New Lonnybass: Claro Walnut Edition

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Yesterday I was able to complete the neck pocket routing...

Clamping jig

Machining

The roughed cavity looks good

Test fitting

A little naphtha to see the grain match on the neck heel

 

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Lots of progress pictures.

Neck/body join is completed with holes and recesses drilled, and threaded inserts installed in the neck.

 

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Control cavity and cover area is routed out, and an aluminum plate has been epoxied to the inside of the cavity floor to support the underlying burl with plenty of rigidity and strength. The holes for electronics have also been drilled out.

 

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The bridge pickup routed...

 

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Neck pickup is laid out using the template.

 

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The headstock is double checked for a straight string pull through the nut.

 

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Body contours and carving, ready for final sanding.

 

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Checking out how this bad boy looks...

 

[PDX Rich]

Looking fantastic Lonny!

 

[Lonnybass]

Here I've applied a little bit of red filtering with the photo editor to see the grain a bit better and get an idea what it will look like once I've done work with the dyes.

 

[Lonnybass]

Looking fantastic Lonny!

Thanks Rich! It's coming along.

 

[wraub]

I typically don't like maple fingerboards (for a variety of reasons), and visual contrast is one of them, but the tonal balance you have here is quite nice.
Looking good.

 

[earlysecond]

Lonny,

That is coming along very nicely! Congrats.

 

[Lonnybass]

Appreciate it guys.

 

[Lonnybass]

Yesterday, final sanding on the body and I had a chance to get some color on the walnut!

The body and the neck are ready to go and I have mixed up a few shades for highlights.

Some yellow along the center portion of the body.

 

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Starting to show some nice contrast.

 

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The first shade is sanded back before the amber is applied.

 

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The body has dried overnight so I'll try to get a daylight shot of the top wetted down to take a look at the colors.