With your skills, appropriate if you have cut yourself 
Routing and drilling this morning.
The access hole in the neck pickup cavity reappeared in exactly the right place - lucky as I had to work back from the photos because I’d chucked away my scribbled notes.
Mess
Next job is sanding, lots and lots of sanding.
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That is already a thing of considerable beauty 
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Wow that looks great.
Love the recessed switch and vol/tone controls
Looking forward to seeing it finished
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You might like this video, hope the link works
Sanded it all for a very long time by hand, 120, 180, 240, 320.
Went with natural colour and an high build oil finish.
The figuring in the top looks lovely now, will leave if for a week to harden and then apply some Renaissance wax.
Also finished the neck shaping and final sanding down to 400 grit, super smooth now. Will probably add a very light coat of oil, maybe 2 to make sure it remains that way.
fretwork next…
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Few pics of where I’m at.
Finish is done, nut fitted and shaped, truss rod cover made to match the neck.
Next job is wiring and I am not looking forward to that, the lack of access is going to make it very hard work. Will involve pulling parts into position though the holes with cotton thread and soldering directly over the body. I’ll save that for when I’m in the right frame of mind.
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That looks absolutely magnificent. I wish I could do something half as creative.
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I’m loving this one it looks fantastic. Looking forward to seeing the finished guitar
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Beautiful work 
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That is a thing of beauty Garth. You should be proud. I have a guy at work who would happily buy one of your creations.
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That is beautiful work.
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Fantastic job. Looks pretty professional to these eyes.
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That looks fabulous
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Awesome work
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That really is superb craftmanship.
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Beautiful work G.
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Quality mate, great work!
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Wow. Stand back in awe.
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Today I finished the wiring, polished the frets, cut the nut, installed strings, set it up and played it!
With the exception of a few minor tweaks (action / neck relief adjustment as it settles) it’s done.
The pickups are humbucker sized P90s.
Quite tricky to photograph as the maple is doing strange things to the camera’s ability to focus.
Anyway here is it,
Despite being a trivial component, I absolutely love the truss rod access cover I made from a neck off cut . Having looked at the pics close up, the nut needs cleaning, will get that done later.
Doubt I’ll blog any others I build in such detail, if at all tbh, but we’ll see.
Going to have a break for a while
Anyway, time for a beer
Cheers
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