swirlslave Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 (edited) First of all, happy holidays everyone. With the new year coming im starting a new project (even if the first one still not finished, LOL). Im gonna convert a rg body and build a neck to make a jem inspired from the 777 DY (desert yellow). i scored a beat up rg body and a birdseye pyramid fretboard and cosmo black tuner and a lopro copy in cosmo black. still need some part but will buy when times come. Started today by doing the monkey grip and jack output. : Ive followed the excellent tutorial made by brian, the only difference is i used fortsner bit instead of hole saw or wood bit and was able to make the cut in one pass, no need to turn around the body at midpoint and the hole are dead straight. Also made the output jack with the fortsner bit and press drill, i need to make the cavity and plug the old jack hole. Check out my album for more photo, more to come in the next days. ( friends photobucket password is swirls) photobucket Edited December 28, 2006 by swirlslave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 (edited) heres what i have in mind for the paint, its not shocking pink but shocking yellow, lol...... Edited December 28, 2006 by swirlslave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c.thep Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 (edited) That color is gonna come out awesome! I love the old neon colors Edited December 28, 2006 by c.thep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 im wondering what is the wood of my rg body, i thought it was basswood until i started the grip, now im not really sure anymore, the weight of the body sure feels like basswood but look at the picture down below of the inside of the handle, looks like maple maybe! im by no means a wood expert so what do you guys think? thanks for looking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabbefusk Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 I think it looks like maple too . *dons the flamesuit* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 unless someone else made the body, its basswood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 (edited) Heres a little update, output jack cavity is done but the ledge will be done when i will have the actual cover to make sure it fit perfectly, and the old jack has been plug. from what i see in the cavity it seems like basswood, im suspecting there is a strip of maple in this body, but ill find out real soon cause im gonna sand to bare wood sometime soon so well see about this....... Pickguard (mirror black) and truss rod cover(black) bought from evilbay yesterday so should come in very soon i hope. Some routing for the trem must be done and after the lion claw so a little bit of work still to do on this baby. another pic Edited December 28, 2006 by swirlslave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 it's basswood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 i would highly recommend using a heat gun to strip the finish off that thing, that poly finish can be a real pain in the ass to sand, i've stripped a couple using a heat gun, it goes way faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 i would highly recommend using a heat gun to strip the finish off that thing, that poly finish can be a real pain in the ass to sand, i've stripped a couple using a heat gun, it goes way faster. Thanks for the tip i will surely use a gun, it sure feels hard just from drilling and working on it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uv777 Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 i did the same thing with one of my 550's. the same paint as well! now if i could only attach pictues........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 I would love to see your pics !!! photobucket is free and its the easiest to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinchld Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 i dont kno if its just the picture or me but that looks like a huge chip to the left of that cavity. i still love the idea of the neon yellow. i really need to do an rg to jem conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 (edited) Well sort off, what you see in the upper left corner is actually part of the old jack cavity that has been plugged off, and there was like a reduce part that didnt get filled by the plug. i will fill this up before i shield and paint the cavity. Edited December 29, 2006 by swirlslave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 i dont kno if its just the picture or me but that looks like a huge chip to the left of that cavity. Ya don't say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 (edited) i dont kno if its just the picture or me but that looks like a huge chip to the left of that cavity. i still love the idea of the neon yellow. i really need to do an rg to jem conversion. Edited December 29, 2006 by swirlslave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FA2A Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 do you plan on adding a lions claw to this?, good work so far and I like the paint choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 yes i will do them, but first i got to do some routing for the tremolo because my lopro copy i got is too big for the rout on the body, i need to remove some wood at the back of the cavity. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 (edited) Got a little bit of work done today : made a routing template for the trem route and routed a little bit of the back of the existing cavity on my body. lion claw and sanding/stripping will be next. Happy new Year everybody !!!!! Edited January 1, 2007 by swirlslave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Well my body just found his mate today 2005 ibanez rg321mh neck made in indonesia with not much fretwear, bought from evilbay. seems a shame to rip the fret and fretboard out to put mine on. ah well..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 don't fret about it too much(sorry) that neck you picture there probably has a very poor set of frets on it anyway...i am sure your new board and frets will be a vast improvement. i wear through those soft frets on those cheapies in a year or less most times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlslave Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 speaking of soft frets, im thinking about putting some stainless steel fret on this one. I would like your opinion, does it worth the hassle of working with those, and do you need some special tool or you can get away with it with normal tool for normal fret? opinion from those who have experience with them would be appreciated. thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FA2A Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 all in all its comming along well. Although to me the monkey grip seems a bit off like it might be too large, this may be due to the contrast in color between the bare wood grain and the black paint on the guitar... so I might be totally wrong. but comming along well, keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG3390 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 I HIGHLY reccomend AGAINST stainless steel frets. I have the same opinion of them that Ed Roman does. Here you can read his article here: http://www.edromanguitars.com/newsite/tech...inlessfrets.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dash Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 (edited) most people on this site HIGHLY recommend AGAINST listening to any thing ed has to say as well! but back on topic, that yellow will look cool, especially with a black swirl (your name is swirlslave after all!!) cheers darren Edited January 13, 2007 by dash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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