Well, today was the day (or, one of THE days...)! Today was extremely short, but will define the success of this project. Sure, having an ugly finish would affect the overall outcome, but the guitar would still be playable and sound good. However, today was all about gluing in the neck...which, if not properly done could result in an absolutely unplayable guitar. Whether it becomes a really expensive paperweight, due to REALLY bad gluing, or a somewhat playable guitar that continually sounds like crap because the neck is *slightly* off resulting in horrible intonation, etc is completely up to the events of today. Unfortunately, even though I've already glued the neck in, I don't have data to report until I can remove the clamp and start taking measurements...ugh.
Here's the latest pic I took of the top (don't mind the awful blue lighting-it makes the colors on the guitar look WAY off, but still cool) followed by a rather unremarkable pic of the guitar with the clamp on the neck/body joint (don't mind the pads of paper, I felt they would be easier on the finish than the steel clamp).
Time to go and worry for 24-48 hours...maybe a libation (or so) will help...
Cheers,
Dean
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