EB-3L

[sniper]

once a squid always a squid!!!

DR. let me know when those arrive so i can quit worrying about them.

[drbassman]

once a squid always a squid!!!

DR. let me know when those arrive so i can quit worrying about them.

Will do, shouldn't be a problem getting here.  I was thinking about the boards and I may have a problem doing block inlays because they are radiused already.  The usual method is doing the inlay routing on a flat board and then doing the radius work afterward.  I'll see if I can figure something out!

[sniper]

those were meant for a Martin BC-165GTE Acoustic Bass wth a 16" radius (almost flat anyways). should not be a problem making them to a Gibby 12" or what ever floats your boat.

[drbassman]

those were meant for a Martin BC-165GTE Acoustic Bass wth a 16" radius (almost flat anyways). should not be a problem making them to a Gibby 12" or what ever floats your boat.

Oh wow, I didn't realize they used such a shallow radius.  Yeah, I should be able to make it work.  We'll see how I do.  The problem is the bottom of the inlay rout must be flat or the inlay rocks around when you install it.  If it's thin, you could crack or break it.

[drbassman]

Extra tuner holes filled, neck cracks repaired and measuring for a ebony facelift for the MOP logo.

[Lightyear]

Oh wow, I didn't realize they used such a shallow radius.  Yeah, I should be able to make it work.  We'll see how I do.  The problem is the bottom of the inlay rout must be flat or the inlay rocks around when you install it.  If it's thin, you could crack or break it.

Just make yourself a couple of rails out of wood a shade thicker than the thickest part of the fingerboard and about six inches longer.  Stick these to your bench with thin double stick tape on either side of the fingerboard and you're ready to route!  If you're using a trim router you might need to add a wider base to span the rails - still it should work.

[drbassman]

Just make yourself a couple of rails out of wood a shade thicker than the thickest part of the fingerboard and about six inches longer.  Stick these to your bench with thin double stick tape on either side of the fingerboard and you're ready to route!  If you're using a trim router you might need to add a wider base to span the rails - still it should work.

Duh!  Why didn't I think of that!?!  Thanks!

[sniper]

i smell thoughts of a tooling jig and/or templates for long and short scale in the future !!!    

never thought about it at the time and now i don't remember who the guy was but: a few years ago there was a person selling plans on the bay for just such a rig. he used the rails for block routing, then he had removable blocks on the ends curved on one side for radius work with bars pivoted to hold the mount for the router, advertised it to work on regular and multi radii and said he used two profile templates that fit his favorite neck back and then he used his router for profiling the back of the neck.

the repairs are looking righteous.

[dadagoboi]

Just make yourself a couple of rails out of wood a shade thicker than the thickest part of the fingerboard and about six inches longer.  Stick these to your bench with thin double stick tape on either side of the fingerboard and you're ready to route!  If you're using a trim router you might need to add a wider base to span the rails - still it should work.

I used a similar rail setup to remove the skunk stripe when replacing the trussrod in my '76 Stingray many years ago.

[drbassman]

Ah, riding the rails!  A tried and true American tradition from the Great Depression.  I'll give it a spin!  Thanks guys.

Bill, I do recall seein ghte setup you're talking about.  I need to make jig for radius and neck profile work.  Now you got me thinking............

[drbassman]

OK, here we go. The face is cleaned off.  Now I decided to use an ebony face plate.  So I take a piece of ebony, double side tape it to a safety handle and plane it down to 3/32".  I then cut out the are for the truss rod nut cavity and glue it on.

I'll rout the Gibson logo section after things dry.  Sometimes I do the inly rout first, but I was anxious to glue this up.  I like the faceplate, it adds strength and looks better than a painted black face IMHO.










Oh yeah, here are the MOP inlays that came yesterday.

[drbassman]

A word about gluing a headstock veneer.  Use plenty of glue, pre-tape veneer in place to minimize sliding, and use a flat piece of plywood as a caul, slightly larger than the headstock.  Make sure part of your clamps are over the edge of the caul and veneer so the edges are under pressure and end up tight.  Without that, you might get a gap and have problems in the future  (I speak from experience here).

[sniper]

Ah, riding the rails!  A tried and true American tradition from the Great Depression.  I'll give it a spin!  Thanks guys.

Bill, I do recall seein ghte setup you're talking about.  I need to make jig for radius and neck profile work.  Now you got me thinking............

i didn't think it would take much prodding....hehe

i see fretboard inna background, cool

[drbassman]

Yep, that's a fretboard I had ordered some time ago.  It might be the one I sloted myself and screwed up the measurements on the top frets!     Your's should be here soon!

[godofthunder]

That is looking fantastic !