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| Just hangin' |
Snapshots from the build
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| Planing the axe handle |
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| Planed handle |
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| Rotted handle end |
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| 'S' acoustic holes template |
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| About to start ripping into the tin |
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| Early assembly |
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| Drilling ripped the thin tin so a stronger cover-plate was fabricated |
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| The new 'S' cover plate |
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| Internal fixing for the 1/4" jack |
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| Internal fixing for the volume control |
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| Jack external |
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| Pre-bullet volume knob |
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| Another mug of tea |
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| Prepping for bridge fitment |
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| Aaron and a couple of old banana boxes |
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| One of our trucks loaded full of banana boxes |
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| Aaron at work with the dremmel |
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| Aaron admiring his handiwork |
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| The Mandolin pegs which couldn't take the strain |
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| Trimming the bolt (nut) |
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| Extending the neck to 23" |
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| Mandolin tuners at the handle end - later abandoned |
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| Prepping to fit tuning pegs at 'wrong end' of neck |
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| Fitting the new tuning pegs at the 'wrong end' |
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| Pegs fitted at the thinned 'wrong end' |
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| Eye-bolt for the strap and just hangin' |
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| With tuning pegs at the 'right end' of the neck before reversing |
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| The '21-special' 3-string fretless slide guitar |
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| Happy 21st Sam |
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