Hate Gas Heat

Joints were good ... I buy new titebond for every project. However I decided to try epoxy on the headplate and the top seam. I used Z-poxy never had an issue with it before. I used titebond to glue the top and headplate to the guitar itself.

I think we have to assume that the wood wasn't dry enough. But I will say this the Ziricote and the Bocote were very strange pieces and the crazy grain did not help the issue. I though that gluing them to stable wood would keep them from moving but I was wrong.

Hard to photograph the cracks they don't shop up. Here is the headplate split. It looks fine but you could put a piece of paper in it... The other is the bridge crack. It actually separated on the grain not the glue line.

Mocking...

Mock up...



Back... going to glue the neck in when the weather clears up. Probably Thursday...

Tuners for the diablo

Recessed the tuners... I start with the 5/8 forstner then come back with the 3/8" forstner. Then I turn the thing over and drill out with the 13/32 within an 1/8" of the front. Not sure why guess I am trying to copy some of the factory necks I had in the 80s before companies started cutting corners.

Electronic Super Diablo

Finished fitting the control plates. Installed magnets and washers...


Electronics holes drilled. I am keeping this simple as usual. One push pull knob. I might install a tap switch for the HBs if the customer wants one. I recess the input jack significantly to keep the lines clean and hide some of the plug.

Doom work

Mini Hum routed... The template came all the way from Canada. Thanks PRS_tait!!!


Electronics drilled out. Since this is a single HB it gets one push/pull pot. Surprised? Com' on man... U no dis!


Control plate. Bookmatched Ziricote on top of a piece of sapele.

Fret filing

I am not sure which I hate more... filling fret ends or having to undercut fret tangs for hidden binding...

yeah

I worked on it! I drilled the input jack.

Grats

Gratuitous shots...