Got the frets leveled, dressed and polished
The bone nut cut and shaped.
Bit of disaster and I might have cried a little bit! As I was about to fit the neck p'up I dropped it and the surround shattered.
Thankfully all the breaks were clean so it glued up nice and cleanly. I really didn't need this heart attack this close to the end of build!!!
The strings fitted with the bridge propped up on some walnut off cut sat on some cloth so it can be easily slid around and positioned for the best intonation and then the post holes drilled.
Making the headstock decal. I used water slip paper. The decal was printed off in a hollow block font in reverse and then filled in liquid gold leaf paint.
Decal in place...
...after the I covered it over with oil to hide the decal lines.
It can still be seen if you catch the light right but otherwise it looks mostly seamless so I'm happy.
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