jay5 Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 Did you ever end up making a jig for slotting the board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 Jay, Not yet, for this one I plotted a board out using autocad and printed it 1:1 then glued it to the board and clamped a thick stright edge along each line. Using a Japaniese pull saw I cut the slots. I do however have plans to build a jig that will cut all the slots in one pass. If and when I get around to this I will post it in the tools section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 If anyone has been following the progress, my appologies for not updating sooner but I have been busy for the past couple of days. My son was born this past friday and he and my wife have been taking up most of my time. I wass however able to get some work done and the update is as follows; the first pic is of the neck with the head stock drilled for the tuners and the mahogany binding glued on. The second pic is of the neck glued onto the body. I think that the next thing that I will do is to prelocate the pickups and electronics cavities prior to gluing on the top. Everyone please feel free to comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 (edited) First of all Cyclone, "Congatulations on the birth of your son !" I hope mother and son are both doing well. Secondly, its looking very clean so far. Did you do a wood binding on the sides of the fret board ? Or is that just a trick of the light/camera angle ? I can't tell from the pics. I like the look of it. It is a nice contrast to the blond Maple fingerboard. (on edit) I went back and looked at your last post and I see you said it was a Mahogany binding. Looks good ! Edited February 22, 2005 by Fender4me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 First of all Cyclone, "Congatulations on the birth of your son !" I hope mother and son are both doing well. Fender4me, Thanks for the well wishes. My wife and son are both doing fine, however I now know what sleep depervation is all about. On another note, I have had a chance to start the shaping on the neck back contour. The first pic is of the neck to back join. the second pic is of the hole neck. the contour is close to a slightly oversized wizard neck. I hope to be fiished with the shaping by tomorrow, however I will probably have to route the side binding off and re do it. As I was shaping the contour I got a little too aggressive with one of my files and gouged right side. Oh well live and learn. If any one has any questions or comments please feel free to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xebryusguitars Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 that looks amazing...congrats on the birth of your son also. keep on building. this is gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibanezrocker61 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Looks so awesome! I'm loving that neck joint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabbefusk Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 You gotta teach your kid to build guitars now man! Nice neck joint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Everyone thanks for the well wishes. My wife and son are both still doing fine and oddly enough my wife has been so busy taking care of my son that she has not complained about me working on the guitar in most of my free time. For the update: I have managed to make a pup template and route them into the core of the body. I figured that I could do it this way so that if i messed something up I could fix it before I glued the top on. I had to route the binding on the neck off because I accidently cut into it when shaping the neck. It was no big deal, I just hate to redo work. I guess that I will just chalk it up to a learning experience. I was able to glue the Bookmatched top down last night. Today I should be able to route the excess off and start carving the back and top. As soon as I get the top routed to shape I will post some more pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 I had a chance to get the top glued on and routed to shape in addition to routing the pup cavities. My next step is to carve the back and then the front. As soon as I get the back done I will post an update. On another note, I brought the guitar to a local music store to compare it to a PRS as it has an undoutable resemblance. Believe it or not it is the exact same shape as a PRS only about 1/4 inch bigger. I was devistated when I saw this because I had drawn this out almost entirely free hand and thought that I had created something that was my own. Oh well I guess its like I said a few posts back ,"there is only so much that can be done with a piece of wood". If I get another chance I will take a pic of the two together and post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 I have the back carved now. This is my first attempt at doing somenting like this so I welcome any constructive critisism. I may start to carve the top tonight, it all depends on how much time I can manage to get away from the wife and son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genbloke Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Looks good cyclone To me the heel contour looks very nice except where it meets the body, to me it doesn't flow too well. How about contouring it so it follows the horns like this? >contour genbloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 I think it's nice, it looks like Perry's Superstrat neck heel, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 genbloke & Maiden, Thanks for the complements and comments. I havent quite finished with the shaping and carving as of yet and I probably wont be until I put the clear on and then I will probably still question myself and its shape. However I have been able to start and almost finish the carve of the top as can be seen in the pic below. I welcome all comments but please be gentle, this is my first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabbefusk Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 I think it looks awesome for a first timer. Very clean and I love the flame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Its been a while since I have last posted. We have had alot going on around the house and I have barley had time to work on the guitar. For all intrested my little boy is now just over 6 mos old, doing fine and growing like a weed. Back to the guitar. since I last posted I have located the controls, control cavity, and inlayed the neck with ebony block inlay that I cut and trimed from a slab of ebony I got from a friend. The next thing that I have to do is locate and recess the bridge. I have to recess the bridge because I didnt put quite enough angle in the neck. Oh well I guess we live and learn. Shown below is a picture of my current progress. All comments are welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 It's looking good, I like the ebony blocks. You're in the same situation with the recessed bridge as I was with my last project. I ended up using a thicker top than I had planned on and didn't think to recalculate the neck angle. Only difference is that I recessed the bridge after I finished and assembled the body. Hindsight is 20/20 I guess. Here's a pic of the heel on that guitar incase you're still looking for inspiration. The top carve is very symetric, as is the back carve. My compliments on that. I was wondering, though, if the back carve was supposed to be so much different from the front. In the pic you posted, it looks like the carve flows a bit better on the top than the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Lookin' good! I'd flow the neck/body transition a little more, and like thegarageman said, smooth out the back carve some. Have it be a more smooth transition from edge to center. On my own electrics, I like to carve the back so you can't really see a clear 'recurve' like you do on the top. Just make it all flow smoothly. The arch isn't as high on the back, but the kind of carving is still similar. The last one I did, hopefully you can see where everything flows by the reflection in the finish: http://www.xs4all.nl/~mvalente/guitarpics4..._finished09.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 thegarehanman, sorry about that, I forgot to add that I carved the back more than I had previously. Attached is a profile picture showing what I have done. Thank you for the complements and the inspiration. I think that I may still do some more shaping to the heel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Hey That is a VERY nice guitar you have built yourself there I know im a bit late but congratulations on the birth of your son, glad to hear your all doing well Cant wait to see that guitar finished dude! ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Yes, lovely! That's the kind of carve I meant. Good to go right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted September 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 well I have the bridge located and recessed and it fits near perfectly. I think that I will continue to add a slight carve the the rest of the parimeter as I did the back side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted September 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 here is a picture of the bridge installed. I have a couple of repairs to make on the fret board and then I will start the staining process on it and install the frets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Are going to take the bridge posts out of the body before you finish it? I always feel like I'm short changing the body of clear coat if I do something like that(leave 'em in and tape 'em up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted September 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 yeah, I plan on leaving them in. I can think of no reason to take them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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