Space Fluke

Jerryc41

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With any luck, I'll get the nut and the strings installed today. The graphic is an image from the Hubble Space Telescope. I printed it on sticky vinyl. It was very easy to install once I removed the bridge and fretboard. I'm going to see how it sounds without the sound hole cut out. Maybe I'll add a side port.

The fretboard is courtesy of eBay, and the bridge probably came from there, too. I replaced the friction tuners with tuners I took off an XS Soprano when I installed Gotohs. They're small and very smooth in operation.

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Nice one Jerry! Great tuners too.
 
Boldly going where no one has gone before
:p
 
I added the nut, saddle, and strings last night, and I think it sounds fine without cutting out the sound hole, and I like the looks of the solid outer space scene. I might add a side port, though. I still have to do the setup; it's a bit high now.

I have one more Fluke to "decorate," but I'm not rushing into that.
 
As we used to say in the 60s, "Cosmic man."

Looks great Jerry.
 
Looks great! Glad it sounds fine without the sound hole. Really gives it a clean look! The other option would be to find a black hole picture!
 
All seems very alien to me.
 
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