What's Left To Do???

The guitar is getting there, and I was starting to feel a little "scatter-brained" about the remaining steps. To clear my mind, and to make sure I do the remaining tasks in the best order, I sat down yesterday and made up a "checklist" of all the tasks left to do. Then I arranged and rearranged the list, until I had them in the most logical order. Now I feel a lot better and more focused.

Here's the things I still need to do to finish the guitar:

MAR DREADNOUGHT checklist of things left to do:

  1. ___ Dots in fingerboard
  2. ___ Fingerboard side dots
  3. ___ Measure/cut end of fingerboard
  4. ___ Press frets in fingerboard
  5. ___ File/bevel/crown frets
  6. ___ Straighten fingerboard
  7. ___ Horse inlay - cut
  8. ___ Horse inlay - scribe in peghead
  9. ___ Horse inlay - rout cavities
  10. ___ Horse inlay - fit and glue w/epoxy
  11. ___ Horse inlay - sand
  12. ___ Horse inlay -fill any gaps
  13. ___ Inlay strips in bridge
  14. ___ Drill hole for endpin
  15. ___ Heelcap (ebony & laminate)
  16. ___ Neck angle
  17. ___ Cove out heel
  18. ___ Put threaded inserts in heel (superglue)
  19. ___ Bolt neck on/re-check neck angle (then remove neck from body)
  20. ___ Install truss rod
  21. ___ Glue on fingerboard
  22. ___ Bolt neck on/re-check neck angle (then remove neck from body)
  23. ___ Shape neckshaft/refine heel
  24. ___ Finishing: sanding (and round corners)
  25. ___ Finishing: grain-raising & sanding
  26. ___ Finishing: (neck only) aniline dye neck
  27. ___ Finishing: sealing
  28. ___ Finishing: fill pores
  29. ___ Finishing: finish coats
  30. ___ Finishing: leveling
  31. ___ Finishing: rubbing out
  32. ___ Install endpin
  33. ___ Bolt on the neck/glue fingerboard extension
  34. ___ Locate and glue bridge
  35. ___ Attach pickguard
  36. ___ Put tuners on
  37. ___ Level frets/lemon oil fingerboard
  38. ___ Make saddle and nut
  39. ___ Attach strings
  40. ___ Do set-up
  41. ___ BUY: guitar case/long shaft 1/8" hex wrench

Go To...
  1. Beginning the Neck
  2. Making the Rosette
  3. Bracing the Top
  4. Bracing the Back
  5. The Sides
  6. Making the Soundbox
  7. Binding
  8. Shaping the Neck
  9. What's Left To Do?
  10. The Fingerboard
  11. The Peghead Inlay
  12. Finishing the Neck
  13. Finishing

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