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November 2004
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| did such a wonderful and thorough job on the viperIII body, which now has a couple of nice coats of clear on.. and man is it pretty. The daughter saw it and remarked "you shouldn't paint that it looks great now." I have to admit, I agree.. looked great when I got it.. Thanks Mwoody.
and since upon listening to Miles about how cool it would be to make a 12 string UK and the fact that the neck would almost go in the pocket as is/versus the viper body which will have to be milled out a bit before the neck will go in.
I think for the time being, I'll just build them out as the UKXII and a very nice natural necked,ebony fretboarded, natural finished, viper w/gold hw.
took me about 20 minutes with a small fine emery stone(by hand) to shave about a millimeter or so of paint/finish out of the neck pocket on the UK on either side.. the 12 string neck went in still a little snug(as it's supposed to) but now it seats fully and is not so tight that I'm worried about cracking/checking the finish on the neck.
can always change things later, as I get more "parts"...
the tuning machines, abm brass nut for the 6 string, 12 string bridge, and mini-buckers and pots are on the way.. so we'll see how they shake out...
guess I'm gonna have to get an Ugly or poorly grained body to do the Bluebird as I'd feel guilty covering this one up.
Glenn |
Conflicted, and possibly cheap, but Michael