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Permalink Reply by john keven kemege on May 28, 2018 at 2:10am

Bolted and gorilla wood glued ovation acoustic bridge to bottom of bass neck/cigar box:

a button piezo is attached to the underside of the bridge.

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Permalink Reply by john keven kemege on May 28, 2018 at 2:16am

Stainless steel frets on maple fretboard:

(think l’ll try linseed oil as a Finish?)

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Permalink Reply by john keven kemege on May 28, 2018 at 2:59am

The bass neck is a Fernandez gravity...

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 28, 2018 at 7:39am

That turned out really nice.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on May 28, 2018 at 10:46am

Looking good, linseed oil may not be the best finish to use as it it takes a while to dry and attracts and holds dirt and dust. After all that nice work i would be using a finish that drys harder, and repels finger grime and wear.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by john keven kemege on May 28, 2018 at 1:57pm

Might try using tung oil...

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 29, 2018 at 8:15am

When it comes to applying oils, you need to apply in many thin layers and allow enough time for each to fully dry/cure before applying another layer.

It takes a long time, but the results are often great. I use Tru-Oil on most of my builds and it is similar to Linseed Oil and Tung Oil. Tru-Oil is a little more glossy in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on May 29, 2018 at 10:45am

Yes I like true oil for necks, I just bought a bottle yesterday. It's a bit expensive here for doing boxes so I use shellac, few coats, and build a finish with a paste wax.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 31, 2018 at 11:21am

Shellac always looks good.

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Permalink Reply by john keven kemege on June 11, 2018 at 3:44am

Final coat of tung oil(4-coats) looks good!

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Permalink Reply by john keven kemege on June 2, 2018 at 12:05pm

Using the dime-quarter method to adjust string height (dime at the nut and quarter on the 12th fret).

the strings are set above the dime-quarter mark for now... fret board is flat and I haven’t added any tension to the stress rod yet...  

might add some stress rod tension to arch the fret board and then lower the saddle by sanding it down.

intonation is ok except on strings that are above the quarter height 

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Permalink Reply by john keven kemege on June 11, 2018 at 3:40am

Inner workings of bass neck cbg:

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