ScottR Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 If I tried making the tiny details you do, I'd go mostly blind and develop a severe twitch. You, on the other hand, make it look easy. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted November 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Thanks Scott!!! It IS easy, plastic is very forgiving, CA welds in any small voids if the parts are properly pressed together. What you do with chisels, on the other hand, is hard - I can only hope to have your ability with carving, and especially the patience with sanding the details to perfection. I'm always guilty in the sanding department 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted November 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 The humbuckers are in the customs, they should be in the mail during this week...or so I hope... In the meanwhile, a few more projects on the table: IMG_20161127_133731 by Goran P, on FlickrIMG_20161127_180331 by Goran P, on Flickr PRS is one piece sapele body, one piece mahogany neck, fretboard probably ebony, pups probably P90, wraparound bridge. probably natural colored. Bass is fretless, again walnut root, one piece, neck is mystery hardwood as on the 335, fretboard walnut, 12in radius. I'll make the bridge, 10mm thick alu base plate, with brass saddle... Oil + wax. ...and another LP - again cherry/maple combo, series of holes for weight relief, slightly thinner base. The neck is cherry, 3 lams, maple headstock veneer. Fretboard is rosewood, pups might be mini hums in p90 covers, and it will have 2 vol + master tone + toggle for 2n5457-based treble booster I've put together to audition last night. I hope to make a nicer one (smaller) with better layout and to fit it all in the standard cavity. I think it would be handy. The back will be natural, and the top could be: black, sanded back blue (like jeans), some sort of plain top yellow or sanded back red, with yellow over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 4 hours ago, gpcustomguitars said: a few more projects on the table: I'll say. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 It's slowly getting warmer outside, but I'm still in the repairs and electronics mostly, as that room is in the house, where it's warm So, I made this for playing in front of the TV: IMG_20170206_151210 by Goran P, on Flickr I have a single LM386 amp assembled, with max gain, but I'll try a bridged version (still soldering) with some gain/tone options before calling it done. Since the knob is a gas stove one, the pot might get wired upside down In the meanwhile, I'm about to start to slowly turn this bird001 by Goran P, on Flickr into something like this: bird by Goran P, on Flickr It can change quite a bit along the way of course, I still can't tell if it wants to be a guitar or a bass...it's the rest of the BillyBo plank. Hope you like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 It looks like you will have an even bigger challenge mounting a bridge to this one. And, I'm sure you already have a plan for that. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 If it decides to be a bass, I do have something in mind, but if its a guitar, it can get a bit more interesting. I think I will thickness it from the back this time, to 40mm probably. What I really need is a small vertical mill for metal for some custom bridge work, but that's out of question for now...I can outsource it, but that's just not it... The black pickguard will be bent 90 degrees to form a surface for the jack(s), and the areas marked with lines carved/shallow. Updates soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 wow, this is going to be pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) Thanks, I hope so! My phone camera started restarting the phone every time I tried to take a pic, it does that when it's cold, so I took only a few pics: cut the shape approximately, no big math so far, just rough proportions, freehand. Shaped the relief with a sureform and a file. b01 by Goran P, on Flickr perhaps not that visible, but you can see the placement of the pickup routes to be. I've shifted the first version of centerline a little b02 by Goran P, on Flickr and now it's visible that the piece is not that bad at all: b03 by Goran P, on Flickr It's cca 50mm, and when flattened from the back, I plan to leave 40mm. I got a new circle cutter, so I get to try it out on this piece! I'll flood the rotten area with CA first, predrill the pilot hole and probably go halfway or so from the back. Not in the pics, the relief is deeper and refined, I've shaped the armrest too, and sanded both with the orbital. BTW, I think it wants to be a guitar Edited February 10, 2017 by gpcustomguitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 It definitely IS a guitar! Tried to make some paper templates, can't do it all freehand... b4 by Goran P, on Flickr P90s or toasters...? 2 or 3...? Black! Treble booster or not? Weird 2-piece brass vibrato adding some weight on the strings with circular bridge, also brass, at least 3mm thick (I do have to bend it nicely though...).Pup rings inlayed, brass as contrast to black pups. I might have some used brass screws somewhere...I've got some battery holders in the mail, could place it on the back. For the neck I have some weird ideas I've wanted to try for a while now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Circle cutter did fine, not all the way trough, but it cleaned up nicely with the router. I've thicknessed the back to 45mm, the rest will be planed/scraped by hand. I might add some more reliefs later...Refined the body shape some more, still a few areas to touch up, but so far so good. Hopefully, I'll get some more time to work on it later today! IMG_20170211_110942 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170211_112329 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170211_121109 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170211_123349 by Goran P, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 You've always done the maddest builds, Goran. Glad to see that you haven't changed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 That thing is going to look like it was made for the blues. I'm loving it! