A bit of bishing bashing and boshing today, got the bridge sorted, alignment is spont on too which is always a relief. Of course I got the laser out and done the logo.
 

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@liebe the problem with plunge is you can go to deep and start hitting the wood with the collet. For bits you can go with trend for reasonable but if spending a bit more I’ve got to say radian, they’re…   Read more»

@liebe Longer router bits, I do mine with a palm router including floyd rose routs etc. Most routers don’t have a huge plunge but you use a bunch of different length bits then just swap them as you go.  …   Read more»

Not much time today but I did my usual upper fret access carve using a bowl and dish router bit.

Ok, couple of things. First, I’m a plonker lol. String height is actually less than 2mm at the 12th which is perfect and also when I did a demo in my vid I wasn’t using a bass amp plugin, I…   Read more»

Got the neck pocket done today, sorted most of the shaping around it and also did the neck heel
 

Headstock sorted and main neck carving done, I’ll sort the heel once I’ve done the neck pocket.

@nortski string splay is fine, most 3 aside headstocks have it to varying degrees with zero issues. Straighter string pull is generally more desired if fitting a non locking trem because then you want the strings to glide as smooth…   Read more»

Finished at last, well ish lol. Found a high fret I missed, I often miss just the one. Anyway sorted that, still need to lower the nut a little too. Other thing is the string height is about 3mm at…   Read more»

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I always seem to get through using the contact us form on the shop, I think it’s Carol that usually replies.

@liebe I was concerned about slot depth, slots being clean, getting to much glue on and it choking the slots etc etc lol
Might try the acetone next time. Supposed to work well and of course it doesn’t fill the slots

@liebe For sure, without it you can use a regular fret saw lol   What glue did you use? I found out the hard way that wood glue doesn’t work with plastic binding lol. Superglue was fine though and didn’t…   Read more»