The Sharkfin Shall Rise Again.....

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Re: The Sharkfin Shall Rise Again.....

Postby oipunkguy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:20 pm

here I am marking the exact correct placement of the bridge and tailpiece. since I was already doing some work on my other mosrite, i removed the neck to attach to the guitar body to ensure correct placement before I went any further. I played just fine.

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Postby oipunkguy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:22 pm

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Postby oipunkguy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:27 pm

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after shaping the headstock and drilling the tuner holes I began routing out the truss rod channel and put together the truss rod.
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Re: The Sharkfin Shall Rise Again.....

Postby oipunkguy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:29 pm

after cutting the fret slots I drilled out the holes for the dot inlay

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Postby MWaldorf » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:32 pm

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Re: The Sharkfin Shall Rise Again.....

Postby oipunkguy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:35 pm

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and I began to buff the tailpiece. this was much easier to do then I thought it might be. and here I am woulding a prototype of the pickup that will eventually go in the guitar

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Re: The Sharkfin Shall Rise Again.....

Postby oipunkguy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:38 pm

painting the tailpiece.

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Re: The Sharkfin Shall Rise Again.....

Postby oipunkguy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:41 pm

after slotting the fingerboard and drilling the inlay holes I sanded the board down again to rove a few mistakes I made cutting the fret slots where the saw jump on me. I was then ready to install the mother of pearl dots.

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Re: The Sharkfin Shall Rise Again.....

Postby oipunkguy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:47 pm

most luthiers will probably use epoxy to glue in inlay, but i didnt have any at the time. so i use regular old titebond. using powdered dyes (mohawk brand) i mixed it into the glue to match the color of the rosewood. I then begain installing the dots. afterwards i use the extra glue to pile onto the fingerboard so if the glue drops down it still will completely fill the hole.

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Re: The Sharkfin Shall Rise Again.....

Postby oipunkguy » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:50 pm

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