!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Ok I doing A neck thru with my new flying-V design I was hopeing to use green Led's for the inlay BUT Im only planing on useing only one pickup at the bridge And I cant Think Of a way to make it work Am I SH!T OUTA LUCK !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 u can install the lights as usual,then thread a wire throught the bridge pickup,then through to the controls,and make a switch.my way seems way to expensive tho.isnt it just the same as a bolt on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 u can install the lights as usual,then thread a wire throught the bridge pickup I really dont see How that would work! !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 (edited) lets say u have the neck wired up,and u have the wire comin outa the bridge,and then u drill a hole through the neck pocket through to the pickup cavity to feed the wires to,and then as there is already a hole to let the pickup wires reach the control cavity,feed the led wires through there,assuming u want an on/off switch at the control cavity i could draw a picture if ur really stuck,but i'm frustrated the now as the comp is freezing lol,but if ur making the neck through from scratch,it should be easy...ish lol Edited June 17, 2005 by whitey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemleggat Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Where abouts in scotland are ya? Any other scots kicking around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 near lanark?south lanarkshire...west-end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Um ok You do know How A neck thru Work's right? there Is no neck pocket Hear check out this link This Is what Im Planing On doing But Only the one Bridge pickup http://kxkguitars.com/guitar_SSV.html !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 ahh,i was thinking of a glued in neck,sorry,have u got the tools to rifle dill?just drill a hole from the pick up cavity,to the truss rod cavity,and u have a rout for the wires,i guess u have to make sure that the wires dont go near the truss rod by extending the truss rod cavity,sory for the confusin lol,but there's a way for everything i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 ahh,i was thinking of a glued in neck,sorry,have u got the tools to rifle dill?just drill a hole from the pick up cavity,to the truss rod cavity,and u have a rout for the wires,i guess u have to make sure that the wires dont go near the truss rod by extending the truss rod cavity,sory for the confusin lol,but there's a way for everything i guess ← No that Wont work I thought Of that One And it's a no go !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 how?lets say ur truss rod is 1 meter...just think lol,all u need to do is to lenthen the cavity my 5cm or so,and when you route your neck pocket,drill a ho,le fron the pick up cavity,to the truss cavity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 The problem Is that Im not building the neck MikeB is and im trying to think of a way for him to not have to rought out the pickup cavity But It may be the only way That or I dont use LED's !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 matt..don't know if you have the tools to do your own fret job or not but if you do have the neck made without the fret board..have him route a little channel to one side of the truss rod cavity then you could drill from the tail end of the neck to that routed channel. you'd have to be good with long bits and go slow so as not to heat it up to much. they tend to wander if you go too fast. then you install your fretboard and frets and jam. might not work but its the best i've got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 One solution I can think of is to use some flamed maple, or other figured wood (or none figured, whatever), route a small channe in the center neck piece from the fretboard area to the pickup cavity, then drill a hole from the LED channel to the channel that you just routed. Once that is done, get all the wiring in place, then glue the top on. As long as you mark where on the top the pickup cavity would be, you could drill a hole, and then use a router bit with the guide on the end rather than at the top (like you would use for templates). I hope all that made sense. I could understand if you didn't want to go to all that trouble, but I think that due to your design it will be a rather troublesome problem to fix. Here's another idea. Why not have all the batteries/electronics for the LEDs up closer to the heel of the neck so you can just drill down at an angle? Then just route a channel from there to the main electronics cavity so you can wire up a switch. You could make one big control cavity cover to cover the cavities. OR, do that, but instead of haveing one large control cavity cover, laminated another piece of wood (you could get away with 1/8" lam) on the back and then just use standard covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Ok I have no idea how To put a top on A zero angle neck thru !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Whats hard about it? Just have MikeB make the thickness of the neck where the body will be 1.75" minus the thickness of the top (i.e. if you want to use a 1/4" top, have him make it 1 1/2" thick). Then just cut a "slot" for the neck/fretboard and glue it on. That make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Alex Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 (edited) Ok I have no idea how To put a top on A zero angle neck thru !!METAL MATT!! ← you will need a thicker blank I think, at the point of where the fretboard stops, you have a step down of the same height as your top, then they should match up. eg, if you have a 1/4" thick top, then at the body end of the blank you take off 1/4" for the top to sit on, the best example of this I've seen online(although not a neckthru) is ormsby's vine guitar, I figured it out from that, but I'm not good at explaining things so here's a budget pic edit: damn you primal, i was making dodgy pic when you posted!!!! Edited June 18, 2005 by Mr Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 Whats hard about it? Just have MikeB make the thickness of the neck where the body will be 1.75" minus the thickness of the top (i.e. if you want to use a 1/4" top, have him make it 1 1/2" thick). Then just cut a "slot" for the neck/fretboard and glue it on. That make sense? (Whats so hard about it) Ha Well This Is all new to me man Im set in my bolt on neck way's, but Im trying To bust out a try something new I feel like I did when I first started building guitars But this time I have Some PG backup Thanks primal,Mr Alex and everone For all the Help!! Now How would I do this "slot" for The neck/fretboard Does any one Have any pic's of this being done (I'll bet this is so simple Im about to look DUMB ) !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dash Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 matt what type of finish are you doing?? if its going to be painted, why not just rout a channel for the wiring and then put a strip of timber over the top?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 matt...that is my personal guitar you linked to,so i replaced the link with the generic page...that's why is says WF...those are my initials look matt...make the neck first...then BEFORE you glue on the wings...rout the wiring channels through the side of the neck blank and through where your pickup cavities will be,then glue on the wings and when you rout the cavities,the channel will appear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 Ok Wes I Like Your Idea But How would I get the wire from the fret board to the wiring channels? should I just Have mike Drill a hole just off to one side of the truss rod EDIT'Oh ya and The guitar will be painted black !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 have you looked at the led tutorial?that tells you how to set the lights up,or just crew the whole led thing and get some ''glowdotz'' lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 Ok Wes I Like Your Idea But How would I get the wire from the fret board to the wiring channels? like whitey says..same as in the tutorial for the neck.you may have to use your imagination in certain areas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 OK OK Cool thanks Guy's This Is great Me and Mike Should be able to come up with something good now !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 hey, yeah, i was thinking along the lines of wes' plan. i reckon itll work just fine. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 so have u written a thread about this neck through?wat are the specs?sorry if u have, oh,and there are some guitar fretlights that you can mouth the switch at the headstock,might be another option?dunno if thats easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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