Jdogg Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 So, I haven't posed a build here in a while. figured i'd post this one as I think it's rather fun. Got the green light to start the build early January. been prepping stock and waiting for parts to come in since (had to buy some stuff from china to save $$$). Specs are pretty simple 22-3/4" scale length. maple / wenge neck Alder body black hardware SPIDERMAN theme... cuz my little guy's crazy about Spider-Man. more to come soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratsRdivine Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Gonna look amazing. Maybe you already thought of this, and are waiting to surprise us, but can you picture a thin inlayed MOP thread of silk coming out his butt? Maybe terminating into the neck pup cover as a web? Will look sweet nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdogg Posted February 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 as absolutely sweet as that would look... sadly I have neither the skill nor the itty bitty dremmel bits to pull that off... the spider alone severely tested my skills and tools... let alone an itty bitty strand of silk.... I am however waiting to surprise you with my idea for the top... if it works out... LOL.... if it doesn't I may just have to sand it off and keep my big mouth shut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdogg Posted February 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 Finally got a bit more time in the garage today. got some good progress too. Got the outside profile of the neck done and then proceeded to cut the trussrod slot. I'm using a spoke wheel truss rod on this build... gotta say, they're 10x as much work as a regular LMII trussrod... so I'm not sure I'm impressed... doesn't help that this one is from ebay so it's not 100% super quality... Pics from today... I'm really happy with how the headstock lamination is looking.... I think that'll be badass once everything comes together... yeah.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightroExpress Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Hey, I recognize this from SSO. Welcome to PG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdogg Posted February 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Thanks Knightro, I'm making the move over here as someday I'd eventually like to sell a guitar or two... which seems to be blasphemy over at SSO. if you've sold a guitar, you are a professional builder and therefore must quit your day job, build full time and pay to join their dealers section.... I really should get my name changed over here tho... I've had this account since before I started using Deegatron.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariahrob Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Looking ace! pinwheel trussrods are a real pain to fit but nicer to use I think. Love the spider and curious to see what your plans for the top are. On on another note I see you are working on one of those kit carpenters benches. What's it like and which did you get? I've been thinking about one as a second working area but not seen one up close and personal. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightroExpress Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Yeah, the SSO mods are pretty touchy. It makes sense though, they've seen a silly number of small builders try to take advantage of people over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdogg Posted February 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Pariahrob said: Looking ace! pinwheel trussrods are a real pain to fit but nicer to use I think. Love the spider and curious to see what your plans for the top are. On on another note I see you are working on one of those kit carpenters benches. What's it like and which did you get? I've been thinking about one as a second working area but not seen one up close and personal. Cheers! I've never used a pinweel trussrod so I'm a little Leary about using this one... hopefully it turns out ok. if not i'll just build him a new neck... lol... I bought it from Canadian woodworker. it's the "beaver" brand I believe. it's listed for $530 but I think it was closer to $350 when I bough it..... must have been a sale as they were just starting to carry them at the time..... it comes unfinished so I slapped it together and slathered on a coat or two of tung oil in an afternoon. it's been a rock solid workbench for me. I'm REALLY happy with it... top is very flat and it was 1/2 the price of anything else I could get locally. The vices aren't quite as nice as the lee valley quick release $400 ea units. but they're plenty nice and work very well for what they are. I've got zero complaints on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdogg Posted March 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Alright, It's been tough getting time in the garage lately but I do indeed love when a plan starts to come together..... Got the headstock inlay sorted... needs a little bit of fill... but very tight compared to some of my previous attempts... I've tried about 1000 different techniques of doing inlay and it appears that this is one of those things where experience and skill simply cannot be overlooked no matter what tools you use... then I got the neck pocket routed to depth.... it's actually overly tight... need to take some material off the sides of the neck I think... but it's workable for now... couldn't help but squeeze the neck in there for a mock up... booya!!!! The neck is still a little too thick but that wont take long to fix... I finally gave up on the 2 bridges I ordered from china... they're simply not coming.... I got a refund for both through ebay and ordered a hipshot from a USA supplier... that hit the budget like a mack truck let me tell you... but im familiar with the dimensions and quality so im not super upset.