The Billy1802t

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:19 am

you are the mandude.

that is some fine use of jbweld. i used it in a similar method when building up a busted piece of wood in my ill-fated musicmaster bass project. great shit, it is.

fantastic work, curley. you surprise me around every bend.

cur · Post by **cur** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:44 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote: jbweld....... i used it in a similar method when building up a busted piece of wood in my ill-fated musicmaster bass project. great shit, it is.

It is super cool and 1:1. It is made from the tears of baby jesus.

you surprise me around every bend.

I am very misunderstood. This is true.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:02 am

You are a genius of fixing guitars. Seriously. I never thought this guitar would ever turn out as awesome as you have already made it, and I'm sure there's just even more awesomeness to come!

theworkoffire · Post by **theworkoffire** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:23 am

Really enjoying seeing the progress on this. Fantastic job on the horns.

You'll not get any argument over white with the mint guard from me, though these guitars look amazing white with 0ne-ply white guards, too:

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:49 pm

cur wrote:Oh, yes, I was confused on how the get the proper bend in the cover. I did an experiment with some scrap pickguard material. I boiled some water in a coffee cup and then stuck the end I wanted to bend in it for about 20 seconds or until it was a little bendy. Then I placed it on the jig so bottom side was down. and held in place with my thumb. I took about 20 seconds to cool. Just like forming a mouth guard for football.
I did notice that the side against the wood was soft enough to take on the saw marks from the wood. So I did not use the top mold for the real cover. Just my thumb.

Great work. The horns look really nice. Also, thanks for the info on the truss rod cover. I need to make a cover for a Hi-Flier neck and was wondering how to shape it. I can't wait to see this project painted and wired up. Excellent save.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:59 pm

hopefully we do awards next year. this here gets my vote for project/resurrection of the year.

weed_killer · Post by **weed_killer** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:19 pm

I can't wait to see this completed, although it already looks ∞ times better than what you got.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:57 pm

This is the first time I've looked at this thread since the early posts and it has blown me away - the guitar looks fantastic! Superb work!

cur · Post by **cur** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:16 pm

theworkoffire wrote:Really enjoying seeing the progress on this. Fantastic job on the horns.

You'll not get any argument over white with the mint guard from me, though these guitars look amazing white with 0ne-ply white guards, too:

Wow that is a LOOKER! See I never would have thought that would work, but it probably as close to perfect as can be.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:57 am

theworkoffire wrote:Really enjoying seeing the progress on this. Fantastic job on the horns.

You'll not get any argument over white with the mint guard from me, though these guitars look amazing white with 0ne-ply white guards, too:

I really like the look of this one. Especially the black around the pickups. It makes the guitar look like something out of a comic book. Very cool.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:52 am

Billy3000 wrote:Especially the black around the pickups.

*insert 20 page thread*

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:08 am

Amazing job. love the finished product and can appreciate all the hardwork.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:12 am

James wrote:
Billy3000 wrote:Especially the black around the pickups.
*insert 20 page thread*

hahahah... I was thinking about that when I wrote it... that's actually why I didn't say "the black shit around the pickups" hahaha!

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:40 am

yeah, those pickups painted like that is pretty baller.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:13 am

yeah, I love that offset guy's guitar. someone pointed out that it looks similar to the john squire custom jobber. I had been considering painting the electra I just got from portugalwillie similarly. black or a cream or something. the solid colors just add a whole new level of class to these guitars.

cur · Post by **cur** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:36 am

Mini update. I cut the single coil slots today. I got a template from Stewmac.com. First, I made one free hand and it was good, but I thought for not too much money I could get a really nice one. The template was fine and worked well, but I wish it was about 1 mm smaller in the width and length of the hole. That said, I am sure they make it a little big because the variability of sizes of pickups.

I have the GFS Brighton Rock pups. Very sexy looking and nice build. They supplied the height adjustment screws but they were off. They were tapered instead of flat cut on the back of the screw head. Also the screw head had a very big diameter. So much so that it would touch the pickup itself. And the screw itself was a size bigger than is normally is for fender style single coils and was binding in the pickguard. I took some off of a set of old single coils I had sitting around. Problem solved. But I though this was odd.

Here are some pics. I eye-balled knob placement. If I am doing it wrong let me know. I will also have a 3-way switch and an on-on switch located similar to other guitars of this sort.

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Mages · Post by **Mages** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:47 am

NICE. those brighton rock p'ups look way cool. perfect for this guitar too.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:55 am

I really love the look of those pickups in there! The knobs look like they're in the right place, but just make sure that they line up with the control cavity underneath. I would probably place pots and the jack in the cavity where you want them and mark where they hit the bottom of the pickguard

cur · Post by **cur** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:08 pm

Yep, I did a trace of the cavity and taped it to the pick guard. I even went out and got mini pots just incase. There is not a lot of room for error.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:17 pm

Stunning work Cur - easily the most interesting project thread for a long old time and what a cool looking guitar this is going to be! Quite jealous!