Black korina Jazzmaster build

[ragamuffin]

im jealous of your talent

Thanks! I try to learn from my mistakes, and let's just say I've made a lot of mistakes

Did some more routing, and now I'm completely covered in sawdust
Now it just needs some sanding and drilling, but I think I'm done for the day.

 

[Spud]

Thanks! I try to learn from my mistakes, and let's just say I've made a lot of mistakes

Did some more routing, and now I'm completely covered in sawdust
Now it just needs some sanding and drilling, but I think I'm done for the day.

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Veeeery niiice!

 

[Spud]

I enjoy learning from your mistakes too!

 

[cromulent]

Looks great

 

[ragamuffin]

Thanks guys!

I also took the plunge and ordered the neck and brdige!

 

[ragamuffin]

Today I did the tummy cut, forearm contour, heel contour, and drilled the neck holes

 

[supertruper1988]

Nice! Love a good heel access area!

 

[ragamuffin]

Applied the first coat of tru oil!

 

[Spud]

Applied the first coat of tru oil!

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While I like tru-oil, I prefer false oil.

 

[ragamuffin]

Mail lady brought my Descendant vibrato and bridge today

 

[ragamuffin]

Around eight coats of oil, looking pretty slick! It's shinier in person.

 

[Spud]

If you want extra shine, maybe a coat of Helmsman teak oil at the end?

 

[ragamuffin]

If you want extra shine, maybe a coat of Helmsman teak oil at the end?

I'm going to go satin; buff it down with Birchwood Casey "Stock Sheen" at the end

 

[stratamania]

Have you tried dry fitting the hardware and neck etc to ensure things fit and the scale length etc works?

If not, it may be worth doing so before spending a lot more time on finishing.

 

[ragamuffin]

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Have you tried dry fitting the hardware and neck etc to ensure things fit and the scale length etc works?

If not, it may be worth doing so before spending a lot more time on finishing.

I took her off the paint stand today and mocked things up; everything seems to line up/measure correctly! I drilled the bridge holes to the width supplied by the manufacturer, but they seem a little to tight for the thimbles. I could probably force them in if the body were made of basswood, but I don't know how much this dense black korina will give. I think I'll try to widen them just a tad.

 

[cromulent]

Looking great

 

[cromulent]

Some of the pictures aren't showing up - remind me what you got for a neck?

 

[ragamuffin]

Some of the pictures aren't showing up - remind me what you got for a neck?

Thanks! Hmm I’ll have to try to fix the pics…

For the neck I went padauk with a no-inlay ziricote fretboard

 

[stratamania]

@ragamuffin probably better at this stage to make all adjustments needed for fitting purposes, assemble, check intonation etc then disassemble, complete any further finishing then a final assembly and set up.

 

[ragamuffin]

@ragamuffin probably better at this stage to make all adjustments needed for fitting purposes, assemble, check intonation etc then disassemble, complete any further finishing then a final assembly and set up.

That's probably a good idea Stratamania. I was going to wait till I had the neck for this guitar in hand, but there's no reason I can't use the neck that I have now (the one from my Albert Lee build) to test things out.