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More progress on padauk/mahogany build to 6/7/04... Boggs



 
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Boggs
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Location: Rochester, NY, USA
PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 7:59 am    Post subject: More progress on padauk/mahogany build to 6/7/04... Boggs Reply with quote
Tim and I only had a couple of hours on Saturday to get some work done on both guitars. We did manage to get the padauk tops and backs which Tim previously bookmatched trued up and sanded ready for gluing up to the now prepared mahogany. I also have completed the finish of my neck except for making a truss rod cover.

Here is my bookmatched top and back just wetted down with mineral spirits...



Here, you can see how close we cut it with the bodies material-wise. The sides will be rounded, so it should be about perfect...





We even got to screw around a bit with guitarhead photos... You can see that I am doing a "rustic finish" on my prototype body as I will be reviving it very soon. I got a maple/ebony Carvin standard neck for it which Tim is coating up now with hard oil. Here are the GuitarHead shots...









Enjoy!
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Herb
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Man, that's a lot of work! Shocked It's gonna be purty, though! Cool Cool
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Boggs
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It has been, especially doing most of it by hand with minimilist tools. The satisfaction will be all the greater for it though. Thanks for checking in!

BTW, I have just been shut out of overtime here at work, so I may have to sell my FrankenWashburn to fund all of this. Sad I have modified it with a GraphTech FAAS system and an Earvana nut as well as installing Carvin AP11 and AP11R pickups in the single coil positions... Great guitar. I just won't need it after I get these two done and with the loss of overtime pay, I cannot justify keeping them all. Boggs
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