26 June 2006

Faceplate and 'funny' bending



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Faceplate glued and rough shaped. Trying to get a nice 'Santa Cruz' Style shape on the headstock. Got a really nice piece of Ebony on there, underlayed with a thin Maple veneer; should look nice with the Curly maple binding as well -







A funny bend by the folks at LMI - the curvature is correct, but the wood looks marred here. Probably too much heat in one spot. ?? I didn't have any issues with this spot; however I think one of the other folks on KGB had a similar issue with their Mahogany and broke when installing in the mold. Just goes to reinforce the fact that you really have to inspect all the wood and supplies that you get; no matter where it comes from!!

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