Stewart MacDonald Bluegrass Resomaster Assembly Instructions Manual

34, page 33 If the neck block was mistakenly tipped forward when glued in place, the neck may be “overset” too far away from the body. In this case, the straightedge laid on the fretboard will extend too far above the center of the hand rest. Removing wood from the top of the hee…

28, page 27 All the wood surfaces should be fine sanded up to 220-grit. Use Fre-Cut® paper on a wooden block lined with thin leather or felt (or use a rubber sanding block). Start by sand- ing the body. For the solid wood sides, as mentioned earlier, the sandpaper should be no coarser than 150-gr…

31, Stewart MacDonald Bluegrass Resomaster page 30 Day One: Spray three wet (not runny) clear coats on the neck and body, an hour between coats, and let them dry overnight. Day Two: Lightly “scuff-sand”the neck with 320-grit Fre-Cut® paper to knock off the high spots in the finish (on flat areas, be sure to use a backing pad on…

22, page 21 Temporarily clamp the tailpiece to the body, (46) aligned on center. Place the nut back in the slot, and install the two out- side strings into the tailpiece and over the bridge saddle. Space the strings 1-11/16" apart, located equally from the center of the nut blank. Make pe…

7, page 6 used on the tail block. Follow with spool clamps spaced evenly around the sides. With spool clamps close on either side of the waist clamp, you should have good glue squeeze- out at the waist. Leave the waist clamp in place, and let the glue dry at least 5 hours. TIP: Spool clam…

17, page 16 When the fingerboard’s dry, remove the rubber band clamp. The bone nut blank should be smooth-walled, square-bot- tomed, and of uniform thickness. If it needs smoothing or thicknessing, sand it with 100- and 220-grit sandpaper, dou- ble-stick taped to a flat surface. Place the nut blank o…