De - Fre Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Hi everyone! This is my first guitar I'm building from France. The Idea was to make a Zakk Wylde style SG with an altered body. The body itself is mahogany, the neck is hard rock maple, the fretboard is ebony with jumbo frets, the headstock is tinted flame maple inlaid as a splitted diamong. The bridge is a wilkinson wrap around seated on a makassar ebony piece. Tuners are Grover replicas. The nut is a graphtech one. Pickups are cheapos from ebay. The pinup is a sticker. There are 3 straplocks à la Tom Anderson. What you see between the pickups is the end of the neck tenon which extends under the bridge pickup. Electronics are 1 volume, 1 tone and 3 pos switch. The neck is HUGE, the hugest I've ever played, I might shave it one day. There are 26 frets, the last 4 are scalloped. The paint has been done with car paint. The neck joint has been shaped to look like a thunderbolt, in reverence to AC / DC. That's all I believe! Regards. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo2 Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Very interesting. The thing that really caught my eye is the neck joint. How is the comfort with that heel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De - Fre Posted July 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I managed to make not too pointy. Assuming that the neck is huge, the neck joint is really smooth. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Nice lookin' player. What material have you got in mind for a control cavity cover plate? When you are doing such a long fret guitar its tough to workout the pickup spacing / neck joint for the maximum benefit. Do you get a distinct tonal range between pups? I recently completed a 24 fret SG style and allowed for more "in between" room, ie. bridge further back, more high fret access and flat fingerboard end, and managed to maintain standard pickup spacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De - Fre Posted July 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 As a control cavity plate I'm working on bwb plastic. But the pattern of the cavity is not that easy to reproduce and I'm not very comfy with the router on that material. I might as well get some more ebony to carve it out. At first I didn't want 26 frets but I wanted to have both pickups close to the bridge so that left some space for the fretboard and I went for it! Yes there is a tonal distinction between both pickups and the combination of both pickups is not as muddy as I used to hear on dual humbuckers guitars. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I'm interested in putting one of those Wilkinson's on my next guitar --does this version intonate properly? They have a version where the A and D are adjustable too. But this version is a lot less expensive. What part of France? I'm near Niort... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De - Fre Posted July 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I bought it on ebay new for 30 USD. It sure intonates well enough for me. I'm near Roissy CDG Airport. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmitoale Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 HI de free, the world is small... As I told you before, your SG is beautiful but I find the edge of the head a little bit too smooth. For the control cavity plate, I think a pickguard material from stewmac and a "scie sauteuse" (literraly "jumping saw", but I don't think it's the right word) will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Are you thinking of a "jigsaw?" They are reciprocating(up and down). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmitoale Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Are you thinking of a "jigsaw?" They are reciprocating(up and down). ← Here is a picture of the tool I've in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De - Fre Posted August 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I don't believe in jigsaws for pickguards. I'd better buy a router table. Because my router is not that stable for small pieces. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Well you'd need a router one way or another because you'd have to get the 45 degree angle on the edges of the pickguard. You could do that with a jigsaw, but it wouldn't come out well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De - Fre Posted August 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I could adapt my 45 ° bit on a router table. But there is no need for it since it is a cavity plate I've already done it btw. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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