Grain filled back, touched up front.

Hand stained the area around the tuners, just to make it look as if the walnut continued through to the edge. I scraped and sanded the stained edge. Looks OK, but it will do. Just an epoxy fill on the areas missing filler, and then the finish. Becoming inpatient with this project.

I'm back and a new bridge base setup.

I finally got back to working on the project. My broken finger can handle the work. I had been thinking of the bridge base and really didn't like the look of it. When I stained it, the stain gathered in the gaps around the ebony inserts and looked sloppy. So, I got rid of the gaps by installing wood to raise it! I had left-over ebony and some maple to raise the surfaces. The hard part was getting the holes from the ebony inerts and the new plate to line up. I gave it a new shape and cleaned it up a bit. I even placed a piece of maple to clean up the tuner area. I just need to drill holes onto the plate and route some wood from the back for the tuners. I am happy with this "repair." The maple will be stained where the walnut lines would've gone.

Slotted new fingerboard for Tele style guitar.

My finger is getting better and I don't need to keep it bandaged. It hurts if I grab things hard, but I've been working around the house just fine.

Today I thought I'd set up the fret slotting jig. It took some adjusting, then readjusting, but I think I got it. The hardest part of the whole thing was trying to lift the fingerboard from the jig. The double sided tape was tough. It sure beats using a square to slot the fingerboard. That's how I used to do it.

I gave this guitar a 25.5" Fender scale. I think I will have turquoise dots for markers.

The custom guitar is waiting for some bridge adjustments. You'll see when I'm done. Just cosmetic stuff.