Duff Beer Man Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Alright, my V is shaped now and looks really good. Im loving it. I finished all the routing i had to do so the plastic guy could take it back. Its there for good now. I will be getting the body and plastic on wednesday or so. Now its time to start working on my necks. My question is what do u guys do first, drill holes for inlay or taper down the fret board. I have a center line drawn and all the spots marked for my led inlays so i will prolly do that first. Anyway, here is a pic of my v. Let me know what you think. All pics located here Pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 How's the neck going to attach? Sorry if you've already answered that on another page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Its a set neck, just havent routed the neck cavity yet, wont till neck is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 I have no expertise, so it's honestly a question, not a criticism disguised as a question-- is there enough wood there to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitman32 Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Duff, that Vee is looking sweeet! Cant wait to see it finished, I think that top is going to look killer...now all we need is that laminated neck, and youre set for GOTM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 I dont take any of ur comments or really anyones one here as critism Greg . Like yourself im not the best or anything close to it, so usually i take all the advice i can get to heart. So dont feel bad at all for asking question in which some people might take ofensive cause i dont. Im here to learn like everyone else and ask questions which i think are stupid sometimes too, but unless u ask how are you gonna learn right? But yeah there should be plunty of wood. Its just the way the pic is taking it looks like there is a lot less then there should be, but i should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Are you going to have a long-tenon (where the neck wood goes under the front pickup cavity and maybe even further back)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 I havent quite decided what its gonna look like yet lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Well, the plastic shop called me today and told my plastic was done so i went down there only to find out that they cut the plastic to the template after i strickly told them to follow my body and the template was only to be used for the pickup holes and what not. So now they have to recut it, however i did get a to see what it will look like when its done and it looks really really cool. So when i get it back on monday i will post some pics of it. Tomarrow im gonig to start shaping the back of my jem neck, i have the truss rod finally routed through it so ill keep all ya updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Well that sucks, you mean you gave them a rectangle template with the p'up holes init, and they made you a mirrord template?? That V is looking nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 No, i gave them my template that i got off the net of the jem body. However, my jem body is slightly smaller then the template, i told them to make the size of the mirrored plastic the size of the body then to use the pickups holes off the template (dont know why i did that, my fault there for even giving them the template) but they did it wrong. However it is going to be fixes we will see how it comes out on monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 I havent quite decided what its gonna look like yet lol. ← I think you WILL have to do it that way, really on that V there is not much wood to do it otherwise. But the good news is that your higher fret access will be awsome. I hate most Vs because I can't reach down to about the 22 fret, even on 24 fret Jacksons. I was looking for Daviv Mykas neck jig, but I couldn't. But follow this page and you will see the joint he did on this guitar. Thats what you need to do! It will be so nice!!!! Good luck with it, that Veneer looks sweet (it's a veneer right?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 My neck joint is going to extend through the whole pickup cavity, but not into the next one. Maybe i miss understood lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Well, new discovery. I had a scrap piece of that mirror plastic at my house that the guy at the plastic store gave and after all the headaches this guy has caused me i grabed it and my template and went outside. Set up my router with a template bit and tried cutting it. The guy at the plastic shop said that you had to do all this special shite in ordet to keep the mirror from coming off the back of the plastic, however i knew he was feeding me a bunch of crap when i went in there yesterday and he talked about how he cut it with a router bit. Turns out this stuff is simple as pie to cut. The dude was feeding me crap cause he wanted my business and knew i was a kid and could take advantage of me. So basicly i learned a 100 doller lesson of never have someone else do the work for you. Always do it yourself. Things stay a lot easier that way. If anyone has any questions aobut how to cut this stuff just ask me. I could prolly write a tut on how to get the chrome effect of how to make your own bad horsie jem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 I got my plastic back from the shop finally cut and everything. However i will still be doing some mods to it myself that they didnt do. Progress has been kinda slow, ive been practicing for this school gig thing on thursday so yeah. I got fretboards cut and truss rod channels cut. Next i will drill holes for leds and i decided im going to add bindings to the fretboards along with the bodys. The jem will get a pearloid binding and the V will get a white plastic binding. My bro took his digi cam back cause he needed it but as soon as i get it back i will post some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted May 9, 2005 Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 Man I just took a realy good look at that V and I love it Im not sure what it is about it but I want one now and that maple looks nuts GOOD STUFF !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Thanks matt, that means a lot cause totally respect your work. Just a quick question do i install fretboard binding before or after i fret the fretboard. I got holes drilled for leds today. Also what router bit do u guys use for the binding around the guitar, should i order the one from stew mac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 I got the rest of my led holes drilled and will try installing them this weekend. Tomarrow i plan on gluing binding to the fretboards and start sanding down and shaping the back of the necks and rounding them. Tomarrow when i get home i plan on doing some work on my plastic. By the end of this weekend i hope to have 1. leds installed and working 2. fretboards ready to be fretted and glued to neck 3. Necks almost finished 4. plastic ready to be glued to body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Thanks matt, that means a lot cause totally respect your work. Just a quick question do i install fretboard binding before or after i fret the fretboard. I got holes drilled for leds today. Also what router bit do u guys use for the binding around the guitar, should i order the one from stew mac? Ya know man Im not the guy to ask I've never worked with binding But I would think You would have to put it on first before you fret the board But Im not realy sure you should ask perry !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Everything that I've seen says to bind and then fret. When you fret you cut the tang of the fret wire so the fret just lays on the binding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Im going to glue the binding to the neck tomarrow. My question is that can i sand the binding? I saw something about using a razor blade to scrape? Whats with this and what does it do? The bindings im using are white plastic and white pearliod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willin Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 (edited) Keep in mind that I have never bound a guitar before, but I strongly suspect that sanding it would just ruin it. Edited May 21, 2005 by Willin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Cut fret slots, check the depth (remember radiusing will reduce depth as you get to the edge of the board, so I get the radius very close before binding, then adjust acordingly). Try to avoid getting much glue in the slots, I like to clean them before the glue cures (it will be a pain to clean out later). I would avoid using heavy grit on the plastic, as it will cut fatser and deeper than the wood around it. I scrape it to get it close, then polish the board with finer grits. This is how I have done this in the past, but I have more experience with wood binding that plastic. So I would try to get advice from one of the more experienced members. They may have better methods. Hope that helps a little. Peace, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User01 Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 pics pics pics pics pics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 I got the fretboard binding glued and the back of the fretboards cut with a little channel for the wires for the leds. Im going to install the leds as soon as i get the binding sand down flush with the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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