…Frets, side dots, and joining the neck to the body..
The frets and mother of pearl side dots went in with no problems and the heel of the neck has the angle routed into it, so that the strings will arrive at the right height for the bridge to get the correct action. So the neck is pretty much finished apart from the ‘Bailey’ headstock logo which I will have a go at early next week. I am hoping to start spraying it by mid week so I will post some colour tests on Tuesday.
On this style of guitar I usually modify the heel to take off the large chunk on the body, as I have marked out in the picture. The neck heel can then also be trimmed back to the same shape. This gives better fret access and feels more comfortable…..I will wait for confirmation before I chop it off just in case……Next job is to carve the shape onto the front of the body….I’d better get on with it then….