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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:09 pm
by robert(original)
there is a rather easy way of making a neck, and you might like the feel of it cuz it turns out rather slim and flat from 1st-12th feeling the same.
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:44 pm
by Fran
robert(original) wrote:there is a rather easy way of making a neck, and you might like the feel of it cuz it turns out rather slim and flat from 1st-12th feeling the same.
After this is done, and presuming it is a successful project. I may well be picking your brains on the neck thing rob. I want to be the UK Aug, like Cowy said.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:21 am
by mezzio13
robert(original) wrote:there is a rather easy way of making a neck, and you might like the feel of it cuz it turns out rather slim and flat from 1st-12th feeling the same.
details?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:42 am
by More Cowbell
Fran wrote:I want to be the UK Aug, like Cowy said.
YES! and when you come to GA. You can grab my wife's ass.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:25 pm
by James
Are you going to make a pickguard for it or use the one you're putting on in the pictures?
The body looks brilliant. I love the look of the mahogany.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:40 pm
by Fran
Thanks James.
Yes i was going to use the white sp. Not my favourate choice but i started out on a budget and this was available at the time. Before i spend anymore i'd like to see how it turns out especially from a playability point of view, if it plays like a nail it can stay as it is
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:22 pm
by Fran
Day 4
Stuck waiting for parts now. But being as i had a day free i decided to do the body contours.
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:12 am
by robert(original)
take a peice of wood, any thickness 7/8th's- 1 inch is the usually fender thickness(i think, its been a long long day)
take the back to a table router and take off enough wood on the back to your taste(my jag is like 16mms at the first fret, most strats are 18mms or so, once you have done that, do the basice same to where the headstock is.
once you have that you will have a piece of wood that looks like this.
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then take a roud over bit, and roundover the sides.
thus you have created a shredders dream guitar,
slim all the way thru, flat on the back and cheap feeling(IMO)
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:49 pm
by Fran
May well try that rob.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:35 pm
by Fran
Things have move on a little more. I've applied the Danish Oil and the first coat of BriWax, so this is pretty much the colour it will be. Extra coats will just give it more shine and a harder surface.
I've mock put it together with the parts i have (still waiting for pots, switches, etc.) and i've got mixed feelings on it at the moment. The finish is quite light for Mahogany and it has a 'Yamaha Pacifica' look about it, the TOM is a permanent feature but i wont keep gold on (obviously). The excellent sounds of the Toronado once again influenced this decision.
The mistake on the neck pocket has been the main gripe, it has caused problems further down the line and looks far from tidy. Still if it plays well i'm not too concerned.
The other gripe is waiting for parts or having to order from the US, it really is annoying especially when you have limited time to work on the project.
Here are a couple of pics to bring us up to date...
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:38 pm
by More Cowbell
Looking good so far!
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:48 pm
by Fran
Cheers Cowy... Does that neck look off line to anybody else or is it me?
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:08 pm
by Haze
just a tad to the right, but yeah
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:29 am
by iCEByTes
yes it´s off ... if you don´t bolted yet can do clean fix up
else will need fill the wholes and do again
getting amazing yours Jag-stang ?
found an name ?
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:50 pm
by Fran
iCEByTes wrote:yes it´s off ... if you don´t bolted yet can do clean fix up
else will need fill the wholes and do again
getting amazing yours Jag-stang ?
found an name ?
Just keeping the Bronco headstock iceman
I re-drilled the holes after filling them using cocktail sticks and pva glue lolz. Everything is in line now as the strings show..
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:13 pm
by NickD
I completely missed this thread!
Good work Fran, kinda makes sense making guitars if you already have the wood skills.
If you decide to do more I have a big plank of ash here that I'm not likely to use.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:17 pm
by Fran
NickD wrote:I completely missed this thread!
Good work Fran, kinda makes sense making guitars if you already have the wood skills.
If you decide to do more I have a big plank of ash here that I'm not likely to use.
Thanks Nick. I definitely plan on doing something else so i may take you up on that.
Oh, what thickness is it? about 40mm?
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:24 pm
by BobArsecake
If those switches haven't got there yet I'm going to do something terrible to Royal Mail.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:27 pm
by euan
BobArsecake wrote:If those switches haven't got there yet I'm going to do something terrible to Royal Mail.
Force them to deliver stuff?
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:40 pm
by BobArsecake
euan wrote:BobArsecake wrote:If those switches haven't got there yet I'm going to do something terrible to Royal Mail.
Force them to deliver stuff?
Haha, yeah, on they day they're meant to, and before 1pm, the twats.