Had a great few days in the shop. Guitar #8 is shaped and sanded to #180. Fretboard is attached, tuner spacers are attached. Also pictured is the beautiful Bolivian Rosewood board for the bass VI. Forgive the tape residue all over the board. Goal for next week is to get it drilled and tapped for tuners and sanded to #400
The Bass VI (#9) also made great strides. Neck is shaped, body and headstock are sanded. Next step is to get the board slotted and attached.
You may remember #5, an attempt at a bolt-on neck. All good, except that the holes did not align w/ the Vacarro body it was for. It is back in the shop- and I have milled away 1/8" - new holes will be drilled (I have the body now, so they will fit), but they will still anchore to the 'meat' of the neck. I'm also going to make some pocket shims to make sure we have some depth options.
And as a way to help recoup some of the cost of equipment I'm going to make some tshirts. I have some maroon ink kicking around, and have some olive heather shirts on the way. Perhaps you would like one? I was thinking may $15 plus a couple bucks for shipping? PM me w/ size and we'll get it sorted.