aidlook Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Ordered some parts from Guitarfetish just to get started on something new (still waiting for an opportunity to put a finish on my first project...wich I play on every day now). This is the basic hardware (and what I'm planning on doing). One push/pull pot for tone and phase switching (don't know if it's possible but it was just an idea I had, anyone know if I can achieve this) one volume pot. nice white bell knobs. floyd rose licensed trem from guitarfetish (probably crap, but at that price it was worth checking out) The rail pickup is a GFS. White overwound humbucker. standard LP switch.. not shure about the bodyshape yet....but the neck will probably have tree of life inlay. A thing that struck me while writing this was if I could coil-tap the rail humbucker by adding another push/pull pot instead of the regular one. Any electronics-wizards out there?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneMonkey Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Have a look around here for switching and wiring. Hope it helps. http://www.guitarelectronics.com/c=3Xr08m8...iringresources/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 (edited) thanx...looks like it'll be sort of half a jimmy page mod.... here's a drawing I just made in Illustrator...I'll probably be doing something like this. (anyone see my source of inspiration? Edited November 14, 2006 by aidlook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fookgub Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 anyone see my source of inspiration? I see a bit of Scott French in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 anyone see my source of inspiration? I see a bit of Scott French in it. Yeah definately...I love his stuff, it's amazing, unique and stylish.. and I like the body shape a lot...so instead of "tweaking" a les paul or a strat. I had that in mind and then tweaked the curves to how I liked them. That was just a quick thing I made in AI...I might still end up doing an explorer shape... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 That looks cool! Caparison headstock? Is the neck/fretboard going to be set that far into the body, how many frets are you going to have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 That looks cool! Caparison headstock? Is the neck/fretboard going to be set that far into the body, how many frets are you going to have? Actually I just copy/pasted the neck from an illustrator drawing I did of IA's caparison signature...Just couldn't be bothered drawing another neck... .. It's probably gonna be a 3x3 headstock or 4x2.... and a 24 fret neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 I'm in Australia over the holidays and had nothing to do...so I decided to make a template. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Bought some stuff of a gold coast luthier today, a slightly flamed maple neck, and an ebony fretboard 25.5" 24 frets. I'm thinking of cutting of the first fret making it a shorter scale, anyone tried this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 I'm thinking of cutting of the first fret making it a shorter scale, anyone tried this? i don't think i understand your question....it seems as if you think chopping off the 24th fret will somehow shorten the scale from 25.5 to something less than that...that's not how it works,buddy....the scale is based on ALL the frets placement...22,24,or 93 frets is not going to change that in any way...your bridge will still need to be 25.5" from the nut....no less it would allow you more space for pickups...but that's it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 I'm thinking of cutting of the first fret making it a shorter scale, anyone tried this? i don't think i understand your question....it seems as if you think chopping off the 24th fret will somehow shorten the scale from 25.5 to something less than that...that's not how it works,buddy....the scale is based on ALL the frets placement...22,24,or 93 frets is not going to change that in any way...your bridge will still need to be 25.5" from the nut....no less it would allow you more space for pickups...but that's it No...not the 24th, the first, moving the nut closer to the twelft. But I'm worried it might be too short...anyone tried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 well...i have never even thought about it...i think it would work...kind of like a permanent capo...but all of your fret markers would be off...your 12th fret would then be 11....and it would look very bad. but why would you want to do that?what is wrong with 25.5"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 well...i have never even thought about it...i think it would work...kind of like a permanent capo...but all of your fret markers would be off...your 12th fret would then be 11....and it would look very bad. but why would you want to do that?what is wrong with 25.5"? I'd like a shorter scale neck I think, and fretmarkers wouldn't be a problem since I haven't put any in yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 some things t think about...ho would you get rid of the first fret?because the strings are likely to rest on it as they break over the nut,which would cause buzzing because the strings would not seat well... if you get rid of the first fret entirely,how would you cover the truss rod rot which would then be exposed? if you get rid of the first fret,and your truss rod is a dual action,there will be nothing for the truss rod nut to work against... i say it's a bad idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Why not buy a shorter scale fretboard? LMII will cut you whatever scale you want, with how ever many frets you want. I like the design, kind of a cross between a Scott French and a Klein (or an Irizarry ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted January 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 Oh crap, I just realized I wrote that I bought a neck. I bought a piece of wood for a neck and a separarate slotted ebony board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another doug Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 No...not the 24th, the first, moving the nut closer to the twelft. But I'm worried it might be too short...anyone tried? If it's an unfretted, un-inlayed 25.5" scale fretboard, and you haven't built the neck yet, cutting it off at the first fret should work fine if the nut is placed right where the crown of that fret would have been. The only question would be if the scale length is too short. Using the Stewmac fret calculator, 25.5(total scale length)-1.431(distance to first fret from nut)=24.069. IMO too short unless you tune up or use heavy guage strings. Probably better off finding a 24.75" or 25" fretboard, but it's up to you. Edit: My brain must have blocked out the part where said you bought a neck! By misreading, It looks like I accidentally understood what you were talking about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Finally got started in the schools' workshop, that I can now access pretty much whenever. this is one view of the shop. Bandsaw fitted the nut and planed the neck blank, I'm gonna scarf-joint it later this week. fretboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted February 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Got lot's of stuff done this weekend.. Scarf-jointed the headstock, routed the trussrod cavity, glued the fretboard on after thicknessing it. Neck was routed to shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 neck scarfjointed neck being glued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted February 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Got a lot of work done last 2 days. Finished pressing in the frets yesterday, made a fret-beveling tool and beveled them all to 45 degrees. Today I made sidedots out of Aluminium TIG welding wire. Glued them in and leveled. Also carved the neck and this is what it looks like now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabbefusk Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Looks sweet Aidlook where in Sweden are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Irizarry Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 thanx...looks like it'll be sort of half a jimmy page mod.... here's a drawing I just made in Illustrator...I'll probably be doing something like this. (anyone see my source of inspiration? Cool Scott French influenced shape! I'm curious about the cutout at the bottom of the guitar. Did you have a practical reason for that or was it primarily an aesthetic choice? Regards, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted February 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Looks sweet Aidlook where in Sweden are you? Göteborg....yourself?? thanx...looks like it'll be sort of half a jimmy page mod.... here's a drawing I just made in Illustrator...I'll probably be doing something like this. (anyone see my source of inspiration? Cool Scott French influenced shape! I'm curious about the cutout at the bottom of the guitar. Did you have a practical reason for that or was it primarily an aesthetic choice? Regards, Rob No...mainly aesthetical...But I'm not so shure anymore, might do a completely different shape. I'm getting the wood some time next week, most probably alder, and we'll see what it turns out like once it's cut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted February 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Headstock back of neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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