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Permalink Reply by jawbone on October 10, 2013 at 2:00am

Looks good so far! I'm just concerned about the girl in that picture - does she have gas??? :-)

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Permalink Reply by Tom Drommond on October 10, 2013 at 4:52am

No, she just got caught by the sprinkler when she turned on the faucet. 

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on October 10, 2013 at 5:12am

Well, I was hoping for a closer look so as to make my own determination!!!!! But I'll take your word for it - I was just concerned about her well being - that's just the way I roll !  :-)

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Permalink Reply by Tom Drommond on October 10, 2013 at 5:18am

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on October 10, 2013 at 6:31am

Oh...well....she looks healthy enough!!!!! My fears were unfounded!   :-)

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 10, 2013 at 2:35pm

great post ron,looking good

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Permalink Reply by Tom Drommond on October 10, 2013 at 5:36pm

Not digging the headstock.  I started it it too far from the nut. I got to think about this one.  I may string it and see how the pickup works.  If that's not good, now's the time to figure it out. May shelve it for a while and think on it. Depends on the pickup.

I need to build about 4 real quick, 3-stringer fretless for X-mas gifts.  Paper covered-boxes with fancy corners. Planning on building them all at once.  I'll try and post my production process. 

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Permalink Reply by Tom Drommond on October 10, 2013 at 6:49pm

Made a quick temporary tailpiece and strung it up.  String break angle is too shallow. Everything needs to come closer to the nut.

But the sound...is freaking killer.  Just from the pickup to an output jack to the amp, it sounds full and bright with a deep drone on the bottom end.  Super happy with my stealth pickup.  Now, that ugly headstock is a shameful mess.  Maybe the pinup girl will distract everyone from it.  Gotta fix that no matter the work.

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