RIP Swinger Project (now with more Duo-Sonic!)

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:53 pm

I was going to wait and post this when I was further down the road since I'm infamous for taking DECADES for projects but I was too exited.

Makin' teh template.

I should have more pics in July....

...2024.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:27 pm

I always had a hunch that you were into swinging

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:52 pm

(pats spot on couch next to where he's sitting)

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Jul 01, 2019 9:54 pm

What scale, and are you doing your own neck?

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:22 am

24Ã¢â‚¬Â� scale, IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll do two pups too.

My goal is to do my own neck. That should be completed in September of 2132.

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:06 am

That is dope. By the by, if you decide to go with an already made neck BYO guitars now offers Jag necks to your own specs for a relatively reasonable price

Lonk

Post by **Doog** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:11 am

plopswagon wrote:(pats spot on couch next to where he's sitting)

Have I told you about my offset waist and contoured body?

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:22 am

Doog wrote:
plopswagon wrote:(pats spot on couch next to where he's sitting)
Have I told you about my offset waist and contoured body?

I'm more curious about that 9.5 inch radius you've been bragging about.

Post by **Doog** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:41 am

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:45 pm

sunshiner wrote:That is dope. By the by, if you decide to go with an already made neck BYO guitars now offers Jag necks to your own specs for a relatively reasonable price

Lonk

oh, that could be quite useful.

I have 4 body blanks total, I might do another duo sonic as well (and a Jazzmaster and an Esquire...)

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:26 pm

got around to making a pickup and control cavity template.

this one I routed using my 64 mustang as a guide (pretty nerve wracking!)

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:53 pm

damn had to bookmark that website. gonna do some builds for realz this year.

cur · Post by **cur** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:17 am

FWIW, this project is turning me on.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:26 pm

Update time.

I was making more templates with my template when I had the router slip and take a big ol' honkin' chunk out of the control cavity. While I was salvaging it I discovered some issues with the center line alignment so I started again.

Here's the new templates.

The control cavities for the volume/tone/output and the slider switches up top are deeper than the pickup routes so I put those in their own template. I have some indexing screw holes drilled that will help line everything up when I do the actual routing.

The next step is to do the actual body blank, but frankly, I'm a little terrified. I might build up one with some cheap board and do a full on test run before I use my good two piece alder body blank.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:31 pm

So a while back I redid my pickup routing template.

I made one with pieces that slot in so I can do the deeper routes for the controls and then the shallow pick up cavities

Today I cut out the new Swinger template, I felt like it wasn't quite right so I did a tracing based on internet photos.

There were a couple of gouges I had to fix after I routed the template so I thought I'd cut out a new Duo Sonic template.

That went so well I cut out the body.

I'm super psyched that I didn't fuck up. Ready to do more next weekend.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:58 am

Looks good!

kingkiller · Post by **kingkiller** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:09 am

Looks great Paul! Should have checked the forum before I commented on your post on Instagram lol

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:55 pm

What's that perspex neck rout ruler/stencil thingy?

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:10 pm

http://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-a ... ender.html

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:33 pm

Ready to get back to work

Swinger laid out

Rough cut on bandsaw

routed edges (left hand side)

I realized this knot will be an issue

Sanded the edges of both the Swinger and the Duo-Sonic

pre-drilling the cavities

I was hoping to get the routing done but ran out of time (daylight)