Wings!

I finally did some building again. In order to make my practice session more complete I glued some wings to the headstock of my practice neck.

Wings? Well yeah. In order to eventually saw the headstock into the correct shape, some more width is required, so I cut some more of my old bed up into two small pieces of wood, which I glued to the sides of the headstock on my practice neck. With any luck the glue will have dried tomorrow and I will be able to cut it into shape and sand it down.

Let's get picky!

Just as something to keep me motivated, I had the pick you can see in the logo of this blog made. Price wasn't too bad, except for the fact that i had to pay half again that amount in customs taxes to have 'em shipped into this country from the United States :(

Well this is what they look like:

And once again.... it's the mailman!!!

Yeah, the mailman's back... and with some good stuff.this time he brought:

• A truss rod and cover
• Some tuners, 6 I believe ;)
• Fret wire
• Pickup rings
• Gibson style pickup switch
• A jack-input cover plate (although I might have a different plan for that, more about that in future posts)
• A tom style bridge and tailpiece

I believe this means I actually have EVERYTHING I need to build the war machine, except for the wood to build the body. Since I have to wait a little before being able to route the templates I need to route the body later, I haven't gone out to buy it, since bringing the template will ensure I get a piece of wood that is the correct size.

Did he stop building?

Ok ok, I admit, it's been a while since I posted some news. Does that mean nothin's happening? Well, ehhhm.... yes, it does!

Well not exactly. Before I stopped blogging I rounded the practice neck I made. I just forgot to take a good picture, so the one below will have to do.

As you might be able to see, I rounded the back of the neck, so it would be smooth to play....if it were a real neck. Having dropped it a couple of times now, the resulting dents make it painfully clear that pine is WAY too soft to make any guitar part, al though its great to practice on.