A bad decision has been made

[Securb]

Man you have patience. I would have rushed the job and screwed it up a dozen times by now.

 

[ICTGoober]

Blake, those frets look usable to me. However, they may not be comfortable for your style of play.
Also - ebony fretboards always chip during refrets. Why not wait until the whole project is complete and playable before making that plunge?

 

[jeremy]

might be good advice and will only cost ya a set of string.

those are small frets though

 

[blakejcan]

Probably good advice. Thanks.

My only concern is how incredibly uneven the fretboard is. Even if the frets were amazing and all the way there I don't know that I could get it playable with the board like that.

Probably smarter to try first though and I can shave that all down later if need be.

 

[blakejcan]

well there it is......fully strung up and not exploding. I am stoked.

 

[jeremy]

hell yeah man! im clapping for ya, well done. grover imperials?

 

[blakejcan]

yessir! the big suckers. Ah man I was puckering hard with every turn of the tuners and little creak of the strings getting it up to full tension. Looks solid as it gets now though!

 

[ICTGoober]

well there it is......fully strung up and not exploding. I am stoked.

DING! DING! DING! We have a winnah!

Now then, on projects like these I just let them sit under tension for a minimum of 24 hours, and then check it again.

Provided it lives, and you decide to put electronics in the thing - only then will you know the flavor of your chicken dinner.

Robust and juicy? Or dry and tasteless?

 

[blakejcan]

Haha yea, I’ll let it sit and marinate overnight

played it a bit and the frets are usable. Glad I didn’t jump to pulling them

 

[jeremy]

im guessing with the right massaging itll be pretty good when youre done

 

[blakejcan]

Does the pickup cavity here where I would mount the Filtertrons look like it's the correct depth or do I need to build it back up again? Thanks

 

[ICTGoober]

Best way to answer that is to have a set of FilterTrons to check sizes with. I don't have a set on hand to provide dimensions to you, Blake.

 

[blakejcan]

I've got a pair and I set them in there. Seemed mostly ok I guess. Just hard to know without fitting everything just how high you will need the pickups to sit.

 

[ICTGoober]

Much of that depends on how close the strings are once the pickups are installed.

 

[blakejcan]

True. I can slap some more wood or spacers in there last minute if I need to.

Going to try and get the binding on the headstock neck. Routing the binding channels could be an adventure.

 

[blakejcan]

Got some binding on the headstock this weekend. About done with the headstock now. Couple small body binding repairs, filling some holes and then sloooowly chipping off all the old bad clear

 

[ICTGoober]

You having fun yet?

 

[blakejcan]

haha actually yes, mostly. Chipping off the old clear is a real mental battle. Hard to not just go crazy and leave a ton of scratches. Back is almost done. Front is about 1/3rd of the way there.

The sides are going to be the worst. Just awkward to get at and the nooks and crannies in the binding make it extra wonky.

 

[blakejcan]

what do we think the color is on the face of this headstock? Some sort of opaque walnut?
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[ICTGoober]

Good question. What color is the rest of the guitar?