Today I finished all the final sanding, so on to the finishing process! First coat of amber dye for my sunburst!
Just a little more finish sanding and I'll be ready for finishing. Just trying to decide on what colour to finish it. I want to do it in a sunburst, but what kind.... hmmmm.... thinking of either a tobacco or sienna sunburst..... or maybe cherry.... dec
Its been a few days so I thought I'd write a quick update. I finished carving the neck and bound the headstock. This was a little tricky because I had to cut some of the channels by hand, but it turned out decent for a first attempt. Also did the inlay. I dyed the quilted maple headstock veneer black and glued in a bone nut. I have begun sanding the body. I;ll have to make sure the neck fit hasn't changed any due to my sanding, and then it will be time to start dying and finishing! Tuner holes are done, headstock shaped, and I've begun shaping the neck. I did some shaping yesterday but its still too big. I am trying to model it somewhat after a very comfortable 1950's ES-125 I have access to. Its not quite there yet but hopefully another day's worth of work and the neck should be fine. Also thinking of adding some headstock binding as well, we'll see!
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