Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by Gordon » Sat Jul 17, 2021 6:03 pm

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:05 pm

Hat's off!

I'm going with these affordable but excellent Wilkinson tuners.

Just discovered the scale length of this Kmise neck is way off. So I'm going to go with a new fretboard all together.
Also, the truss rod hole is off-center, so I'm going to do something about that also.

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Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:12 pm

No going back now.
I dunno what material that fretboard was but it's weird.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:15 pm

I filled the existing truss hole with epoxy resin.
As you can see it was routed off-centre.
Plus I wanted to relocate the allen key adjustment to the heel.

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I glued the new board on, which I pre-routed the binding channel before gluing.
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I've made more boo boos on this neck than I care to admit right now.
I've been pretty close to binning it many times.
It's not the usual way I go about building necks.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:19 pm

I veneered the headstock!

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by smjenkins » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:29 pm

Nice work on this one Pat. This neck seems like a giant pain.

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Post by CROSS_guitars » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:45 pm

Plan B: might end up being an actual Hockey stick.

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Post by smjenkins » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:47 pm

Send it my way. Seattle is getting an NHL team soon.

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Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:37 pm

Whatever wood that fretboard's made from, it got really nice grain.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:44 pm

I bought the fretboard from China but it's definitely rosewood. It's very pretty and probably endangered, just how I like it.
I got it with the pearl blocks already routed in.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:26 pm

It's starting to come together.
I radiused the fretboard to 7 1/4" and popped the vintage style frets in.
I rubbed some fretboard oil in to enhance the rosewood. It's nice and dark.

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That little cracky bit in the veneer where it meets the nut doesn't look as noticeable in real life. The finish will cover that anyhow.

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Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Aug 07, 2021 9:15 pm

Making a lot of progress on this bass!

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by smjenkins » Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:46 pm

I’m so here for that bass.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:51 pm

Cross '69 - '51 whatever ya wanna call it.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by countertext » Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:59 pm

Yes yes yes.

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