on a trussrod cover yet. I think it needs a nice chrome one but I have no idea were to get one. If anyone has a chrome V trussrod cover PM me and we can work out a deal. As a note to myself I must start chambering fullsized guitars. This one turned out ok... it is heavier than a Gibson V but not heavier than my Jackson.



Really have to get a nicer camera.