Well it's certainly getting there, and this was probably the most nerve wracking bit of the whole project to date - gluing the soundboard to body, there really isn't any going back after this if it's wrong!
Using all the clamps I posses and some bricks to weight it down I glued the soundboard on to the body.
Phew, it's perfect and has a nice acoustic ring when it's tapped, so hopefully this might sound good! Thankfully I remembered to route the earth wire into the bridge post hole before I glued the top on.
Using a drill mounted drum sander I trimmed the soundboard flush with body and sanded out some of the gouges caused by my wobbly routing, the deeper ones will have to be filled before I apply the finish.
Headstock cut out, I made a paper template and carefully marked out where the tuners will go first.
Off set tuners fitted, I quite like this, it is (as far as I know) a unique shape which I may adopt to any future project I embark on.
Bolted the neck on and checked the alignment, seems to be okay
I love these individual neck bolt ferrules, the holes need tidying up and I need to cut the corner off. I ripped this idea off an old Yamaha RGX that I have, it looks nice and makes accessing the upper frets easier. I will also be adding a chamfer to the front and back of the cut away.
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