aidlook Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) GOT SOUND? routed pickup cavities... sounds GREAT!!! and fiddling with all these switches can get me pretty much anything.. now I have to figure out how to make holes in the pickguard that fit nicely with the pickups... Any suggestions?? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/aidlook/Bild069.jpg Edited July 20, 2006 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jipp Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) GOT SOUND? routed pickup cavities... sounds GREAT!!! and fiddling with all these switches can get me pretty much anything.. now I have to figure out how to make holes in the pickguard that fit nicely with the pickups... Any suggestions?? Edited July 20, 2006 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 GOT SOUND? routed pickup cavities... sounds GREAT!!! and fiddling with all these switches can get me pretty much anything.. now I have to figure out how to make holes in the pickguard that fit nicely with the pickups... Any suggestions?? This turning out real nice. I had a dream on Sat night. I interpit it i had to build a guitar and so now here i am reading. I do have some wood working skills and what not. So hope my turns out as ncie as yours on my first try. good job. chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugman96 Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 maybe I didn't see it, but do you have a way to access the truss rod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 maybe I didn't see it, but do you have a way to access the truss rod? yep...under the cover on the headstock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtjdx Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Simply beautiful. This has inspired me to give guitar building another try. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Simply beautiful. This has inspired me to give guitar building another try. Thank you. wow!:..that's pretty cool to hear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Dude, those are some big pics. How about resizing them so I don't have to scroll all over hell and creation to get a look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Yeah get the image resizer tool for XP...you just right-click on your photos, make them any size you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 is this better? I'm running quite high screen res. so usually I'm not bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted July 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Any ideas on how to make the pickupholes fit with the pickups? what's the best way to figure out the proper location..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theitalianrob Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 you coukld make a template on your comp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 you coukld make a template on your comp. How do I make a template that will perfectly correspond to the actual locations of the pickups and how will I know exactly where to place it on the guard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicidecustom Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 (edited) stewmac sells all the pickup templates. i bought the full set, the single coil one give you a nice snug fit, and they're only like 5 bucks Edited August 16, 2006 by suicidecustom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 stewmac sells all the pickup templates. i bought the full set, the single coil one give you a nice snug fit, and they're only like 5 bucks Well, I don't know if you've noticed...but these singlecoils are not standard size. They're handmade replicas of Burns tri-sonics...So the size is a bit different... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkielad Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 If you have illustrator or Corel Draw, photograph the Pickups and then import the image into the program. Then scale it up to full size. I do this by drawing a box over the image that fits something of known size. i.e. you can measure how far apart the screw holes are so measure them and draw the box to touch the screw holes as measured. When you change the size of the box to full size, it will scale by a % and that will be reported back to you. Copy this % and paste into the scale for the image x and y axis. The image is now life size. Delete the box you drew and then draw a life size image by tracing the outline of the pickup in the image. This is then priunted out on any standard printer and you can use it as the cutline on some MDF - one template ready to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted September 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted October 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 here's how it sounds....well..it's a crappy recording of me strumming around and fiddling with the switches... sample Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 That looks and sounds beautiful, congrats on your very successful build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted October 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Thanx...Just gotta get it painted now... I think I might be able to do it at my school where I just started... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurits Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 This is looking really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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