Phase 4 of the CBG for Cathy Mullaert-Episode IV "Dem Horns Gotta Go". One day the neck slipped off the hook behind me and the horn on the Treble side put a nice gash in my wrist (ouch), it was a bloody mess! Then about a month later with a couple of test strings on I tried some slide all the way down to the nut and the "horn" on the Bass side bit me and with emphasis(a couple of bad words) I said out loud "Dem Horns Gotta Go". So I drew the shape I wanted and proceeded to remove the said "horns". After about an hour with a rasp file and Dremel I got the shape I liked. And of course some sandpaper and steel wool was involved. Now The headstock is now safe and even "Elegant" I think. Next I had to work on the neck joint which had sharp edges and was kinda clunky. I cut off the one corner and smoothed out everything else making it very comfortable to slide all the way up to the "box". Again, I was pleased with the results and was on a roll! I really didn't want to spray the neck with clear Polyurethane-I hate that stuff. I wanted more of an "organic" way to protect the neck and to bring out a certain "glow" to the beautiful grain of the Oak and Walnut. I found this stuff at Stewmac.com-Linseed oil and Beeswax. After fine sanding and #0000 steel wool, I applied several coats with a clean cloth and hand buffed each coat and I was truely amazed with the results-I've never felt a smoother neck with no "stickiness", and it is beautiful-I think. Stay tuned for the next phase of "Building the Cathy Mullaert electric Cigar Box Guitar".....


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This is the first phase of a special Cigar Box Guitar build for Cathy Mullaert. Some parts-Jason Mills solid oak neck, a very thick mahogany cigar box and a Seymour Duncan pick up. This neck requires a dowel stick of solid oak. I joined them with counter sunken steel bushings. I cut a full size hole in top for pick up to be loaded from the top for future mantainence. The final pic shows the top only attached to the Jason Mills neck. Click back for phase 2.

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Job-to refurbish a 1966 Fender Mustang. When I refurbish a vintage instrument, I do my best to keep all the original 
parts. This will maintain it's vintage value. As you can see, I have done that except for the new wires from the pots 
to the switches. This one was rough because of the rusty bridge, screws and springs. As I disassembled the bridge I 
noticed the saddles were not that rusty underneath. I used my Dremel to clean all rust on the saddles and springs 
and screws. As you can see, they turned out nice and shiney. Tuning gears of this vintage can be quite expensive and 
the customer wanted the guitar as a player so I put some new Fender locking gears per his request. After a set up 
and new strings-very playable and very cool.  Click on photos.

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This Gibson SG is a victim of a poorly changed nut. Someone installed a new nut but used a lot of permanent glue. Bad move because the nut is an item that may need to be changed if damaged or broken. Well it must have broken because someone tried to remove the changed nut but finally stopped-thank God! The nut material was probably Delrin-a very hard plastic like on cheap Epiphones. I used a square file and carefully removed all the Delrin. Finally I installed a new high quality bone nut and only used a few drops of hide glue. If it ever needs to be changed again a couple of taps and the nut will come right out cleanly.  Click on photos.
 

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