TenderSurrender Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 ahh,, now I see why you chose that colour... +1! Definitly looks very cool with that pickguard! Nice choice! ~~ TS ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Cheers fellas. I'm not 100 percent sure about the body yet. I know the back/sides of the body are gonna be the same colour, and the face of the guitar is definently getting the design on there, I just don't know if it's going to have that same green underneath it as a background colour. Dunno if that made sense, but regardless, it looks way better than the old green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted March 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 (edited) Getting the routing done tomorrow, and bought a "The Breed" neck pup. A breed neck pup. For the bridge... Damn my innattention. Did I just destroy any chance of getting a good sound out of my guitar, if I go ahead and install this pickup? In the bridge position, it has a very warm, hot PAF® tone--really smooth, with nice harmonics. - Dimarzio website, regarding the breed neck humbucker. Edited March 29, 2006 by neocon58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Getting the routing done tomorrow, and bought a "The Breed" neck pup. A breed neck pup. For the bridge... Damn my innattention. Did I just destroy any chance of getting a good sound out of my guitar, if I go ahead and install this pickup? In the bridge position, it has a very warm, hot PAF® tone--really smooth, with nice harmonics. - Dimarzio website, regarding the breed neck humbucker. I think itll still sound ok at the neck, if not just shift it to the bridge and buy yourself another neck pup. However i still think it should sound "ok", Give it a go and find out ~~ TS ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted March 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 (edited) I think itll still sound ok at the neck, if not just shift it to the bridge and buy yourself another neck pup. However i still think it should sound "ok", Give it a go and find out Edited March 31, 2006 by neocon58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Routing done, primer on, pics soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Routing done, primer on, pics soon. Did you get the routing sorted then? or is it still a "trainwreck" Look forward to the next stage of pictures! ~~ TS ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_the_damned Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Nice work so far. I LOVE the matching headstock and pickguard, very cool. There shouldn't be much differance between a neck version of a pickup and the bridge verson other than the string spacing of the pole pieces (will be slightly smaller on a neck pickup) and bridge versions tend to have a few extra winds to give them some extra oomph. Can't wait to see some pictures of the body now its closer to being done I wanna see how much worse my good routing is than your bad routing! hammer and chisel all the way! Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 It should be mallet and chisel. Hammer may not be the most suitable equipment...imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 I'm kind of ashamed, it's like an extra large universal rout... But it looks clean now at least, and everything actually fits in. Sprayed on primer and the green, but do to my lack of patience & prepwork on the wood, the metalflake looks like ass. So rather than sand back and fix the wood, I'm just going to sand back, get it reasonably ok and then chuck on a regular gloss colour, no metal flake. Otherwise unnoticable errors on your woodwork jump out like a sore thumb with metalflake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 you sure seem like ur on a hurry with this project...I sure know I am...I have 4 days to finish off routing, paint, dye top, clear, wait patiently and then polishing by hand my "rokeros AT1" to hand in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 you sure seem like ur on a hurry with this project...I sure know I am...I have 4 days to finish off routing, paint, dye top, clear, wait patiently and then polishing by hand my "rokeros AT1" to hand in . Not to derail this guy's thread. But 4 days to do your entire finishing of the guitar?!?!? All I'm saying is "Good Luck". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Yes, good luck with that man, you'll be in a hurry! I put some regular green stuff on, called plastikote shamrock green, heard mixed messages about it on the net but decided to try it out anyway. I've only just chucked on one good coat and it already looks pretty damn good. Nice and thick too, which is exactly what I'm looking for with the wood. Covers up the crap quite well. It's a pretty cold day, but I'll do another good coat this afternoon and just keep goin until the can is over, and maybe, depending on how she looks, chuck on another can. The best case scenario, which looks quite possible, is to get the body * headstock to my friend who is painting the design(s) this week. Ideally she could paint it over the school holidays, whilst I go wire up all the electrics except the output jack. That way, once I get the body and headstock back, all that is left is