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Dolan Custom Guitars - Honey Roasted Maple 5 String.


Dolando
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[quote name='W1_Pro' timestamp='1481839295' post='3195665']
That is a lovely looking bass, even at this early stage. The honey maple is glorious.
Is the body unusually deep? I only ask because it looks like there is a lot of headroom in the control cavity!
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Thanks for the kind words, and yea I love that maple!

It's a normal 44mm body thickness and i've left about 6-7mm, so yea quite a bit of headroom I suppose, this is mainly because the cavity cover is about 10mm with a copper plate glued to it for stability and shielding. :)

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[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1481981208' post='3196733']
This is a really nice build...
[/quote][quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1481986800' post='3196793']
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Very nice piece of ash used in that body.
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Thank you, Yea I really like this piece of wood. :)

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Her's a closer look at that Ash and the wenge cover for Plunger!
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Stainless Steel frets installed. Take ages to install especially when you want to de-tang them just so you can fill the edges in with wood and glue to hide them! A little pointless, but it's definitely the little things that make a great guitar!

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Neck pocket routed!


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The standard look how good my neck pocket is photo!

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Now that the neck pocket is in I can locate and position the bridge then the pickup cavities!

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Oh and i managed to get the neck holes drilled and the inserts in. I much prefer the bolt system to a standard wood screw, much better contact between neck and body and won't wear out if the neck comes off and on a lot. Not that it should need to!

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  • 1 year later...

Sorry it's been a hell of a long time since i've updated this...It's actually all built, but lets pretend it isn't ;) 

I got the strings on and started to rough out the buffalo horn nut. Frets have all been filed flush levelled and dressed at this point. 

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Oh, and i painted in the pickup cavities with shielding paint. Always easier to do before oil, so any spill over can be sanded away. 

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Once all slots have been roughed in, I can get the strings on. I've not gone up to pitch yet as it's a new neck. 

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Cutting fret slots with nut files to a rough depth to be finalised in final setup.

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Final sanding ready for oil is next, then onto wring it all up and assembling it for the final time....back soon, I do mean soon! :)

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On 14/12/2016 at 21:56, Dolando said:

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Also just about managed to get the control cover made. I couldn't think of what to make this cover from for aged and then my now fiencee said well you've used wenge in the accent line and in the neck, why not use wenge? I really don't know why i never thought of that!?



 

Knows her wood? She’s a keeper

 

nice work

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