avengers63 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) pickup holes routed Edited April 30, 2009 by avengers63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 pilot holes drilled scroll saw blade threaded into the hole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djhollowman Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Looking good! That neck: Warlock? Deffo some kinda Rich yeah? DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Looking good! That neck: Warlock? Deffo some kinda Rich yeah? DJ That's what it USED to be. Y'all have only seen the tip of the iceberg with what I've done/will be doing to this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Chambering a body the easy way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 How thick will the finished product be, since that look like at least a 1-1/2" thick body already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Looking good ,I am watching this build...like the way it is going.Man your cranking them out, what's up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 How thick will the finished product be, since that look like at least a 1-1/2" thick body already? The block I made the body core from was 2". The back is 1/4", the top is 1/8". Man your cranking them out, what's up? Getting canned in February gave me plenty of time. Even though I'm really enjoying the time, I'd still rather be working. I'm actually working on two others as well without posting any progress pics, and another is on deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 covering the headstock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Souls inc. Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Nice lookin project so far ! Hey Ranman106 : I know where you got your neck from lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranman106 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Nice lookin project so far ! Hey Ranman106 : I know where you got your neck from lol And I sure do appreciate it too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 No big surprise what's coming next... headstock cap routed to shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 4-piece 1/8" bloodwood cap glued on and trimmed Because it was in 4 parts, it took 4 days to glue the dang thing on. I really took my time to line up the grain. All 4 pieces are bookmatched; the center two are adjoining, the outside two are obviously separated by the middle section. You'll see later that when it's all leveled out that the grain really flows nicely from board to board. I actually re-cut the sets: the first pair of sets didn't match up color-wise. These were taken from the same board, so the color is a LOT more consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Nor it's time to continue the major surgery on the neck. With what I want to do to the inlays, I need to pull the frets. Doing a re-fret will be a valuable learning experience for me, so let's have at it! $3 nipper ground flat = $3 fret puller There wasn't that much in chip-out. Just 3 very small pieces that were immediately glued back in with CA. It'll all smooth over when it's re-radiused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernica Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 ...beautiful git in the works. ...Do you think that you might have some splitting in the 1/8" skin, ..being that it is 4 pieces w/ no reinforcement over the joints on the inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Idunno. I guess we'll find out later, huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 You have done an amazing job of matching up the cap. If you hadn't told me I would have thought it was 1 piece. This is looking like a very nice guitar so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 You have done an amazing job of matching up the cap. If you hadn't told me I would have thought it was 1 piece. This is looking like a very nice guitar so far. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 routed the fretboard & headstock for binding Lesson learned: when routing for binding on a neck I've made, do it BEFORE raidusing the f/b & shaping the back. And the headstock is going to be PIA to bind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wood is good Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 I think you should bind before even gluing the fretboard to the neck on the future necks you make. Its a lot easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 I think you should bind before even gluing the fretboard to the neck on the future necks you make. Its a lot easier. I agree. This is a salvaged neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Making the 12th fret inlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 How did you go about routing for binding on the headstock with the fretboard already on? I always try and do the headstock first since the fretboard ends up getting in the way of the router or making a weird angle on the router table. Otherwise I am stuck putting a spacer block on the front of the head and having the bit stick way out (something I try and avoid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 First I removed the nut - it was REALLY in the way. That left me a little space between the f/b & the headstock. After setting the height of the binding bit on the router table, I basically had to hold the neck on the edge of the radius, doing my best to keep the round surface as level as possible. It was a tricky proposition that in hindsight I wish I hadn't done. But once it was done, all I could do was try and make it work. The headstock was pretty easy. Since it's a tiltback, the nut was off, AND there was extra thickness from the headplate, it sat flat on the face of the headstock. I just had to watch really closely when I got to the nut area so that I didn't go into the f/b. I went backwards most of the time, trying not to have any tearout. It seemed to work OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 that dragon inlay is going to be sweet when its done. What material is it? It really matches the body cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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