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[Gordon]

I love that guard shape!

[finboy]

second set of witch hats got in, they are soaking in poorly filtered coffee for the night, new 3 ply black pick guard blank is on the way.

[Max]

new body arrived, quick mock up on the kitchen table...

Hot, Hot, HOT! 

[finboy]

coffee treated all 4 witch hats today, one tone knob was a bastard and is still slightly lighter, but not enough to notice unless you look up close.

as a note, some of the witch hats have larger printed numbers than others.

[Fiddy]

Where did you get the new body Finboy? Is that the Jagmaster body Terminalvertigo was selling?

[finboy]

from here...
index.php/topic,16123.0.html

thinking of doing a 4 way rotary switch like this...

[AWSchmit]

yeah, that pickguard shape and the black inlay and binding are fantastic. 

[finboy]

decided against the stock jm style pick guard, and had an interesting day. my luthier FINALLY says "neck will be done today, i feel bad about how long it took, come by at 6 and grab it, no charge"

being out of work, obviously this is GREAT news, so i head down, see he is still working on it but notice it is still in one piece, which is good. so after waiting around for 2 hours, i get home to take some pics of it...







something look fishy yet?



HE FORGOT TO PUT THE FIRST INLAY IN!!!

AND he had my other b&b neck that he could have referenced at any time!!

so there isn't much size difference between the first and third inlay, luckily i have spares so i'll be going to another shop to get it installed and HOPEFULLY the neck will finally be done.

this project = hell

[Stereordinary]

Man, sorry to hear/see all of your troubles with this project. I know how it feels when things don't go as planned. I'm glad I was able to help you with it in the little way that I did.

[finboy]

for all the trouble i have had, both these forums and shortscale have been absolute godsends for solving many issues, and it is greatly appreciated.

[finboy]

got this in the e-mail today



much thanks to theworkoffire

so far the project still needs...
-routing for the trem
-bridge installation
-shielding
-considering new pickups
-wiring
-installation of the first inlay on the neck
-possibly some more wood under the tele bigsby plate but i won't know until i get the bridge installed.

[Stereordinary]

Nice!

[finboy]

[Stereordinary]

Part of me is really happy that you still haven't refinished that body.

[finboy]

the finish is perfect, and this project would not be as cool as it is w/o your contributions