Hamfisted metal scratchplate making.

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:42 am

First of all excuse all the badly aimed photographs cause my camera viewing screen is smashed so I literally just have to point, click and hope.

Battered Aria Pro II Cardinal Series, under the cross of gaffer the wood is pretty mashed up.

Headstock.

Cardboard template cut to size.

Part way through jigsawing out the metal (old electrical enclosure back plate) I ended up cutting and re-cutting everything more than once, the neck slot was too small, as was the pickup hole.
And the pots and switch were too short to fit through the body and the plate, so I opened the holes out so they could rest against the body and the knobs would cover the damage.

Bad photo. when I was screwing in the guard I dethreaded the screw head towards the top and it's sticking out an annoying amount without moving, so the gaffer will stay til I fix it.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:27 pm

cool guitar. I would have just given it a mini travis bean style pickguard.

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:00 am

Nice job. Good to see someone step to the plate with metal work (other than the petrified wood and copper guy, whose name I forget).

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:40 am

mezzio13 wrote:Nice job. Good to see someone step to the plate with metal work (other than the petrified wood and copper guy, whose name I forget).

narco martenot.

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:52 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:
mezzio13 wrote:Nice job. Good to see someone step to the plate with metal work (other than the petrified wood and copper guy, whose name I forget).
narco martenot.

Yeah, that's the guy. He's brilliant.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:54 pm

He is that. All his stuff is really cool, not just the guitar stuff (to be honest, I didn't really dig the petrified wood stuff, but that's a personal taste issue that I couldn't overcome. I still thought it was brilliantly executed though and worked really well).

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:25 pm

This guitar sounds better now, it's weird, obviously metal helps the tone.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:08 am

Bollocks.

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:26 am

my bollocks help the tone?

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:10 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:Bollocks.

I thought he was joking . . .

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:26 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:Bollocks.

I don't give much credence to anything regarding woods and tone when amplified but my understanding is that any CONDUCTIVE metal in and around the pups will impact the magnetic field and therefore cause a change - even if minute but likely detectable on a science gadget thingummy. Anyone got any hard facts?

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:05 pm

That's why my tele knobs help teh tonez!

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:07 pm

wwrrss wrote:my bollocks help the tone?

Bollocks definitely help tone.