Steel Guitar Builder

Thanks for the kind words Bent

Some more pics:






Xavier

Hi Paul, Trying to fix my problems one after another :) I did the inlay job for the peg head last week: http://imageshack.us/a/img84/9451/img6670s.jpg I just tested my wood dying and sunburst skills... trying to find a nice color: http://imageshack.us/a/img42/8766/img6847e.jpg I'm waiting for the fr...

Hello,

The headstock veener is glued and routed:



here are some dye and binding tests on scrap:



The back, sides and neck will be dyed in "Mahogany"

The top of the headstock is now square: before http://imageshack.us/a/img842/5870/img6364m.jpg after http://imageshack.us/a/img545/8916/img6365y.jpg Burns have been then sanded: http://imageshack.us/a/img829/7146/img6366g.jpg The corian has been sanded to 6 mm thicknedd for the nut, and I roughly cu...

Thanks, Paul
No talent. Just painfull work

The top is now routed:


Xavier

The top is now glued...

Hi guys, The headstock angle (5°) is OK: http://imageshack.us/a/img210/2566/img6230r.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img339/6826/img6249j.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img17/8749/img6250ty.jpg The electronics cavity cover is done http://imageshack.us/a/img834/1269/img6286p.jpg I inlaid some small magnets in...

Hi guys, I routed the electronic cavities: http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/5021/img6208f.jpg And I got my custom PU today: http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4243/img6209y.jpg I asked Jason for a prewar Rickie sound, we'll see... And I got some more bookmatched flamed maple from the waste of my t...

Paul Lafountaine wrote:Hi Xavier, do I ever like your vacuum sanding table, what a great idea!

Paul

Hey Paul, and that works great!

If you ever build one, dont forget to glue some pieces of wood inside, like this:


Xavier