helge Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Hi, I will start with my RG 7 String Copy tomorrow. To get the body shape, I took all Ibanez templates from the Download Area and put them together and cut it out the way I liked it the best. So now I have a RG-JEM-Universe-K7. IHere are some specs: - RG-Style Body with natural binding - 2 Piece Hoduran Mahogani body with flamed Maple top. - 5-Piece Neck (Hard Maple and Wenge), Ibanez Headstock - Bindigs on neck and headstock, no inlays, wenge on headstock front. - Floyd Rose Tremolo - Standard schematics, but toggle switch. - Pickups are Dimarzio Air Norton and Tone Zone. Don't know, which pickup to put in bridge and neck position. HELP PLEASE!!! Here's a picture of the maple for the top: more pictures, when the rest of the wood arrives tomorrow hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 what kind of truss rod would you use and how do i have to route the channel?!? curved?! thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabbefusk Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 For pickups Tone Zone in bridge, Air Norton in the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 AN in the neck position will make you happy camper. TZ in bridge......some like it, some don't. Blaze could do some good work there too. But AN in neck, that's what jury agrees upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 I'd go for a Seymour Duncan distortion in the birdge position or a EMG 707, but that's just me, i had a 7 string with a Di Marzio Blaze and i didn;t like it and i would use a hot rod double action truss rod, just because they're easy to install, but it'd mean you'll have to settle with a thicker neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egdeltar Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 TONE ZONES!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Ibanez seems to fill their mahogany maple capped bodies with AN/TZ combo....... With TZ you can't go wrong......and if you don't like'm you can always exchange'm for something else. It's all a matter of preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted September 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 hi, i put the maple aside and did some work on a 6 string rg copy. it was supposed to have NO aanj and so there was enough wood left to do an aanj for a 7 string guitar. i had the body planned down to 40mm now and put an 5mm ash top on there. weird wood combination, right?!? has anybody ever done this?! it looks really good though. before i did the routings, i took only one picture (see below) most of the routings are done by now, but no pictures taken yet. i hope it will workout good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Any frontal pics?? hi, i put the maple aside and did some work on a 6 string rg copy. it was supposed to have NO aanj and so there was enough wood left to do an aanj for a 7 string guitar. Not sure I understand this sentence??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted October 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 hi, did some more work on the 7 string. the pickup and floyd rose routing didn't come out to good. maybe i'll use mounting rings for the pickups. the back turned out pretty good. now i'll complete the shapings and the neck mouting holes and hopefully can start painting tonight. let me know what you think. Back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 i had the body planned down to 40mm now and put an 5mm ash top on there. weird wood combination, right?!? has anybody ever done this? You mean the mahogany back with ash top? If so yes, but not as thin as you did. A 1" mah 3/4 ash one I did a while ago. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC01749.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 i had the body planned down to 40mm now and put an 5mm ash top on there. weird wood combination, right?!? has anybody ever done this? You mean the mahogany back with ash top? If so yes, but not as thin as you did. A 1" mah 3/4 ash one I did a while ago. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC01749.jpg ← Dude, 1.75" = the same as 45mm (well, 44.45mm). Completely standard thickness, the both of ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 there talkin about the wood combo, not thickness. well they are talking about thickness but only on the top, helge has 5mm, maiden has 3/4". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted October 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 yes thats right, but a couple of days after i posted it, i saw an ibanez rg with an ash top. does anybody has an opinion about my work!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 sorry, i should have said. Its a bit late here in scotland, ive been up forever sliped my mind i spose. Its very clean, is that a drop top? even if it isnt its very cool. Ash is a very pretty wood. It should sound good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted October 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 what do you mean by drop top?! never heard it before. scottland is one hour behinde the central european time, right?! its 3:06 in germany right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 does anybody has an opinion about my work!? ← Looks very clean! Like that last one you posted... quite a few months ago. How did you did to make the ash top comform to the arm rest area? Did you use the tutorial on bending 1/4" maple or something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted October 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 thanks, next time the pickup routings will hopefully get a little cleaner. i put it in warm/hot water for a while and then heated it with a hair dryer while bending it down the shaping. i took glue that didn't get hard in a couple of minuten to have more time to go step by step. worked perfect. i hope it stays where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Prety much the same as the tutorial, but next time clamp it on while bending... let it sit for 24-48hrs until it fully dries and then take the clamps out glue and clamp again. This way the top gets the bend a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 yeh, its now 2.44 am here. The bent top over the forarm contour is called a drop top, as the top 'drops' over the contour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted October 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 @Maiden69: ok, that sounds logical. i will do this next time. actually this was just a test for the real 7-string guitar i want to build, but i will still play it. i also build a strat body 2 days ago. will post pictures later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted October 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 here's the strat body i was talking about: Back everything worked out good, except the holes for the string through. but was easy to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted November 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 finished my strat today.... only have to do the jack tomorrow....messed the paint up a little....it not to bad though....the specs are: - 3 piece alder - fender american standard hard tail bridge - lace sensor dually red humbucker (bridge), blue (neck), gold (middle) - one piece maple neck another one progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Who is that flying v made by? Also like the work very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helge Posted November 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 that flying v is build by coxx...i got it on ebay for $100...its 2 piece korina with maple neck...the head sucks...but its open book, i wish i had that on my epi les paul :-) ...when i got some time i will change it to gibson dimensions...it sounds really good though and its not cheap at all...it might have been build in an epiphone factory, because on the back of the head the same guy signed, as on my les paul custom, which is in the picture also... V_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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