Getting towards the end of the project. Numerouse fiddley jobs to complete.
Got the lion’s share of the hardware installed, including the pickups, bridge, tuners, pick guard, string ferrules, pots, swtich, jack socket and wiring. Conneted it to an amp, no hum and the tone, volume and swtich are all working as they should. (tapping the pickup’s pole peices with a screw driver while conneted to an amp is sufficient to check everything is correct, or not as the case maybe).
This is the schematic I have followed, couldn’t get much more basic.
Earlier in this thread I’d noted that I’d made the fretboard’s nut slot too large (for an off the shelf Fender style nut) and that i’d “get away with it” somehow.
This concluded with me buying a bone nut blank and working it down to fit the slot I’d created.
Got to make that big lump of bone fit in there…
hand held belt sander clamped to a black + decker work mate
Bone stinks when it’s being sanded, dust mask, goggles and ear protection required and a very steady hand.
finish on a leveling beam & 240grit sand paper to get a snug fit.
Approx 0.5mm deeper than Fender, but wevs, I’m not Fender.
Need to cut 6 string slots evenly spaced, to the correct depth and angle. That’s a job for anothe day.
I reckon there’s 2-4 hours work before it’ll be a working guitar. I hope to get this finished during the next few evenings.
