My band has a CD release party on July 12th, and i’d love to be playing a brand-spankin’ new Decibel on stage, so i’m doing a big push this week to try and get Proto 1 into playable shape.

I’ve put 3 coats of polymerized tung oil on the body so far. I’m aiming to do at least 2 coats per day for the next few days. I’ve filled a couple of minor holes and all the fret slot ends along the edges of the fretboard. Left to do:

• Apply the logo to the headstock
• Clearcoat the headstock face
• Fit the tuners
• Glue on the nut
• install side marker dots
• Install pickups and wire them up
• Install the bridge
• Make and install a control cavity cover

This guitar will eventually be getting a GraphTech piezo system, but i’m going to forego that for now, since i won’t need it for the show, and i still need to do some milling on the bridge base plate to accommodate the piezo wiring.

Check out the Proto 1 page for the whole picstory!