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Thanks!!! Scott, that's the exact idea, thanks! - it's all about the blues on this guitar! Good day today so far: 3mm black plastic: IMG_20170211_204836 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170211_210336 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170211_211951 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170212_121128 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170212_121943 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170212_123322 by Goran P, on Flickr test fit and some routing: IMG_20170212_131318 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170212_131330 by Goran P, on Flickr sanding the router marks on the back with orbital, the back is now perfectly flat and I can index routes from the top from it: IMG_20170212_134807 by Goran P, on Flickr I used the sawed off pieces of humbucker plugs I used on the 335 to pose in the possible positions for the P90's (definitely P90's!, 3 of them ) IMG_20170212_140207 by Goran P, on Flickr Forgot that this is not the realm of 90 degree angles IMG_20170212_140307 by Goran P, on Flickr so a quick trip to the disk sander, and some daylight: IMG_20170212_142043 by Goran P, on Flickr I'm leaning toward 3 P90's, neck and bridge with their own toggle and vol control, and middle with a dpdt on/off, volume control, and a master tone. I might put in a treble booster, with it's own dpdt, and a stereo jack for connecting the battery when plugged in... Any thoughts on the middle pup? Is it too much? I want to avoid a blade switch but I might be wrong,it would perhaps fit nicely on a piece of plastic in the usual LP toggle position? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 ...and with this, it's done for the day...it's sunk for about 2mm, face side is untouched. I drilled the hole for the jack, a small part of the cavity is to be additionally routed, but tomorrow...Headstock will have to complement the shape/theme. IMG_20170212_174530 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170212_175141 by Goran P, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 That shape looked random.....and then you went and routed an inset for it. AWESOME! This is going to be a special guitar. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Natural Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 I would have never envisioned a guitar coming out of that piece of wood. I applaud your imagination and vision. and now that I think of it, of all the "onboard" effects in guitars over the years- a treble boost would really/probably be the most useful thing you could add to a guitar. i had a dallas arbiter unit years ago that I got after reading that tony iommi used one and that really helped "unmuddy" the el34 heads I had at the time. it didnt mix well with the music man65 and fender amps (princeton reverbs) I had as they were already a bit bright, but I can see this being very useful, provided you could cut it out of the tone circuit (by pass) if needed/wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Thanks! I built one recently and I like the effect a lot, I'm not really a pedals type, but this gives the guitar a certain...reactivity? notes jump up under the fingers, clean goes to nice, tubelike crunch, cuts trough, really nice. It would have a true bypass, via small dpdt toggle, so no prob there, I just have to confirm that I do have the space to place it in that cavity. I'm struggling with the headstock shape, this is v1: headstock by Goran P, on Flickr I should add now that it will probably have a zero fret and some sort of a comb to hold the strings in place, and it might be a 24'. With the bridge it's simpler, this is the template, 3mm brass, bought the materials this morning: tailpiece by Goran P, on Flickr For the vibrato handle, I bought 2 versions, fi 6mm and OK7mm, that might look a bit more interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 Some more time to spend in the shop, so I started the tailpiece. Cut with the hacksaw, additional shaping with files, drilled with my son's help (one hole is a bit off ) and bent with a mallet in small steps. I will whack it a few more times before actual assembly, but this is reasonably close. Now I can route the inset area for it. Did I manage to bend it backwards? Absolutely...I'll have to recess the holes from the other side too. I could say that someone was talking to me while I was working, but I won't, since she might read this at some point... IMG_20170215_115434 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170215_123836 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170215_141514 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170215_142830 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170215_210547 by Goran P, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpcustomguitars Posted February 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Routed the 3mm ledge as far as the dremel would go, and finished with chiesels, using the edge as a guide. It was much quicker that I thought it would be. The tailpiece is a little overbent, but otherwise it fits nicely. Still trying to decide on a headstock, jumping between simple and complicated... IMG_20170215_230956 by Goran P, on Flickr IMG_20170215_231049 by Goran P, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 17 hours ago, gpcustomguitars said: Did I manage to bend it backwards? Absolutely...I'll have to recess the holes from the other side too. I could say that someone was talking to me while I was working, but I won't, since she might read this at some point... It looks awesome regardless. Maybe you should get a shop dog. They don't talk and can't read. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 I have a shop cat. Say hello to Spit....I'm sure he'll edge himself into the first season of videos.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Spit has a Maine Coon look to him. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Understandable. Maine Coons, Norwegian Forest Cats and Siberians all have similar aspects; he's Siberian. We have had two Wegies and Maine Coon though. Am I in danger of detailing Goran's thread with cat photos? Because Internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thankfully, I have CatBlock installed in the browser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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