Super Sonic guitar build - Part 6

Neck carving time. I would do things differently next time but I really liked the filing and carving. It was really fun. I still need to do some sanding to get it straight. I can still see some light under a straight edge. I feel like I will be chasing that light gap for a while. When I bought the neck template it came with some radius gauges. I had planned on doing the chamfered edge technique but I saw a video about rounding 2 spots and connecting them. This was harder than I thought. Next time.....

 Point of no return. I was pretty nervous. I have so many hours into this that if I screw it up now I can't picture starting over.

This seemed like it was working.

 I used a belt sander to remove the bulk. It worked ok but I ran it into the headstock once so I got super cautious.

 This was just after I got the main lumpiness flat-ish. I really like using the files. I would file it, then sand it and check it with a straight edge. I could tell by touching it where it needed more work.

 I got it pretty close but my 53 year old elbow was telling me to take a break. Decided to start fretting. Again this was another thing that was pretty difficult never having done it before. Oh yes and when I was moving the neck around I somehow chipped part of the fretboard by the nut slot. I super glued it in. Hoping for the best on that.

 I got it pretty close but my 53 year old elbow was telling me to take a break. Decided to start fretting. Again this was another thing that was pretty difficult never having done it before. Oh yes and when I was moving the neck around I somehow chipped part of the fretboard by the nut slot. I super glued it in. Hoping for the best on that.

 I ended up hung a small hammer first to get it started and the press to seat it.

 Rough cut the frets off. That's enough for today.

Check out part 7