MDF Mosrite

Post by **Mike** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:16 pm

Yeah, hurry up you arsehole. I'm living vicariously through this thread

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:19 pm

Goddamn work taking up my time and them thar bands i play in.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:44 pm

The color is done. I got one run and one sand through but it is corrected, the color looks great, i will post some pics up when i get the clear coat on- perhaps monday.

I started work on the neck, reshaping the headstock and some sanding. Looks like some Nitromorse will come in handy here, it took a while to sand just the front of the headstock with an orbital sander. Im just a but concerned of stripper melting the edge binding.

Headstock before:

Headstock now:

Target:

Clearly it wont be identical but im aiming for 'close- on a budget' here!

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:46 pm

excellent! i think this guitar'll be cool as fuck when it's done.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:50 pm

stewart wrote:excellent! i think this guitar'll be cool as fuck when it's done.

+1 looking good Fran, that headstock looks like it will turn out well.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:55 pm

Thom wrote:
stewart wrote:excellent! i think this guitar'll be cool as fuck when it's done.
+1 looking good Fran, that headstock looks like it will turn out well.

+2 awesome stuff!

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:26 pm

Cheers.
I've decided to just sand the neck, its coming up good but a total bitch of a job. Where the maple meets the binding is looking fine, it was a concern beforehand.
What you save on purchases you pay for in labour.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:03 pm

will look fantastic. great job.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:20 pm

Post by **Doog** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:34 pm

Off the hook.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:42 pm

Fucking hell Fran. You know if the building shit ever gets worse/fucks you off too much you can make a living doing these, right?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 8:25 pm

Mike wrote:Fucking hell Fran. You know if the building shit ever gets worse/fucks you off too much you can make a living doing these, right?

It would be nice.
There was a local luthier selling guitars called Max Frecknall, decent stuff but i always thought it was overpriced. But now i understand the pricing more, building a guitar can be labour intensive. When you add up the hours, materials and research Â£500 is quite a modest amount to expect back. But due to mass production and import no-one wants to pay that kind of money anymore, unless its a popular brand name.

My finishing is my weak point, i'd need a spray booth and proper equipment if i was to think of selling. Ironically to what you said i am very tired of Construction work, i'm even considering shelf-stacking to sideline my music and repairs/projects. I've lost most of my passion for construction and some days i feel really worn out with it.

Thanks again for the compliments!

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:05 pm

THIS LOOKS AMAZING! I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO DO AN DEMO.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:33 pm

Im just waiting to lacquer the body now, then its a case of fixing the neck on.
All the parts are here, scratchplate now fully loaded..

I decided to use a Burns Rez-o-matic pickup after reading good reviews about them (supposedly somewhere between a single and P90 with plenty of low end), plus it was going cheap. I may change the cover for a plain black one yet though. The Artec Mini Humbucker was larger than the hole so i had to file that.

I also attempted the 'M' cut on the headstock, its by no means perfect but decent to say i had no template. I finished the stripped neck in clear Danish Oil.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:36 pm

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:53 pm

looks immense. great work

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:56 pm

+1 awesome stuff Fran.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:05 pm

Cheers all.
I should be borrowing the Air Brush this week, will be nice to see it done as its taken over my life

Get back to playing guitar a bit more innit.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:14 pm

Fran wrote:

is that what you meant when you said the guard didn't follow the contours properly (at the lower horn there)? you could file the guard back a bit if it's overlapping the horn, no?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:23 pm

stewart wrote:is that what you meant when you said the guard didn't follow the contours properly (at the lower horn there)? you could file the guard back a bit if it's overlapping the horn, no?

No dude, thats not fixed/centred, just floating in position to give some idea of how things are looking.
The curve to the controls does'nt follow the body, its are more like a JS where the curve gradually moves away from the bodys edge.