Some Cheeky Fixes

[needsmorecowbel]

Hey guys i got some solid bodies joined recently as the guy only wanted 25 bucks. While most of the bodies were fine there was one that had a really shoddy join down the centre join line of the drop top. The glue is very noticeable from close up but with the new skunk stripe it should be much crisper. Before i had this body glued together i had another body of Huon Pine joined together by the same company/ mob...Bad idea as they insisted on using biscuits to join them rather than just a butt join. The edge of the neck pocket happened to be exactly dead centre of one of the biscuits...sigh...But here are a few fixes that will no doubt jazz up the mistakes/ errors.







Kudos to Rod (rocket) for suggesting the cheeky purfling/ wood skunk stripe to cover up the join line.

Stu

[needsmorecowbel]

http://img151.imageshack.us/i/dscf3636.jpg/
http://img8.imageshack.us/i/dscf3634w.jpg/
http://img46.imageshack.us/i/dscf3560o.jpg

[Lillian]

Nicely done Stu. That was a great solution.

[Alan Stassforth]

Good job, Stu.
Hey, I like your body shape!
Alan

[ckngumbo]

Nice work! It didn't just fix the problem but I think your work made things much more elegant.
Rob

[Taffy Evans]

Hi Stu, Its amazing how many design feature grow from hiding mistakes, faults and blemishes.

The guitar shown here built in 1992 started out with three pickup cavities, as the customer ordered, then after paying a deposit he did not return. So I did a similar fix to yours to the body so I could fit two pickups for he next customer. Whats that about the mother of invention.

[Lillian]

Taffy, I love the way you find solutions.

[needsmorecowbel]

You are a classy man with fixes taff...love that logo on the headstock

[Daniel_M]

Hey Stu,

Great fix! what is happening with that piece of Tiger Mrytle?

Thanks

Dan.

[needsmorecowbel]

In LATE response to your question the myrtle covers half a biscuit. I got a table manufacturer to join the two pieces of huon pine with a jointer and he insisted upon have two biscuits in the join. I told him to put them 100 mm apart in the centre so they would not intrude upon the tail or the neck pocket of the guitar. Well the biscuits were not in the centre but 100 mm from each end and i managed to cut right through it with the router (couldn't really be helped). So i figured to fix it I'd get 3 bits of Tiger Myrtle- 1. Neck patch, 2. Pick guard, 3. Input Jack Cover

The Electric i have made is turning into a Frankenstein of fixes and Lessons learned...

Lesson 1: Always lock your plunge on the router...
Lesson 2: (A REAL NO BRAINER) Don't Drill Input Jack Holes in the side before trying to round the edges...le sigh...Any suggestions for a FIX?
Lesson 3: Really Don't need such a Large Control Cavity







LESSON 1-Went too deep on the plunge and had to make a choc/wedge of maple then glue, clamp and re rout.

LESSON 2- seemed like the bevel wanted to go 'home' in the hole (Happy Gilmore Style)

LESSON 3- Control Cavity itself is rather large

[needsmorecowbel]

.