Memphetic Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Tell me how I'm doing for my first guitar! http://www.geocities.com/fm_ninja2/seniorproject.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Monkey Grip... Gold Bridge... do i sense a JEM7VWH?? Looking real good man! look forward to seeing this project go forwards! ~~ TS ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai_Guitars Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Yea looks great so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundAt11 Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Sweet wood! That's really clean work so far, that routing and sawing is precise. One of these days I'll build me a JEM.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Oh damn, that's going to be HOT! Throw some Breeds or Evos in there and burn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeiscosRock Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Link isnt working for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 killer so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeiscosRock Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Aha, works now! Orgasmic guitar! Needless to say my senior project guitar wont be this good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Everything is swell except I got put off by the contour on the back. Its good though, we all learn more each day lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabbefusk Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 I like the area around the heel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHawk2025 Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 that back countor and neck pocket carve is gorgeous! thats gonna be one comfortable guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 (edited) just out of curiosity (sp?) why did you go with the old heel design instead of the AAnJ? looking great by the way Edited May 28, 2006 by Nitefly SA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 I used the same method to create the drop off and also in the neck cavity to account for the 5 degree neck join angle I sincerely hope that's a typo. A 5 degree neck angle will require you bridge to float at least 3/4 of an inch off the front of the guitar if you want the strings to touch it! Where in the world did you get the idea to use a 5 degree neck angle on a Floyd Rose equipped guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphetic Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Ah, I had just read that somewhere that it was 5 degrees... but using some trigonometry, I found that the actual angle is .999999993408 degrees. Or 1. Heh, does that sound more like it? :-P I posted more pictures today of progress, feel free to check 'em out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphetic Posted August 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 I finally relocated it to my own server at http://www.seldemon.com/projectfolder/index.html so there's no bandwidth problems anymore! I also posted more progress since last time! Can anyone give me tips on how to rout the truss rod channel and also how to get the fingerboard onto the neck perfectly straight?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 Can anyone give me tips on how to rout the truss rod channel Get long nose drill bit (12" long or so) and go in through neck cavity. and also how to get the fingerboard onto the neck perfectly straight?? Get you some of those small brass nails, hammer in neck, snip head off, press fingerboard in place. Then when glueing these small nails will work as locks to keep the board in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielM Posted August 13, 2006 Report Share Posted August 13, 2006 looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Basically, you just need to make sure the truss rod channel is the right length and width, and dead straight down the center of the neck. You can do the centering and aligning based off the edges of your maple laminate, as they're the only remaining straight part on the neck. www.Stewmac.com will have suitable instructions for installing the truss rod. As for Getting the fingerboard perfectly straight, the brass tacks only work if you have excess neck width that you can hammer them into. Since your neck is already tapered, what I'd do is align the fretboard on the neck and double-stick-tape it down. Then, trace the edges of the neck onto the back of the fretboard, remove the fretboard, and cut the taper. Now all you have to do is glue down the fretboard, being very careful not to use too much glue (so it won't slide around so much), and that the edges are straight and aligned. I like how this is going so far; good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 I finally relocated it to my own server at http://www.seldemon.com/projectfolder/index.html so there's no bandwidth problems anymore! I also posted more progress since last time! Can anyone give me tips on how to rout the truss rod channel and also how to get the fingerboard onto the neck perfectly straight?? Looks very good. I would have cut the truss rod channel while the neck blank was still square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphetic Posted November 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Well, anyone know where I can buy a truss rod from? StewMac is out of stock, and I kinda need one as soon as possible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Beautiful job so far The only thing I saw that may be a concern is the depth of your front ledge on the Floyd route, where the studs are placed. Typically, I go about 1/8" deep there, maybe a tiny bit more sometimes. I'm not familiar with JEM's really, but the relationship between the neck height off the neck pocket and the depth of those studs is pretty important. If the studs are placed too low, then your posts will have to be set very high to compensate, your pocket looks pretty deep to me, but maybe it's just the pic, dunno... Nice job besides that, hopefully there's no issue there, I'm just imagining things, or JEM's do it differently than I do it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphetic Posted November 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Well, there is another issue... when making the body, I was dumb to think I could freehand rout the neck pocket and I made it too wide, so I think I'm going to rout a square around it and fill it in with another piece of mahogany that was cut off as excess, then re-rout that piece to the correct pocket size. Unless anyone else has a more efficient/easier way of doing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Well, there is another issue... when making the body, I was dumb to think I could freehand rout the neck pocket and I made it too wide, so I think I'm going to rout a square around it and fill it in with another piece of mahogany that was cut off as excess, then re-rout that piece to the correct pocket size. Unless anyone else has a more efficient/easier way of doing this that was one thing i thought might be an issue when looking through the pics just now... if you're doing a solid finish, your idea should work fine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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