Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
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.
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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No going back now.
I dunno what material that fretboard was but it's weird.
I dunno what material that fretboard was but it's weird.
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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.
I glued the new board on, which I pre-routed the binding channel before gluing.
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.
As you can see it was routed off-centre.
Plus I wanted to relocate the allen key adjustment to the heel.
I glued the new board on, which I pre-routed the binding channel before gluing.
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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I veneered the headstock!
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Nice work on this one Pat. This neck seems like a giant pain.
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Plan B: might end up being an actual Hockey stick.
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Send it my way. Seattle is getting an NHL team soon.
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Whatever wood that fretboard's made from, it got really nice grain.
You think you can't, you wish you could, I know you can, I wish you would. Slip inside this house as you pass by.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
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.
I got it with the pearl blocks already routed in.
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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.
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.
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.
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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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Making a lot of progress on this bass!
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I’m so here for that bass.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Cross '69 - '51 whatever ya wanna call it.
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Yes yes yes.