Fretboard on the Bailey Bandsman build. 

No scratch plate. My first attempt on a hidden Tenon. Kinda neat. Learned so much, figured out how.

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I love the wood inlays 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I recommend every guitar builder should have a centre ruler

Another to add to the list...very useful tool..

https://www.axminstertools.com/axminster-precision-centre-finding-300mm-rule-metric-only-101923

The build a are coming on a treat. I look forward to the completed versions.....work is a nightmare at the moment but I hope to get building again soon 🤞🏻

No scratch plate. My first attempt on a hidden Tenon. Kinda neat. Learned so much, figured out how.

That’s great @clinton.

i love working with wood.  It throws up so many opportunities to find creative solutions.  Just a matter of thinking about, working out how, and then doing it.

Great work.

Home stretch

That's looking good @clinton ...

@clinton

. My first attempt on a hidden Tenon. Kinda neat. 

Nice job. And not just a hidden tenon, you've hidden the pickup pockets and bridge posts too.

@tv101 Thanks, bridge holes and humbucker cavity just got done. I am dreading the fret job today.

@robin Well, just did that. Could not do it earlier because of the hidden tenon. Gotta glue the neck first then put the cap on but before that, I had to actually finish stain dye it first due to the hidden tenon and the top carve by the neck. Quite a chalkenge to have to do it this way.

Home stretch

@clinton That is some going on this build, it looks great. 

@boo Thanks, it has been quite a journey. A few first time trying out new things incorporating Mark’s course and you tube live streams.

@clinton

Could not do it earlier because of the hidden tenon. Gotta glue the neck first then put the cap on

Ah yes, I understand now, I hadn't realised that it wasn't glued together. My fret crowning file arrived yesterday, so thats my next job once my insides have healed a bit.

I managed to get my head into gear today to do a bit more on my second bandsman build. A bit of routing and bandsawing. 

This model is only having one pickup and one volume pot. There is also not going to be any scratch plate so I need to do a stellar job of getting the tenon level with the body. I’ll have to use some filler as well but it gonna get painted. I’m only painting the body, not the neck. If only there was a finishing course I could take. 😁

@boo

Lookin good dude, I like the bumblebee pickup!

I like the bumblebee pickup!

@mattbeels Thanks man, this is a Bareknuckle Rebel Yell in yellow and black. It’s not for this guitar but it is going on another Bansman that I will be building when I’ve done this one. In this one I’m using an Iron Gear Metal Machine in white. 

Made some different control cavity templates today and routed it into the body. I also cut the body shape out on the bandsaw, I’ll route the shape tomorrow as the cold weather got a bit too much. The reason I made a different cavity is because I’m only having one volume control and a kill switch for one pickup in the bridge. I bought a few different momentary switches/buttons to consider, not made my mind up yet. Apparently the large one is from a games console (arcade style) and is favoured by many for a kill switch in a guitar, Buckethead for example. 

It’s a pretty big hole to drill into a guitar body though.