MOP with abalone block inlay

thinking of making the guitar look more 'custom shop' like, I bought a set of MOP with abalone block inlay, it looks kinda cheap , but I guess it would look much better with better texture once it is sanded with the fingerboard....

more progress on the neck..

headstock.....need a liitle bit more sanding...

one side of the neck is shaped.....

Trem King - looks like a vintage bridge, works like a floyd

無意中上ss.org 睇到這隻bridge 介紹，一睇即刻迷上了，木來諗住支custom guitar 會裝floyd rose，現在唔洗諗一定要訂這隻bridge..
can move like a floyd but appear as a vintage bridge, without needing to route as much wood as a floyd,such a brilliant design...

routing truss rod channel

Basic setup.....

make sure the router bit align with the middle line...

first pass.....very smooth

a close up of the result..

finally fitted the truss rod in the channel, the heel needed extra effort to route a opening to adapt the spoke wheel...

coming up....attaching the fingerboard...

control cavity and trimmed fingerboard

lots of sanding work....this is the outcome of rought sanding with #80 and #100

control cavity routing,用短route bit 過了幾次才做到想要幾深度， 用了較長時間route...



fingerboard timmed....

roughly finished shaping....

今日用了四個小時，將個body修好邊，由於只有trimmer 加bearing 鑼刀，條鑼刀又唔夠長，所以要過幾次先修好個shape，又夠到成身木碎...

之後見還有時間，順手修好兩快quilted maple top 的邊，用jig saw cut 出黎，用 titebond II glue 落個body...

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