The Sharkfin Shall Rise Again.....

[oipunkguy]

here I am marking the exact correct placement of the bridge and tailpiece. since I was already doing some work on my other mosrite, i removed the neck to attach to the guitar body to ensure correct placement before I went any further. I played just fine.

[oipunkguy]

[oipunkguy]

after shaping the headstock and drilling the tuner holes I began routing out the truss rod channel and put together the truss rod.

[oipunkguy]

after cutting the fret slots I drilled out the holes for the dot inlay

[MWaldorf]

Cool project!

[oipunkguy]

and I began to buff the tailpiece. this was much easier to do then I thought it might be. and here I am woulding a prototype of the pickup that will eventually go in the guitar

[oipunkguy]

painting the tailpiece.

[oipunkguy]

after slotting the fingerboard and drilling the inlay holes I sanded the board down again to rove a few mistakes I made cutting the fret slots where the saw jump on me. I was then ready to install the mother of pearl dots.

[oipunkguy]

most luthiers will probably use epoxy to glue in inlay, but i didnt have any at the time. so i use regular old titebond. using powdered dyes (mohawk brand) i mixed it into the glue to match the color of the rosewood. I then begain installing the dots. afterwards i use the extra glue to pile onto the fingerboard so if the glue drops down it still will completely fill the hole.

[oipunkguy]