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April 15th, 2011, 09:50 AM
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Looking Great Beatnik! Great to see the project coming together step by step 
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April 16th, 2011, 07:53 AM
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Looking Great Beatnik! Great to see the project coming together step by step |
thanks mate appreciate the interest its comin along slowly |
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April 17th, 2011, 10:43 PM
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Top work beatnik! keep at it! 
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June 14th, 2011, 02:30 PM
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firstly apologies for the lack of progress recently the last few months of uni were more intense than i expected so had to concentrate on gettin my work done or there would be no more builds next year! anyway on with the update
first job was to start the chambering of the body first i marked out the area to be chambered and removed the bulk of wood using a 30mm forstner bit
then i routed the rest away completing stage one of the chambering
before routing the pickup cavities complete with recesses for the wiring i also removed some excess under where the bigsby will sit
i also made a wiring harness which saved me a fortune compared to buying one from tv jones fingers crossed everything is in the right place
close up 
complete harness placed in body
it needs a bit of tidying up but considering this is the first time ive used a router or done any electrical stuff im pretty pleased with how it looks
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June 14th, 2011, 05:01 PM
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That looks like pretty impressive work to me. Must have felt good to get back to it after all that head down academic work.
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June 14th, 2011, 05:42 PM
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Yay! Progress! It's looking great.
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June 14th, 2011, 06:44 PM
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Swweet man!! Isnt it fun using a router? So easy to F up its awesome! Your doing really well dude,that was prob the most time consuming task, next its carving the neck! I did one today and my hands are so rough and blistery!
Lets see the maple top if you've got it!!!
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June 14th, 2011, 07:01 PM
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Looking great, beatnik. Keep on with the good work!
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June 14th, 2011, 10:57 PM
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June 15th, 2011, 03:45 AM
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Looking good! Doesnt matter what the routing looks like, whos gunna see it 
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June 15th, 2011, 07:36 AM
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That looks like pretty impressive work to me. Must have felt good to get back to it after all that head down academic work.
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thanks mate yeah im pleased to be cracking on with it and although my academic stuff is still making things (training to be a design and technology teacher) its not quite as fun as building a guitar
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thanks sarah your little project is lookin great as well loving the inlay work
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Swweet man!! Isnt it fun using a router? So easy to F up its awesome! Your doing really well dude,that was prob the most time consuming task, next its carving the neck! I did one today and my hands are so rough and blistery!
Lets see the maple top if you've got it!!!
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cheers mate there are pics of the maple top in this thread somewhere havent carved it yet thats on my to do list this week as is the neck and yeah enjoying the routing although my backs aching from leaning over and i have mahogany dust covering most of my garden and myself, is that a chambered body u have in ur avatar cant quite make it out
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Looking great, beatnik. Keep on with the good work!
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cheers mate
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Looking good! Doesnt matter what the routing looks like, whos gunna see it |
does that mean u think it looks a bit shabby? i am goin to tidy it up a bit as although u wont be able to see it i know its there i want it to be the best i can make it thanks for looking in mate |
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June 17th, 2011, 11:17 AM
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Yea man thats a double cut tele thinline Im doin for a buddy, will post pics in a thread soon prob. Pretty similar to what you doing except for the carved top. Do you know how your gona carve that thing yet?, Ive seen a few difernt methods.
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June 17th, 2011, 11:48 AM
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Are you putting control covers on the back so you can access the pots/switches? Hopefully this was in the plan...
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June 18th, 2011, 02:51 PM
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Yea man thats a double cut tele thinline Im doin for a buddy, will post pics in a thread soon prob. Pretty similar to what you doing except for the carved top. Do you know how your gona carve that thing yet?, Ive seen a few difernt methods.
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im gonna route the top into steps then blend the steps into each other to make the arch
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Are you putting control covers on the back so you can access the pots/switches? Hopefully this was in the plan...
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yes mate exactly like that im hopefully gonna get into uni this week so i can laser cut the cavity covers, pickguard and pickup surrounds |
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June 20th, 2011, 06:17 PM
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Looking good Beatnik, subscribed! |
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September 1st, 2011, 01:44 PM
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Any progress dude? Im starting one and dont know how to do the neck joint or carvve the top, I need you to show me!!
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September 1st, 2011, 01:47 PM
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a little bit of progress mate ive routed the truss channel and started shaping the neck ive also got the cavity covers cut out as well as templates for the inlays ive just been lazy and havent updated im a bit stuck at the moment as ive run out of money till i go back to uni and they wont let us use the workshop in the summer and i dont have the tools i need
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September 1st, 2011, 01:51 PM
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Pics so far?
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September 1st, 2011, 01:54 PM
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i do have pics dan give me an hour or so to finish my tea and ill get them up |
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September 1st, 2011, 01:58 PM
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oh almost forgot i cut out some tester pickup surrounds as well there a bit square but it was more to test the filters would fit snugly as i made them from dimensions on tv jones website i have re-designed them now with the curved edges but have to wait till i go back to uni to cut the new ones
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