Shellac for a test view.

I'm back after several months. Looks like most of the cold and dampness is past, so I can start again. I went to England for a couple of weeks for Christmas. Sometimes you just need a break, even from guitar building. Right now, as the guitar stands, I am just about ready to grain fill. I will once again, set up the guitar with the strings and get all the fixes acomplished. I made a pickup ring out of purpleheart, but when I gave the guitar a light coat of blonde shellac, I thought it too nice to cover with a large pickup ring. The shellac was just a preview of what it might look like. I thought of a light red or green stain. Not too sure. I will mount the pickup without a ring, just like you see. I just put the knob for the photo and really liked the chrome look. I was going to use a gold speed knob. You'll notice where the bridge and tuners will sit is a bit lower. That's because I went with a two-degree neck angle instead of a three-degree. Every bridge is different. As I never used this brand of bridge, I asked about this bridge in the Project Guitar site. It was no help. All the responses were: "measure it and find out." No sh%t! I wanted real world measurements. For future use, when using the Schaller roller bridge, use three-degree minimum if the fingerboard is glued to a flush neck. The truss rod cover is a good match.