I made the template for the pickguard last night. My pickups arrived yesterday. I put them all together to get and idea of what the finished product will look like. Because it was hard to see both templates; I put a piece of paper under the pickguard template. At the top with the blueprint is the template to route out the neck pocket.
I put my fretless together for the family portrait. Then I took the body out for yet another coat of tung oil.
I put the neck and bridge on the fretless last week to line up the holes for the neck plate. I had the top and bottom strings on it to line it up. So I got a chance to play it a little bit. It's going to be fun learning how to play the fretless.
I bought a palm sander today and it makes smoothing out the edges of the templates much easier than with a rasp, file and sandpaper. I finished the pickguard and made the neck pocket template this afternoon.
I'm through with the templates until I get my bridge. Then I'll be ready to route everything out and then cut it out with a bandsaw.
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