TwoNotesSolo
Student Of The Blues
Well, Boudler county is not quite at shelter-in-place but restaurants and non-essential stores are closed and I have been working from home for a week (I'm one of the lucky ones that can still own a paycheck).
I needed a mental break, so decided to restart my Danelectro inspired baritone today.
I got the neck close to finished, it will be fully painted but I wanted to try to make a laminated neck for a future project where the wood will be showing. I think I like how it came out so far. Another technique I'm trying is ebonizing. The fretboard is red oak that I brushed with tea then a solution made from iron wool in vinegar. It's not as black as what I was shooting for, maybe a 2nd coat will help. I used it once on a ukulele build with a walnut fretboard and it worked better on walnut.
It blackens after several minutes, that's why I didn't see the thumbprint on the back of the neck until I took a picture. It's not very deep so it will sand out (and I'm planning on painting the next black)
Because the neck will be stained painted black, I may leave the fretboard lighter as it is.
By the way, this is a regular scale but short neck baritone. I wanted it to fit in a regular guitar gig bag. This means that the bridge will be pretty far back and the neck not have a ton of access above the 15th fret.
I also roughed out the pickguard, it's inspired by the Danelectro seal shape, of course, wouldn't have it any other way.
I also glued the front to the body frame. Masonite over plywood frame is how those Danelectros were built, so trying to stick to the original "tonewoods"
I probably won't work on it again until next weekend. I hope to fret the neck, cut the neck pocket and glue the back on next time.
I'm still trying to figure out how best to align the pickup mounting screws in the back with the pickup slots in the top.
Oh and Llyod, I grabbed a piece of aluminium and started shaping a nut I forgot to take pictures
I needed a mental break, so decided to restart my Danelectro inspired baritone today.
I got the neck close to finished, it will be fully painted but I wanted to try to make a laminated neck for a future project where the wood will be showing. I think I like how it came out so far. Another technique I'm trying is ebonizing. The fretboard is red oak that I brushed with tea then a solution made from iron wool in vinegar. It's not as black as what I was shooting for, maybe a 2nd coat will help. I used it once on a ukulele build with a walnut fretboard and it worked better on walnut.
It blackens after several minutes, that's why I didn't see the thumbprint on the back of the neck until I took a picture. It's not very deep so it will sand out (and I'm planning on painting the next black)
Because the neck will be stained painted black, I may leave the fretboard lighter as it is.
By the way, this is a regular scale but short neck baritone. I wanted it to fit in a regular guitar gig bag. This means that the bridge will be pretty far back and the neck not have a ton of access above the 15th fret.
I also roughed out the pickguard, it's inspired by the Danelectro seal shape, of course, wouldn't have it any other way.
I also glued the front to the body frame. Masonite over plywood frame is how those Danelectros were built, so trying to stick to the original "tonewoods"
I probably won't work on it again until next weekend. I hope to fret the neck, cut the neck pocket and glue the back on next time.
I'm still trying to figure out how best to align the pickup mounting screws in the back with the pickup slots in the top.
Oh and Llyod, I grabbed a piece of aluminium and started shaping a nut I forgot to take pictures