Wood working for the 00 project is done. I made a bridge from a Brazilian RW stock. I selected a cigar shape. This shape was able to make a less than 20 grams bridge. I really like the light weight bridge that makes very good sound response. I also installed two additional graphite rods in the neck from the neck head to the finger board edge. Then, I installed the finger board. This finger board has the 650mm scale. After installed the Indian ebony finger board, I completed the neck shaping. Additionally, I did the finger board radiusing and polishing. Then, I installed the fret wires. Before install the fret wires, I removed the fret tangs approximately 80%. Fret tangs makes the neck shape change. To maintain the perfectly flat fingerboard, the fret wire tangs must be removed. The last step for making guitar is the armrest making. This time, I made a floating armrest from a fiddle back maple stock. Bottom side of the armrest has a cavity to isolate from the sound board. When you play this guitar, your right side of arm does not sit on the sound board. This makes the best freedam of the sound board movement. The armrest is installed using 5-mm three carbon fiber dowels. The armrest was black dyed. At this moment, the black dye is a little bit too dark. However, the black dye will be fade-out over years, and it will make very nice fiddle back maple patterns.
