Operation: Luthier, part 2

Project El Cheapo Kit Guitar continues in fits and starts, with promising results. The neck has been fitted and shimmed, seems stable. The nut was too high, so it was sanded down (then shimmed because I over-sanded it, oops) and re-glued. Neck needs a little more relief, but in general it definitely seems to be a playable instrument, and string intonation is close enough to warrant continued work. Next steps: finishing the body (perhaps a cherry red stain?), and installation of a Kent Armstrong P90 pickup (on order) in the empty bridge position.

(I'm experiencing a sudden strange urge to watch Spinal Tap...)

In non-guitar geek news:

The end of the academic year is rapidly approaching (yay!), and the snow is rapidly melting (yay!) as spring considers whether to show up on time or make a fashionably late entrance.

- JBC