Completing the neck and making the body
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- Neck and body almost complete
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- The headstock is ready for inlaying
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- Routing the body profile
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- Bandsawing the body shape
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- Control Cavity and Coverplate Recess
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- Most of the routing is done before cutting out the shape…
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- Routing the pickups
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- Starting work on the body
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- The headstock is cleaned up
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- Ebony headstock veneer
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- The ebony covers fit almost perfectly
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- Bareknuckle P90s with Ebony covers
Kristian’s custom Bailey Bandsman is coming on very well indeed…
Do the Ebony Pickup Covers fit Bareknuckle P90s?
The covers arrived earlier this week and I was a bit worried that they wouldn’t fit so the first thing I did was test that. If anyone wants to know, they do fit (almost) perfectly and look awesome. They are just a tad tight but with a little gentle pressure they popped on without any problems. I will include the original plastic covers just in case the ebony ones ever break…touching wood….
Last time I got as far as gluing the headstock veneer. This was glued on oversized, then filed and sanded down to clean up the excess..
The tuner holes have to be re-made through the new veneer by drilling first with a smaller drill (I used a 7mm) before reaming them to size.
At this point I decided to make a start on the body. I glued up the body blanks last time so I was able to get straight on with it.
I usually start by routing the pickups, then I drill the control holes right through the body and use those to position the pattern on the back.
The body is now almost complete apart from shaping the belly carve, drilling for hardware, and sanding, but first I will cut the neck slot and set the neck angle. That is a pretty major job best done with a fresh head so I finished with an easier job, cutting the nutslot and truss rod access.