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I finished spraying the Rick 620 and hung it to dry. Golf season was still a couple months away I had nothing to do. So I checked the parts drawer and my wood stash, decided on a '57-style Danelectro and then ordered whatever I needed I didn't already have. $220 all in all.
The originals were made from masonite with a poplar frame and a bolt on neck, I guess the neck was poplar too. Mine will have birch plywood top and back glued to an ash frame and a maple neck. Bolt on neck if I can find proper screws. If not I think I will do a set neck with a full width tenon like a LP Junior. I built a Junior a few years ago and I really love that neck so I will use the same templates on this Danelectro but with a shallower headstock angle to avoid the scarf joint.
I have black nitro left over from that same Junior build, so guess what, the Dan will be black. I will also try and find some fitting white vinyl fabric to put around the body rim.
The raw materials for the body, birch plywood and ash. The heavy kind of ash used for axe handles. And base ball bats if you're American.
The frame laid out.
The center block and a couple smaller pieces glued in.
The originals were made from masonite with a poplar frame and a bolt on neck, I guess the neck was poplar too. Mine will have birch plywood top and back glued to an ash frame and a maple neck. Bolt on neck if I can find proper screws. If not I think I will do a set neck with a full width tenon like a LP Junior. I built a Junior a few years ago and I really love that neck so I will use the same templates on this Danelectro but with a shallower headstock angle to avoid the scarf joint.
I have black nitro left over from that same Junior build, so guess what, the Dan will be black. I will also try and find some fitting white vinyl fabric to put around the body rim.
The raw materials for the body, birch plywood and ash. The heavy kind of ash used for axe handles. And base ball bats if you're American.
The frame laid out.
The center block and a couple smaller pieces glued in.