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Thanks Steve and Steve,,Well i've just returned from the case guys shop and no he didn't have a bit more foresight than me, the bass would have fitted perfectly in the case if that headstock with those [smaller than most!!!] bass tuners had have gone in!!
. So he promised me i'd have another case buy late this or early next week, fingers crossed
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I've scrounged up some pics of the build for Martin, One of the sides in the mould withe the rough top lying on top, you can see the solid block and you might also notice that i've used laminated linings, a bit of stuffing around but they fit around those tight curves really well, also silky oak. A couple of the fretboard pre and post fretting, and one of the neck with the truss rod and carbon fibre ready to install.
Another thing i did different to Gibson is the neck to body transition, instead of creating a heel that butts up to the body i continued the back plate around and the binding beneath the neck and ran the neck into the body as a lot of solid body builds are done Telly's and Strat's come to mind, but then instead of having that uncomfortable lip at the neck/body intersection i made up a little transitional filler piece that still allows most of the binding to be seen.
Thanks for looking,,
Rod.