the clear coat and assembly/setup. Looking foward to it? I am! I've been a lazy bitch with pictures but, soon, soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 (edited) First coat, rough, a bit patchy, but i'm not worried considering a lot of it, perhaps even some of the back and sides, will be covered by the design. It looks much better with the other coats on it now. It will probably go to my sisters house tommorow for painting the design, be stuck there for a while, and when it comes back i'll finish the body with clear coat & polishing. EDIT: Another thing, sorry to those who were looking forward to it, but I threw out the handle idea! I just decided I may as well leave more wood to paint the design on, hell it will save me some time too. It's only a novelty to me so I'm not fussed. Edited April 3, 2006 by neocon58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 (edited) Update, finished the green, slightly patchy, but not too worried. Installed input jack, sits just below selector switch, so it's a damn far way from the normal input spot, but I don't care. As this project progresses it is quickly turning into one of those babies that only a mother could love (ie: ugly as sh!t). Lol, nah it's not that bad, in my eyes. The design is going to cover, or at least direct attention away, from my crappy mistakes . Went to take some mockup pictures today, strap buttons & all, but I dropped the damn pickguard, half loaded, and broke the damn pickguard! My beautiful shiny pickguard is broken! It was a reasonably clean break, occuring thru the top height screw of the bridge pickup, so the broken area is pretty small. I glued it back together and, whilst it looks ok, it's never gonna be the same . Hoped to pass off the body for painting today, but dosen't look like that will be happening till tomorrow. Edited April 4, 2006 by neocon58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) Done some more woodwork, so ALL the woodwork is now done, basically just have to paint and assemble now! YAY!!!!! Not the most up-to-date pics, but more will come eventually. My sister is taking the guitar to be painted tomorrow, and depending on when I get it back I'll either spray the clear myself of get a family friend to do it will all the proper gear. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/neo.../Picture027.jpg Edited April 22, 2006 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) Just a question. I'm putting a bridge pickup in the neck position, and a neck pickup in the bridge position. I did this without even realizing it. So the pole pieces at the neck are going to be too wide, and the pole pieces at the bridge are going to be too narrow. Apart from just looking stupid, will this be detrimental to the sound in anyway? Either way, in the future, I'll grab a Tone Zone, Evo or some other bridge pickup when I can afford it, replace the crappy puretone and put the Breed pickup in the neck where it belongs. Edited April 14, 2006 by neocon58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santah Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 why dont you swap the pickups around, it would take 2 seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Because the other pickup is a crappy puretone replacement pickup that is supposed to be temporary until I get the coin to buy another Dimarzio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 It'll sound fine as long as the pickups are balanced, buuuut if the puretone has a higher output than the Breed, then they won't sound right when blended and the neck sound will be really heavy. Breed necks usually work well in the bridge position with a vintage-output pickup in the neck, according to DiMarzio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Ok, cheers. The pickup selector works like this: Pos 1 - Bridge Pos 2 - Bridge/Middle Pos 3 - Middle Pos 4 - Neck/Middle Pos 5 - Neck No coil splitting or anything, just basic. PURETONE - OUTPUT: 300MV DC RESISTANCE: 10.4K BREED - OUTPUT: 325MV DC RESISTANCE: 10.14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 I can't update you on much, except I'm still waiting for my sister to take the guitar for painting. I can't do anything, because all that's left is painting and assembly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 (edited) Oooooch, what happened to that front route???!! http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/neo.../Picture027.jpg You know that the pic was too big to begin with Edited April 22, 2006 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted April 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 (edited) Somebody made an error when drawing the original plans, which means I may as well lay my guitar in the ground, tile the routed area and use it as an outdoor above ground swimming pool. Edited April 16, 2006 by neocon58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Somebody made an error when drawing the original plans, which means I may as well lay my guitar in the ground, tile the routed area and use it as an outdoor above ground swimming pool. Someone clearly wasn't thinking when mindlessly copying these plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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