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightroExpress Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 This is seriously going to be the coolest micro guitar out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdogg Posted March 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Knightro, The game plan is, if I build him the coolest Spiderman guitar ever made.... he'll stop wanting to play with my other guitars all the time.... hopefully.... Got some MADD progress this weekend... Drilled for the jack, routed for the pickups, did the bevels, couple other misc items.... even ran around Saturday and bought all the little things I was missing like magnets for the cavity covers and finishing stuff.... and maybe some stuff for my super secret top finish.... MWAHAHAHAHAHAH speaking of the super secret top... still testing on scrap.... but things are looking promising... hopefully I can reveal the secret soon..... Jeeves!! to the photo's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Nice clean carve there . Waiting patiently to see the super duper top secret top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 That's looking lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 That IS super cool! The little guy is going to be a lucky one alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10pizza Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Very, very nice! I plan to do a build for my kid as well. He's currently 6yrs old. Would be nice for his 8th birthday or so. The theme will be difficult though. Today it's Minions, tomorrow it's Paw Patrol day after it's Cars ..... LOL looking forward to your finish! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jdogg Posted March 27, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) Alrighty gentlemen. Had some progress happen this weekend. I've been avoiding gluing the fretboard on for quite a while... had some issues on my last build and it didn't go 100% to plan so overcompensated this time around... wound up with a 10000% straight neck tho... so I think i'll do it this way again.... Also finished the round over on the back side of the body + the binding channel on the front side... the arm contour was a complete hooker to do. I don't have one of them fancy jig's that follows the contour so I wound up marking the channel with a pencil and routing the channel in steps (you can see via the burning) then I cleaned it up with a chisel... my old school tool skills... are... well... severely lacking... so im rather proud of myself on this one.... sadly, I may run out of time on this build... gremlin #2 is due any day now... that's likely to put a severe hamper on my progress... as long as I fnish before may (his b-day) i'll be aiet... but figured I couldn't leave you all in the dark about my super secret finish..... took our little guy out to a fabric store here in town and let him pick out some fabric.... glued down with super 77 and filled with weldbond and leveled (Im trying desperately to avoid epoxy due to the fumes). all that's left is to clearcoat over with some waterbased polyurethane that I bought.... should look absolutely SICK once completed..... and it's spiderman,... so the little guy's gonna lose his nuggets.... Edited March 27, 2017 by Jdogg 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 You got some sawdust on your car.... SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jdogg Posted April 6, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 HAD A BABY!!!! It's a boy! Keegan Ash Deagle! 8 lb 10 oz. So far moma bear and cub are doing awesome! still has his days / nights mixed up... but getting there... In other news, I was able to get the frets in and start prepping for the back carve... hoping to get a little time to work on that today... almost ready for finish... then I have to find a place to hid the thing for a few weeks till X's birthday. also found a local place to buy 1 amp slo-blo fuses. my AX-84 high gain Frankenstein amp is blowing the fuse as soon as it's plugged in... the only things connected before the standby switch is flipped is the power cable / fuse / standby switch. you'd expect to find a short in there... but the multi meter reads none... so I basically have to start de-soldering items until I find the culprit... hopefully it's jus the switch and I can order a new one easily. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariahrob Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 Congratulations! glad to hear it's all going well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jdogg Posted April 23, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 And here we are.... managed to finish her up JUST in time for the gremlin's birthday in about 2 weeks. Still needs the intonation set and the pickup heights tweeked but other than that she's as ready as she's ever going to be.... I'm not 100% happy with the water based poly / finish but not much I can do about it at this point in time. either way, should be one hell of a happy gremlin.... cuz shit yeah... it's Spider-Man.... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Natural Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 not sure how I missed this but congrats on the new arrival! (better late than never) great job on the spidey ax- I am sure you will get dad of the year award and your gremlin will get braggin rights as none of his friends are going to have one of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 That looks great! Does the gremlin have a Spidy amp? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdogg Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Thanks for the kind words guy's. My brother and I are actually working on mini amps for all of the kiddies. kinda a combination of the old smokey amps + a tone control + a nice little preamp. hoping to free wire it and then encase it in acrylic resin so you can see the guts.... not 100% sure if it'll work out but gonna get started on the prototype as soon as parts come in..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Guitar Of The Month is just closing on an empty month.....there's a couple of days to snag it ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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