mistermikev Posted February 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2020 7 hours ago, curtisa said: Now there's a name I haven't heard of in a while. Looking pretty tidy, Mike thank you sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 did my wireup for the tuxedo... etched some random pcbs for everything from a guitar mounted brian may treb boost to a haz lab bass pre to amz mini boost and ovation piezo preamp and even some labeled pickup panels... did my truss channel for the les flawes... did my fretboard truss access and glued her on using hot glue gun and blocks to get it center. worked pretty good. also got my frets on...shaped the neck for the les flawes using the facets method loosely as I always do... just using 3 measurements to do 3 facets... and I come out with the profile matching w/o even trying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 so asked over at mylespaul as well but... this is the best I can figure to get a clamp pulling my neck into the body. see the block there that is clamped to the neck... then the long clamp across. obviously clamping before you finish that area might be a nice trick but I figured it's hard to finish once it's on. thoughts? cka 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 10 hours ago, mistermikev said: obviously clamping before you finish that area might be a nice trick but I figured it's hard to finish once it's on. thoughts? Either way there's problems to solve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 I’ve never done a glue on neck before but now that I’ve seen this I know what needs to be considered. I had never thought of that. I just thought position the neck and clamp at the top 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, willliam_q said: I just thought position the neck and clamp at the top If the fitting is snug that should work. One option is to drill a hole from the neck pickup cavity into the neck cavity and use a large washer and a screw to pull the neck to the bottom of the cavity. Many ways to skin a cat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Bizman62 said: Either way there's problems to solve. always. The folks over at mylespaul convinced me not to because there was a consensus that it wasn't needed... but also the point was made that the clamps might fight each other and the most important pressure needed to be downward... 1 hour ago, willliam_q said: I’ve never done a glue on neck before but now that I’ve seen this I know what needs to be considered. I had never thought of that. I just thought position the neck and clamp at the top I am rarely the person who you should follow! haha! other good ideas were to use a rubber tube to go up over the headstock and all. it's all good and I imagine it wouldn't hurt to use some sort of pressure that way but I found it easy enough to get my neck down in the pocket. I scored the sides to create glue channels and had left the inside pocket edges short for glue escape route... that actually made the neck go in pretty easy despite tight fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKro Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Looking good Mike. mk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Just now, MiKro said: Looking good Mike. mk thank you sir. I appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 for the record I did the glue up: thank on to building/testing a jackson je1200 preamp for this (sounds great!): 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 hours ago, mistermikev said: Just for a second I thought you'd painted stripes. That would be a heck of a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 16 minutes ago, Norris said: Just for a second I thought you'd painted stripes. That would be a heck of a look hehe... just tape! than again stripes might make it go faster... hmmm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 4:17 PM, mistermikev said: obviously clamping before you finish that area might be a nice trick but I figured it's hard to finish once it's on. thoughts? I finish all of mine with the neck attached. For me the biggest thing is not banging the headstock into something as you're moving it around trying to find the best angle to get at the area you're working on. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 53 minutes ago, ScottR said: I finish all of mine with the neck attached. For me the biggest thing is not banging the headstock into something as you're moving it around trying to find the best angle to get at the area you're working on. SR i hear ya... why is it that I always manage to scrape or ding a guitar AFTER sanding everything. hence the tape... but I know in my soul it's just a matter of time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, mistermikev said: i hear ya... why is it that I always manage to scrape or ding a guitar AFTER sanding everything. hence the tape... but I know in my soul it's just a matter of time! Yep. I think it's a right of passage....which I must be doing right, because I keep doing it again. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 I am thoroughly vetted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Haw! I meant to say - which I must NOT be doing right ...... I think I see the problem. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 43 minutes ago, ScottR said: Haw! I meant to say - which I must NOT be doing right ...... I think I see the problem. SR I'm not good with words... or numbers... speaking... bathing... these things are all complicated to me. I'm a simple man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ScottR Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 Dammmmit boy! That is flippin gorgeous. And a tele bridge plus a P-90 neck pickup....It don't get any better than that. I expect the sound to be amazing but the video icon is still spinning.....so I just don't know.. Maybe tomorrow. If you are still awake... Cheers and brilliant! And now I can here it,,, That is pretty much my favorite pickup combination. What brand are they?3SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 Just now, ScottR said: Dammmmit boy! That is flippin gorgeous. And a tele bridge plus a P-90 neck pickup....It don't get any better than that. I expect the sound to be amazing but the video icon is still spinning.....so I just don't know.. Maybe tomorrow. If you are still awake... Cheers and brilliant! And now I can here it,,, That is pretty much my favorite pickup combination. What brand are they?3SR for some reason my response disappeared... perhaps I hadn't posted it thoroughly... in case it ends up here twice: I'm be short... Thank you ScottR - that means a lot to me and you've been a great help on many builds so... you get 3% of my cudos right off the top. P90 - I have them in another guitar... but I abso love this setup. Should have tried it sooner. You'll hear it in the video but the bridge is seymour vintage strack and the p90 is bootstrap squeaky clean. There will be many more P90s in my future. With the hollow body contributing a little bit... it reminds me a lot of a 335 but not quite as huge sounding. It is a nice pair. Love to hear your thoughts on the video... it was up for me when I clicked on it. here's the link just in case: demo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 13 minutes ago, mistermikev said: for some reason my response disappeared... perhaps I hadn't posted it thoroughly... in case it ends up here twice: I'm be short... Thank you ScottR - that means a lot to me and you've been a great help on many builds so... you get 3% of my cudos right off the top. P90 - I have them in another guitar... but I abso love this setup. Should have tried it sooner. You'll hear it in the video but the bridge is seymour vintage strack and the p90 is bootstrap squeaky clean. There will be many more P90s in my future. With the hollow body contributing a little bit... it reminds me a lot of a 335 but not quite as huge sounding. It is a nice pair. Love to hear your thoughts on the video... it was up for me when I clicked on it. here's the link just in case: demo The video gelled while I was posting in my build. It's killer! I wish I could play like that. The Tux looks amazing too. You need to try my P-90 strat middle P-90 combination, You'll love it! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Just now, ScottR said: The video gelled while I was posting in my build. It's killer! I wish I could play like that. The Tux looks amazing too. You need to try my P-90 strat middle P-90 combination, You'll love it! SR right on. I bet that sounds great. In this case the seymour doesn't quite hum cancel perfect with the p90... i guess the p90 is just such a big footprint. Could be improved there but they sound great together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 minute ago, mistermikev said: but they sound great together. Yes. They do. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 minute ago, ScottR said: Yes. They do. SR ty for agreeing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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