#012 - L-00 (L-UU) mini

So I unfortunately had to postpone delivery by a week due to my long work schedule.  I got stuck working 7-7 all last week, and by the time I got home, had little time to finish things.  Had this week off, and was able to fine tune the issues with tuning and intonation.  So here it is with specs.

• Solid Birch body (Ladder Braced)
• 24" scale Indian Rosewood Fretboard on birch neck
• Rhondite fretboard inlays
• Walnut headstock veneer, classical style tuners
• Birch tailpiece, painted birch bridge
• Black celluloid binding

L-UU Paint and assembly

I've been working 10-12 hour days this week, so I've been scrambling to get this thing done by my promised date.  I managed to finish up all the painting and attached the neck tonight.  Tomorrow I'll do the final clear coat on the whole thing and start attaching hardware.

Overdue update on the L-00/L-UU

So I've been dealing with a couple setbacks over the past week or so.  First, The bindings shattered while I was flushing them up to the body, and then the dyes I had bought to stain the guitar just weren't taking well.  I don't think I will be using that brand again.  So I talked to my aunt and she gave me the go-ahead to just paint it.  I typically would not want to paint birch, but the dye was horribly uneven and dried with a white residue (i'm guessing the dye had a high salt content), and I'm on a deadline, so stripping it was out of the question.  I'm actually pretty pleased with the results so far.

I still need to sand the sides a little bit, install the bindings, and add a little filler where the router bit skipped before I paint the sides.  That should be coming in the next couple days.

L-UU Headstock

After being stuck tearing apart my in-law's entryway all day, I finally managed to make time to work on the guitar today.  Got the headstock slotted and inlaid.  I used a different kind of glue, the package said brown, it came out brown, but dried black.  I'm hoping that either the walnut will take darker with the finish, otherwise I may have to stain it a little darker to blend in.  Still needs a little sanding and cleaning up as well.

L-00/L-UU neck update

Today I got the neck cut down, sanded, shaped, and sanded again.  I now just need to drill and inlay the headstock and its ready for staining and attaching.  I'd say more, but there's really not much else to say, so here's some pics.

I made Thia take a pic of me carving to prove that I do this all by hand.

Almost there!

Lexi's L-00 (or L-UU) update

I guess I skipped posting a couple steps, so I'll include those pics with this update.  I got the neck profile cut, fretboard fretted, tapered, and attached.  Also attached the headstock veneer and cut the heel tenon.  Glued it all up earlier while I watched the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup.  Our satellite went down shortly after the end of the game, so I unclamped it and took some pics.

Neck profile cut, headstock extensions attached

Gluing in 1/8x1/2" steel reinforcement bar

all fretted/leveled/crowned

neck heel tenon, going with a mortise and tenon joint because my dovetail bit broke

Attaching walnut headstock veneer

attaching fretboard

Starting the fretboard

Since its the quickest task in the whole project, I knocked out the fretboard inlays earlier.  I found some pink 1/4" rhondite stone dots online, figured the recipient would like it since it'll be a pink and purple guitar.  Its kinda hard to tell in the pics, but I assure you, they're pink.  Fretboard is Indian Rosewood with a 24" scale length.