Post #3662079

2026-07-04 05:13 UTC

so there’s some width to come off yet, but I took the corners off at the skinny end and gave the new top fretboard its basic shape now I’ve glued it on for the first time and tomorrow I’ll put the “e”strings on it and mark it for its eventual, final width and shape. . Then it’s sand it down to that size and shape, that’ll take a minute, means a fair amount of wood off the sides of the whole neck. . Then it’s fret it out. . THEN it’s adjusting the shape of the original fretboard under the new one until it’s perfect. I’m already a lot further along than I thought, but that could still take all summer. 🥹🎶💜 . /27 #Guitar #Framus12StringProject

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@punishmenthurts@autistics.life 2026-07-05 16:55

OK, so that break near the headstock maybe wasn’t fixed, or I broke it again. I put some strings on it to set my width and shape of the new fretboard and then I tuned it up to see how far it would bend and that break opened right up! . I tried to get some hot water to it partly to wash away any soluble glue but also to open the pores of the wood and glued it again, but honestly all you can do there is glue and I don’t see how it’s ever enough. I’ll be shocked if it stays put. . Apparently they do sometimes though? . Guitar heads get snapped off all the time, right? And you glue them back on and carry on, is that right? 🥹🎶 😬🫣 . /28 #Guitar #Framus12StringProject

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