Well, I had every intention of working on my 6 string, but since the box joint jig is not finished I am at an impasse on that project so I took my worst box and my worst piece of neck wood, an imperfect fretboard and embarked on m first 3 string.
The neck is poplar reinforced with two 1/4"X3/8" splines of red oak.
The fretboard is ebonized maple with maple position dots.
The electrics will be a double piezo embedded in the bridge and wired straight to the jack with no pot.
I picked the worst things I had because I planned on working fast and wanted to try some new ideas out. The wood position dots are just one of the new ideas and they look fantastic. What an easy thing to do!!! The pics I put up represent my entire Saturday and I think I got a lot done.
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WEll, if that is what your scrap stuff looks like..............................
Well, it was going to be a 3 string and then when it came time to slot the nut I had soooo much room I decided to make it a foursie. I have worried about the poplar neck giving up the fight against the string tension but the oak splines and the maple fretboard have given it some assistance and after being tuned last night for the first time it is still in tune this morning and the neck still looks nice and straight. Poplar is never going to be a neck wood for me again unless it is just for experiment. It is just so soft.