Building a twin neck guitar - part 5: Fixing the Neck Cavities

One of the biggest surprises, and indeed disappointments I found when the kit arrived was the fact the neck cavities were ... and pardon my French ...shit. (I've never understood that phrase. What's French got to do with profanity?)

The angle on the cavity was shocking. Here's one of the pics from the un-boxing ...

I swear it feels like I've spent as much time on these bloody cavities as I did the shaping of the headstocks.

Anyway, after shaving away with the shiny new chisels I bought I've finally got them level. The necks aren't perfect and the cavities still have some space at the top edge, but that's hide/fixable. I lightly screwed the necks in place to see how it sits. Two screws out of the four, just screwed in enough to hold the necks in place.

Just a flash-less shot to show the pickup cavities a wee bit better.

You can see here the gaps at the top. No great biggie as long as the screws are tight in and I've "tweaked" the cavities enough. I'ts such a soft wood that it'll take a wee bit more time to get it right ... even then it won't be 100%.

NEXT!

OK, so there's a few things to do now. First up I've decided to skip the graphic for now. I was always going to do a base colour on the whole body before adding the graphic. I'm going to paint the whole thing in a dark night blue colour. I'll add the graphic later and do another lacquer layer afterwards.

So, I need to wait for some good days to hang the body out back to paint it. Will take a few layers ... BUT FIRST! ..... I need to find the right wiring diagram.

The electrics that came are enough to get the guitar working but there's a bit missing for me. There's one volume, one tone and one pickup selector for each neck, which for the most part is fine. Not for me though. I want a third selector switch. Just a simple two way switch so I can select which neck is active. Problem is the wiring is already going to be tight in the space available, so I need to lay everything out and decide where to route a wee bit of space to add the third switch in the middle of the body. Will need to add a new backing too, but that's OK.

Slow going, but I can't wait to get this bad boy up and running!

So! To Maplin to buy electronics stuff and to Halfords to buy Automotive Spray Paint!