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Got the fretboard profiled and shaped to the neck. Despite taping the neck up, the finish got a bit dinged up so I will have to refinish the whole neck. I also decided to modify it to have the Fender style thin nut embedded into a channel before the end of the fingerboard. To do it, I had to...

Drilled the string-through holes today. Here's a pick with the top ferrules just sitting in the holes. They weren't sitting square which is why they look crooked. Didn't get anything else done on this one today.

So, 2 out of three is ok, though, right?

That's why they make vanilla and rocky road, I guess.

OMG. I'm now officially speechless. "Clapton is God."

Wow. Couldn't disagree more on both counts

I'm waaaaaaay late to this thread. (Where is Raiyn to scold me when I actually deserve it!?) I would pull the bushings, plug the holes with snug fitting dowels (reaming the holes first, if necessary.) Then measure the OD of the bushings with a caliper and redrill the holes with the exact size...

Busy with the "Tele" fretboard today. But I did get to test the truss rod and it works! Yaaaaayyyyyy! Tomorrow I will do some more on the V. The bridge came in so I might do some work locating it. I also have to start fabricating the pup rings and pickguard soon. Also sanding the body.

RVA asked me yesterday "Why would you ever buy a guitar?" He's kinda right, except I really want an ES type semi-hillow with a Bigsby and doing an archtop semi-hollow is too daunting for the foreseeable future.

Good queations: 1) CA (crazy glue) sets up really fast and has no visible glue line. You could definitely use PVA glue or epoxy. FWIW, StewMac/Dan Erlewine (who you know is my guru/"mentor from afar") recommends CA glue. 2) I will probably go to 220 grit before finishing, but wasn't going to...

Sanded to 120 grit and wiped down with naphtha:

Dots crazy glued and clamped:

Fretboard slotted to 25½" scale: Dot inlays cut from a small piece of scrap Brazilian rosewood: Dots test fitted:

I just radiused the new fretboard of my home made "tele" (DeweCaster?) @ 7.25".

Didn't Roundabout get a mention?

Ha, no. I grew up there but have not lived there for forty years. I now live in the Poconos.

Very cool. Can you explain a little about the over arm router? Also, whats the deal with the binding routing jig?

Danbury. The amazing El Dorado Pizza when I was growing up. Plus Town and a few others. Have you had the Greek pizza at Post Corner in Darien on the Post Road?

Yeah, that's not gonna happen.

I agree. Where in CT are you?