continuing build thread for Gore Medium body SS

[ken cierp]

Fish glue -- slow cure, I did not know that, seems like a very good choice for bindings. Do you know if it bonds to the common plastic binding materials?

[John Parchem]

Fish glue -- slow cure, I did not know that, seems like a very good choice for bindings. Do you know if it bonds to the common plastic binding materials?

The Norland site states 1.5 to 2 hour open time. It allows enough time to tightly tape the bindings on and then follow up with a tight wrap. It also cleans up with water. The down side is that you need to leave it clamped for 12 hours.

I have not tried it with plastic.

[Beth Mayer]

Fish glue is great for wood bindings and gives lots of time (though a bit messy and stinky IMO), but not for use on plastic as far as I know.
Looking beautiful John!!!!

[John Parchem]

Thanks Beth,

The binding turned out OK

[Kevin in California]

Looking mighty fine there.

[John Parchem]

I cut mortise using my luthier tool jig.






Made fret board



I roughed in radius with a plane


Note that I am using a guide to keep the sanding bar straight. This avoids over radiusing the edges by skewing the block.







I bound fret board with ebony bindings using CA.


Used drill press to drill brass insert holes


Needed to do a bit of work on the mortise so that the fret board would be centered and flat to the body. That is why the mortise is rough in a few of the pictures. I think that my template was slightly rotated on the guitar. Once I adjusted the mortise the neck angle was OK.



Now to the bolt on extension. I am going to let the pictures describe the process for the fret board extension as it was involved. Ultimately it sort of like an electric guitar mounting with a heel.














Before routing I double checked that I was centered and the angle was correct!











Note I am shifted to the bass farther than I wanted to be. Fortunately not too far.



My template was not perfect so I used structural epoxy for to glue on the extension.



Planed the extension flat.





reestablished the channel for the truss rod.








I will install some t-nuts in the extension and bolt holes in the inside block. Then on to finishing the neck and head stock.

[John Link]

Thanks for the update. Gore's book is good, of course, but it is even better to see a fellow forum member actually execute the process.

This method of building the fingerboard with its well supported extension looks like the ultimate approach for stability.