Elias Graves
Common misfit
The ding.
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The ding.
Elias Graves
Common misfit
Not supposed to happen til I'm playing it! 
Elias Graves
Common misfit
It needs a story.
I'm remembering something about a bunch of hookers in Clovis, NM.
Flatspotter
What?
I don't even wanna know the rest of that story...
Elias Graves
Common misfit
Different hookers.
If I ever make up the rest of it, I'll not tell you.
Elias Graves
Common misfit
Harmonica players are always uninvited, aren't they?
Elias Graves
Common misfit
Elias Graves
Common misfit
Back to the control cavity. So I cut the hole for the thing.
This one.
Now, you also have to have a way to attach a plate. This is usually done like so.
With an inlay style cut.
I'm doing it a little differently. Cutting an inlay like that on this thin wood is dangerous, so I'm doing it with two pieces.
Appearance from the outside. The ledge gives me a place to put some screws.
Now to glue it in place. Wish me luck. Clamping this is gonna be tight.
This one.
Now, you also have to have a way to attach a plate. This is usually done like so.
With an inlay style cut.
I'm doing it a little differently. Cutting an inlay like that on this thin wood is dangerous, so I'm doing it with two pieces.
Appearance from the outside. The ledge gives me a place to put some screws.
Now to glue it in place. Wish me luck. Clamping this is gonna be tight.
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Elias Graves
Common misfit
I made some clamping blocks. This should help.
Elias Graves
Common misfit
A dry fit shows the story checks out.
Now once more, with glue.
Now once more, with glue.
Elias Graves
Common misfit
Hey, it worked!
Flatspotter
What?
Ingenious!
Elias Graves
Common misfit
Sneaky and ingenious?
More like "desperately seeking a solution to a problem that wouldn't have occurred with better planning."
Speaking of which, I'm down to a point where I need to inventory what's left.
Most of that centers around when do I set the neck?
Once I do that and install the top, there's no more access inside.
I need to:
Drill a hole for the tailpiece ground wire
Finish sanding, staining and varnishing the interior
Install the bridge block
Install a splint over the inside seam in the top
Set the neck
Install the top
Now, here's where I have pause. I don't have pickups yet and can't cut for them until I do. Since they are dogears, will it matter if I don't have access to the inside? I can cut those holes later and be ok?
I'm thinking of setting the neck but not gluing the top down. I can fit the top and there's no reason I HAVE TO have the top glued on even to install the tailpiece...it attaches to the body. Perhaps I should leave the top loose until the very end.
More like "desperately seeking a solution to a problem that wouldn't have occurred with better planning."
Speaking of which, I'm down to a point where I need to inventory what's left.
Most of that centers around when do I set the neck?
Once I do that and install the top, there's no more access inside.
I need to:
Drill a hole for the tailpiece ground wire
Finish sanding, staining and varnishing the interior
Install the bridge block
Install a splint over the inside seam in the top
Set the neck
Install the top
Now, here's where I have pause. I don't have pickups yet and can't cut for them until I do. Since they are dogears, will it matter if I don't have access to the inside? I can cut those holes later and be ok?
I'm thinking of setting the neck but not gluing the top down. I can fit the top and there's no reason I HAVE TO have the top glued on even to install the tailpiece...it attaches to the body. Perhaps I should leave the top loose until the very end.
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Elias Graves
Common misfit
Sneaky and ingenious?
More like "desperately seeking a solution to a problem that wouldn't have occurred with better planning."
Speaking of which, I'm down to a point where I need to inventory what's left.
Most of that centers around when do I set the neck?
Once I do that and install the top, there's no more access inside.
I need to:
Drill a hole for the tailpiece ground wire
Finish sanding, staining and varnishing the interior
Install the bridge block
Install a splint over the inside seam in the top
Set the neck
Install the top
Now, here's where I have pause. I don't have pickups yet and can't cut for them until I do. Since they are dogears, will it matter if I don't have access to the inside? I can cut those holes later and be ok?
I'm thinking of setting the neck but not gluing the top down. I can fit the top and there's no reason I HAVE TO have the top glued on even to install the tailpiece...it attaches to the body. Perhaps I should leave the top loose until the very end.
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Check this out. Remember earlier when I talked about that the wood doesn't always ebonize the same? Here's a good visual. This is the back side of the control plate flange. Compare its color to that of the surrounding wood. It's ok here, as there's not gonna be a way to see this without an inspection mirror.
The other side is nice and dark.