The Quest goes on!
Dedicated fret end file .. i love ultra smooth fret ends with no chance to hurt yourself and no chance for the string to stick beneath
... some sanding and some fret rubbers to finish the finish there
that is absolutely what i am talking about
cannot wait to play those
... ans one wants to know where the fretboard s/he is playing
really was unsure if those plastic dots are really what i want to use... did a test and they look ok... just the way we all are used to.. slight problem - i must have broken my 2.0mm drillbit, hatd a 2.2mm - and decided to use it and fill the minigap - if any with sawdust and superglue
.... drilling
.... went well and here we go with inserting the first ones
quite straightforward
well.... i always need to know quickly where is my 5th and 15th fret... i hate quickly landing on 7th when i wanted 5th ... that´s rare ... but it did happen... so no not in my masterbuild - here 15 and 17 are white
sharp blade and sandpaper
useing the so produced sawdust with superglue to liff it all
sanding again
and on to another point of no return
as the sidedots where a bit hard to drill with no guideholes ... i used my knowledge from there to not make the same thing again but create guideholes with that sharp drillbit
then go all the way with a small 3mm
and finish from both sides with the 10mm... unluckywise it was too old and just not good enough - see the tearout! Ugh... Yes... of course that will be covered by the washer... but still having done something with great caution, even drilling in reverse before starting the real hole and resulting in a subpar manner... that´s unsatisfying... so....
... on to the fix with sawdust and superglue
yes, quite a good fix
on to sanding the body by hand a bit
Just had to try my machineheads there... i am planning to use those wonderful D´addario locking tuners with string-auto-cut
HAH... as i left the head 15mm wide thats just just just slim enough to make it fixable
Argh.. will have to file that hole a bit to have the tuners sit flat there... it might look like i coudn´t even drill a straight hole ... maybe yes, but that is caused by the fact that i added (or left) the upper side a lil bit curved for extra fancynesswhich led to that 1mm offset on the back... quite an easy fix that will not be seen later on ....
I am happy about that progress there.