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Permalink Reply by Estone Villan on November 21, 2016 at 6:17am

Doesn't look like I added the image correctly.

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Permalink Reply by Lane Martin on November 21, 2016 at 6:17am

Looks good.

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Permalink Reply by Estone Villan on November 21, 2016 at 6:20am

There's so many problems with it that it looks like I've thrown it together but I actually did try to make a quality instrument. I learned loads from it

Hopefully u now have a better idea of how to build one.

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Permalink Reply by Estone Villan on November 21, 2016 at 6:36am

Cheers, to be fair, the mistakes have taught me a lot and also given me the confidence to have another go.

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Permalink Reply by JL on November 21, 2016 at 6:51am

She looks pretty.  You can always use a little dab of white-out for fret markers on the side where its important.  And if the nut is too close to the first fret, rabbiting the fingerboard side of it can cure that.

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Permalink Reply by Estone Villan on November 21, 2016 at 6:55am

With the nut : it's more that the headstock is too close to the nut so I've no room to play some chords comfortably.

I like the tip-ex idea though. I could just drill side markers but my drilling is worse than my sawing.

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Permalink Reply by Regan on November 21, 2016 at 7:49pm

A tip with issues sawing: Always cut slightly oversize, say 1/8th inch, and sand to size if you have problems sawing. For drilling holes,, give the hole a hit with a hammer an nail first, then use the divot to guide the drill bit. Hope this helps!

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Permalink Reply by JL on November 22, 2016 at 3:49am

did you mean that the headstock actually extends under the nut toward the frets?  so you can't grip the neck?  if so, capo the first fret and re-tune....

and for side dots, just paint them on...white-out, nail-polish, little stick-on-bedazzle-gems the teens use to glamor their cell phones, lots of no-drill options :-)

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Permalink Reply by Estone Villan on November 22, 2016 at 4:09am

I think that's what I mean. It's really tight up there because the headstock flares out at the nut rather than gradually after a couple of inches. The capo idea is a great shout thanks. I can play it but it's a bit uncomfortable. The neck is way too thick too but I'm not going to reshape it yet. I may sort the headstock and neck thickness out in the future. For the time being, I just want to play it warts and all. I'll be using a capo though

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on November 22, 2016 at 12:23am

That looks ok for 1st time up, better than my 1st, and i've spent all my working life using hand and power tools, your study of the requirements to make a guitar was clearly better than mine, control of the tools will grow, tradecraft can only be semi taught, it must be learned

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