Going to make some meteoras!

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Making progress
 
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So I extended the edges of the neck down through the body and getting the placement of bridge posts correct. A little nerve wracking
A 1.25 degree shim in the neck. It’s a jazzmaster thing.

I moved the vibrato up 3/8” because the body is smaller than the jazzmaster
 
Elias Graves said:
View attachment 81983 View attachment 81984 View attachment 81985 So I extended the edges of the neck down through the body and getting the placement of bridge posts correct. A little nerve wracking
A 1.25 degree shim in the neck. It’s a jazzmaster thing.

I moved the vibrato up 3/8” because the body is smaller than the jazzmaster
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This is where I’d screw everything up. If I ever did something like this, I’d need one of those body blanks from Warmoth where the neck pocket, pickup and bridge routes were all done.
 
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All righty! Switch cavity drilled and connected to the rest with a channel. That’s it for the front routs!
Output jack, string ferrules, some final body shaping and pickguard are all that’s remaining until it’s paint time.
 
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Working on SN1, John’s firebird. Got all the front routs done and some basic setup to verify alignment. Looking good so far.
This one is ridiculously light. I’m betting 7 pounds or under when finished.
 
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My mahogany was warped so I built myself a little sled to shim it flat and re-planed it. Should be good to go now.
Neck blank is rough cut now!
 
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Now turning to SN3, which is my P90 version, I made a custom template for the body routs by combining elements from the original template and a P90 template I got from the same maker. In order to make sure I don’t get any alignment discrepancies, I’m using the new custom body rout template to make the pickguard template.
Now time to cut some mahogany and plastic.
 
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