New McKnight Gearhead version 2

[Tim McKnight]

Originally Posted by Steve Kinnaird

Guys, that is so handsome!!

Hey Thanks Steve. Its been a fun project.

[TomB'sox]

You know the guitar is fantastic when the bridge and bridge pins alone make you want to drool!!!

[Tim McKnight]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

You know the guitar is fantastic when the bridge and bridge pins alone make you want to drool!!!

Thanks Tom!


After the bridge got a spa treatment then it was time to treat the bone pins, saddle and nut in a relaxing hot tub steep of Earl Grey:

[Mary]

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[Tim McKnight]

After the neck has been bolted and glued to the body and before the fretboard is ready to accept frets we chalk the entire surface using the grandkids side walk chalk:





Then I sand a "Transitional Relief" into the fretboard's surface. This was an amazing technique taught to me by Dave and Hesh at Ann Arbor Guitars. If you've ever played one of their guitar set ups with what Dave calls his "Transitional Relief" you know what the difference can feel like?

[Tim McKnight]

Nipping the tang from the ends of the Evo Gold fret wire to provide clearance above the outer fretboard edge bindings:



The FB has been Transitional Relief sanded and the fret ends nipped and filed its time to press the frets into their new home position:



After the fret ends have been dressed and glued its time to apply our Lustrous Conditioning Balm to the fretboard for a relaxing overnight soak:

[Mary]

We have been selling the fret board balm often enough that he has made another batch to keep up with demands. This is good. The shop smells less like the finish sprays and more like a soft inviting fragrance. It's a nice change for this old lady.

[Tim McKnight]

Its time to string it up:





Cut the nut:





And vibrate it for 3 days to allow everything to settle in prior to the final set up:

[Guitars44me]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

You know the guitar is fantastic when the bridge and bridge pins alone make you want to drool!!!

What a cutie!!!

Another shout out for the FB conditioning balm! It works for my guitars!!

Happy Monday

Paul

[Dave Higham]

Much as I'd like to follow your threads, I'm afraid I don't, as the photos are so enormous that they take an eternity to download, before automatically reducing to a size to suit the forum. Perhaps because my broadband isn't very. Other people's threads don't seem to have this problem. (Sorry)

[Eire]

Originally Posted by Tim McKnight

After the bridge got a spa treatment then it was time to treat the bone pins, saddle and nut in a relaxing hot tub steep of Earl Grey:

There are so many mornings when I would like to be steeped in a hot tub of Earl Grey tea.

[Tim McKnight]

Originally Posted by Eire

There are so many mornings when I would like to be steeped in a hot tub of Earl Grey tea.

Hold that thought Kurt. I just ordered 7,352 Earl Grey tea bags and according to my rough calculations that should be enough to do the job.

[Tim McKnight]

Originally Posted by Dave Higham

Much as I'd like to follow your threads, I'm afraid I don't, as the photos are so enormous that they take an eternity to download, before automatically reducing to a size to suit the forum. Perhaps because my broadband isn't very. Other people's threads don't seem to have this problem. (Sorry)

So sorry to read that Dave. Is anyone else having similar problems with pictures loading as Dave is?

[iim7V7IM7]

Originally Posted by Tim McKnight

So sorry to read that Dave. Is anyone else having similar problems with pictures loading as Dave is?

Tim, I do encounter the same phenomenon described by Dave (e.g., the photos load as gigantic images slowly and reduce in size when loaded), but perhaps I have a better internet connection so it passes relatively quickly (like a 10 second delay). I do not encounter this on other posts.

[Tim McKnight]

Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7

Tim, I do encounter the same phenomenon described by Dave (e.g., the photos load as gigantic images slowly and reduce in size when loaded), but perhaps I have a better internet connection so it passes relatively quickly (like a 10 second delay). I do not encounter this on other posts.

Thanks for your feedback Bob. We recently starting using Imgur to host images and I wonder if it has anything to do with their site? We are using the same camera and settings that we have used for years and I don't think we have made any camera setting or image size changes. We used to use Google to host images but they made some complicated changes so we decided to try another hosting service.