@steveh I place the claw against the back of the spring cavity and move it about until I’m happy it’s centred then go round in the holes with a pencil or that. Remove the claw and centre punch the centre…   Read more»

Today was a little tidy here and there and then onto bridge fitting, pickup routing, control cavity and wire holes. I set the depth stop on my drill press to about 20mm and drilled the corners then routered the rest.
 

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Today I smoothed out the back and front and did the neck heel transition area.
 

You say studio apartment, I say shed, you live in a shed lol

Got the top glued on then today I rough cut out the shape, still a bit of refining to do though then it’s onto routing and carving
 

@nortski I’ve used wood glue in the past, just squeeze a small bead in the slot then bang in the fret but my preferred method is to run medium superglue in from the ends after fitting. I find the medium…   Read more»

Got the frets levelled, crowned and polished today then glued on the wings. Hopefully tomorrow I can get the top glued on at some point. This was one of my best fret jobs, hardly any levelling needed at all. Happy…   Read more»

@brie St Cyrus! That was it. Gourdon is past johnshaven. I was trying to remember them in order going from Montrose lol. Bought my first electric from a guy in St Cyrus, he played the cult lil devil on it…   Read more»

Got a little bit more done today, top cut out and been cutting down the centre block to allow room for the top. Added a bit of angle for more bridge clearance