RestorationAD Posted December 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 All over but the sanding... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Ok, I'll bite. Why would you angle the pup that direction? Traditionally, they're angled with the trebel side "down". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 16 hours ago, RestorationAD said: All over but the sanding... wow, that really turned out nice. nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 1:57 AM, avengers63 said: Ok, I'll bite. Why would you angle the pup that direction? Traditionally, they're angled with the trebel side "down". Cheap guitar is a good place to experiment. I like the aesthetics of it. Also I have a strat where I pulled the "Hendrix" slant that turned out rather nice. "Voodoo" I measured all my 24.75" guitars that I built. Then measured my 24.75" Gibsons and Ibanez and they all put the bridge humbucker at 24" to the back of the bobbin. The pickup is 24" to the back of the bass side bobbin and angles forward to match the bridge. Since it is a single pickup I wanted to see if angling the pickup helped add some mids to the higher strings. "Truth" I doubt anyone can hear a difference and I like the look. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Working on the old BTB. Because neither side of the bass is flat I needed to raise the center (original) section to bring the unruly sides I haphazardly glued on into line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Decided to fill the battery box. I have managed better but there is a veneer that will hide this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 I shaped the new outline. It is a bit like the original BTB outline just less "silly" looking. The horns flow more and less exaggerated. Bass designers love to over exaggerate curves for some reason. Body turned out very balanced. In the last picture it is standing up on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 And I am afraid with this my winter break is over and progress will now slow to a crawl... Happy New Year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/21/2018 at 3:58 PM, RestorationAD said: Buffed out my 1990 Ibanez 570FM (Japan Only) body (picture is before buffing). The guitar was a mess. My brother brought it home from Okinawa for me and the salt water air did horrible things to it. I am trying to revive it as best I can with all the original parts. The screws are all a mess. I soaked them in Vinegar/Salt to break up the rust (also removes the cosmic black) but some can not be saved. The pots were corroded and seized up. The input jack was toast as well. Anyway I repotted the V1/V2 pickups today and will probably clean up the neck tomorrow. I will post more on it as I get things done. The control cavity must be seriously close to the edge of that thing. That's a phobia of mine-I always try for extra meat on the walls nearest the outer edge. SR One would think your brother was used to your sense of humor by now..... sr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 5 hours ago, RestorationAD said: "truth" I doubt anyone can hear a difference and I like the look. How many times have we all made up a string of BS to legitimize our preferences! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, avengers63 said: How many times have we all made up a string of BS to legitimize our preferences! +1 < 1000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 That's what I call a make-over! I like the back as much as the front. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Time to put a top on the old BTB. I have had this top laying around for years. It is severely warped and just not in good shape. I am going to epoxy it down and clamp it straight. I would never do this on a customer guitar but since it is mine it will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Turned out great. The seem shows a bit but I really don't care. Sanded it flat and we are off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 I looked all over the shop for something to use on the back of this thing and nothing was big enough. I had this wonky piece of purple heart laying around. I had cut several veneers out of it and what was left was not square... so I ripped another veneer out of it and sanded the leftover flat. It fit so well that I decided to try a new clamping method for the back. We will see how it turns out. I put my vintage plane to work and used the removable center in my workbench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 some sort of moisture leeching underneath the perspex.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 30 minutes ago, RestorationAD said: I looked all over the shop for something to use on the back of this thing and nothing was big enough. I had this wonky piece of purple heart laying around. I had cut several veneers out of it and what was left was not square... so I ripped another veneer out of it and sanded the leftover flat. It fit so well that I decided to try a new clamping method for the back. We will see how it turns out. I put my vintage plane to work and used the removable center in my workbench. Neat feature on the workbench! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 What glue do you use for the veneer, @RestorationAD ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 22 minutes ago, avengers63 said: some sort of moisture leeching underneath the perspex.... Epoxy. I filled some voids then covered it with wax paper. It will be flat when it is cured 5 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said: What glue do you use for the veneer, @RestorationAD ? West Systems Epoxy. titebond is ugly yellow and if you have voids in the wood the yellow fills the void in an ugly way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 On 1/1/2019 at 11:54 AM, ScottR said: The control cavity must be seriously close to the edge of that thing. That's a phobia of mine-I always try for extra meat on the walls nearest the outer edge. SR One would think your brother was used to your sense of humor by now..... sr Yes it is close. and my brother is a bit happier now. However when he finds out he isn’t getting it back... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 What wood is that top? It is rather pale dry and looks like claro walnut when wet. Leaks like claro too. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 23 hours ago, ScottR said: What wood is that top? It is rather pale dry and looks like claro walnut when wet. Leaks like claro too. SR The absolute worst piece of Claro Walnut you have ever seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Back in the day I was always inspired by @Drak Here are a few pictures i found. These are not my guitars. I am pretty sure the 2 teles are built by @Drak The blue one is definitely from the forum but not sure if it belongs to @Drak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Worked pretty well. The seem is as close as if I had clamped it with 100 clamps. The seem on the front is fine. The join line is very visible but I don't really care on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Trying to get an angle that shows the top in at its best. Back is so nice I should have done it purple heart on the top as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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