RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Fretboards fretted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 What do we do when we are waiting on the CNC to finish stuff? Experiments.Sometimes heads are useless... so we cut them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 First pass.And look what I found. Void. I knew that piece of padauk was suspect that is why it has been on the shelf for 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 More experimentation in ergonomics will come when I shape the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Enough clowning around… Bass time.Tuners are drilled. I had to buy a 9/16" forstner bit to finish this up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Fretboard prepped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikoT Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 The shape of that 4+2 headstock looks killer... and very inspiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 New Colt in place and soldered some new connectors on the motor controller board where they burnt off and we are cutting again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 That was one 2 foot strip of fretworkSeveral feet of wire later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Done rough cutting the new new body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 A look at the bridges and tuners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 The shape of that 4+2 headstock looks killer... and very inspiring. Thank you. Headstocks should be pointy enough to kill... just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Do you need me to send over some pre-amps for this bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Do you need me to send over some pre-amps for this bass?At some point I would like to have a few anyway. We should get that going...I am currently thinking it can be all passive though. I am hopeful that my pickup designs work without a preamp. If not I will be scrambling as this thing is due in early July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Is that quarter round bead you put in the guitar bodies a new design element or just setting up a carve to line? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Is that quarter round bead you put in the guitar bodies a new design element or just setting up a carve to line?SRThe latter.3/16" round edge. I then carve to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFly Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 I never considered the number of feet of fret wire used in a guitar. Usually I just have a big roll of it sitting in my shop and I cut as needed. Someone else always kept it in stock for me. The shop I'm in now doesn't use rolls of wire. They buy it in tubes. Its a little frusterating, because I always feel like I have waste when it comes to the fret ends, because there's always that little bit left over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 My advice for fretting is to start from the top and work to the nut end. If you get any pieces which will leave a too-short-to-use piece, just clip off one piece and do a fret at the shorter end. It's when you start from the nut that waste starts creeping in. Maybe not an issue if you build occasionally, however it can make the difference between being two frets short (done that) or in the larger context your profitability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 My advice for fretting is to start from the top and work to the nut end. If you get any pieces which will leave a too-short-to-use piece, just clip off one piece and do a fret at the shorter end. It's when you start from the nut that waste starts creeping in. Maybe not an issue if you build occasionally, however it can make the difference between being two frets short (done that) or in the larger context your profitability. This is exactly what i do. I usually only have an inch or so of waste after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 My advice for fretting is to start from the top and work to the nut end. If you get any pieces which will leave a too-short-to-use piece, just clip off one piece and do a fret at the shorter end. It's when you start from the nut that waste starts creeping in. Maybe not an issue if you build occasionally, however it can make the difference between being two frets short (done that) or in the larger context your profitability. My advice for fretting is to start from the top and work to the nut end. If you get any pieces which will leave a too-short-to-use piece, just clip off one piece and do a fret at the shorter end. It's when you start from the nut that waste starts creeping in. Maybe not an issue if you build occasionally, however it can make the difference between being two frets short (done that) or in the larger context your profitability. This is exactly what i do. I usually only have an inch or so of waste after. This is also how I do it. I never considered the number of feet of fret wire used in a guitar. Usually I just have a big roll of it sitting in my shop and I cut as needed. Someone else always kept it in stock for me. The shop I'm in now doesn't use rolls of wire. They buy it in tubes. Its a little frusterating, because I always feel like I have waste when it comes to the fret ends, because there's always that little bit left over. I used to use Jescar and it came in a roll. I love fretwire in a roll. I barely waste any. I actually only wasted a 1 in piece on the bass. The reason I have the 2 foot strips is because I like high nickel content Dunlop wire better than the Jescar. The Jescar had a small roll under at the edge of the crown where it met the fretboard and it never looked like it was seated all the way. Drove me nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFly Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 I kinda liked it. It made it look like the fret was just sitting there on top of the board, instead of this thing that was nailed into wood. To each their own though I guess. I can totally see where you're coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 BurlI remember why I don't like carving burl. It carves too fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I am not a fan of straight lines ... nice carves are concave. Nice carves are not made with routers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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