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KMG -- L-OO kit
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:34 pm
by BRMoon
Hello,
I'm Boyd Moon and I'm new to the forum and steel string building. Here are a couple pics of my in-progress L-OO.
Re: L-OO
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:41 pm
by Dave Bagwill
Real nice, Boyd. Welcome aboard, it's real good to have you with us.
Among other things you did well, that peghead is fine.
Re: L-OO
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:01 pm
by John Parchem
Nice guitar and welcome to the forum. The bound headstock and fretboard look good. How do you plan on cutting out the nut slot? I always bevel the headstock veneer and glue it on with a spacer in place as I have had trouble cutting the headstock veneer cleanly without dipping into the neck a bit.
Re: L-OO
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:44 pm
by ken cierp
John
I've designed all the KMG kits so that the nut rests on the finger-board plane. I never really understood the value of that little extra complexity of having the nut on the angled surface. The recommended procedure for trimming the HS veneer is shown here about half way down.
http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/ne ... embly.html
Re: L-OO
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:52 pm
by Dave Bagwill
And for me, it really pays to sneak up on the depth of the nut slot.
So this is a KMG kit? Nice.
Re: L-OO
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:59 pm
by John Parchem
Thanks Ken that makes a lot of sense.
John
Re: L-OO
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:38 am
by TonyinNYC
Welcome to the forum! Nice looking guitar!