scab Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 yeah, thats a scarf joint how did you cut it with it being a neck through?? did you use a mitre saw?? Thanks Scab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 (edited) yeah, thats a scarf joint how did you cut it with it being a neck through?? did you use a mitre saw?? Thanks Scab It really would have been much easier if I did that cut before putting all the parts together. But yes, I used a mitre saw with a telescopic arm, if the mitre saw is what I think it is. And lots of rolling and fitting of the guitar because of the angle limit of 45 degrees! Edited March 15, 2007 by jazzclub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scab Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 yeah, i started a project like that and I ran into TONS of problems.. I couldn't get the joint in needed, b/c the mitre saw i was working with.. Looks like it worked out great for you.. Great Job!! Scab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I always cut my scarf joints by hand, although a bandsaw should work fine as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I always cut my scarf joints by hand +1 and then a plane. Dont be scared of getting your hands dirty with the non-power tools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted March 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 (edited) I always cut my scarf joints by hand +1 and then a plane. Dont be scared of getting your hands dirty with the non-power tools I used to saw by hand in the "early days" too. But then I didn't have any other choices. Edited March 28, 2007 by jazzclub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Even if I owned a (sliding) mitre saw, I'd hand-cut my scarfs. Japanese handsaws are Teh Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Japanese handsaws are Teh Awesome. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFW Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Even if I owned a (sliding) mitre saw, I'd hand-cut my scarfs. Japanese handsaws are Teh Awesome. Definitely. They do everything backwards from us and it just turns out better. Probably has something to do with he discipline as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 (edited) Yeah that japanese saw would be awesome. I have to get one someday when I have a little extra cash. Anyway... I ran into another problem when I figured out that I don't have any holes for the wires. I was again too enthusiastic doing all the gluing without routing the channels for the wires first. So here's my solution: I made a drill bit myself from an iron rod. I just filed a simple head to the rod and there it was. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/PIC00031.jpg Of course it burned the wood (you can see some rust on the head) but it was the best choice I had. Actually it came out pretty well. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/PIC00026.jpg The hardest hole was the hole to the neck pickup cavity. The hole starts from the upper hole you can see. I just had to guess where the hole would go and I hesitated when I was in the middle of "the journey". But I carried on and... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/PIC00023.jpg Some times I feel lucky... The other start of a hole in the mahogany is there because I was first going to drill from that to the other pickup cavity. Edited October 16, 2007 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted March 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Santaclaus came by and brought me some parts The fretboard is made of something called Sonocilini (don't ask), it's supposed to be some sort of rosewood but it's a bit softer. The company I got these stuff claims that many guitar manufacturers use this wood in the fretboards because of its better availability. The fretmark dots was white plastic so I wanted to change them to MOP dots by myself. Easy job. And the frets had to be done myself too. Little harder job but not so hard because the slots were already made. The truss rod is a 2-way working. All hardware is golden. And the candies were great!!! This company always put some candies along. That's why I order from there!! I already had the machineheads so they are not in that picture. The parts in the picture cost me about 110 euros. That's about 147 US dollars. The machineheads would have cost the most but I got them free changing pickups for my friend. In this picture half of the fretheads are sanded with the fret bevel tool I got instruction from projectguitar.com. The dots are also changed (couldn't say from the picture). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Sonocilini Probably a corruption of sonokeling, which is an alias for East Indian rosewood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted March 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 I had to make the headstock wider so the shape would fit. Unfortunately I was out of maple so I put some birch there. And planed... I don't know if that birch look so pretty there but I'll put a veneer of walnut on top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted March 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 (edited) I made a headstock template based on the headstock of the earlier guitar I have made... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/PIC00050.jpg ...and it came up like this http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/jazzi...bi/PIC00049.jpg The holes of the screws are right in the middle of the holes for the machineheads so they didn't do any harm Edited October 16, 2007 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Anyway... I ran into another problem when I figured out that I don't have any holes for the wires. I was again too enthusiastic doing all the gluing without routing the channels for the wires first. So here's my solution: LOL. That's happened to me also. But luckily it was a short run for a bridge pickup in my lapsteel. But luckily there seems to be solutions for the most part. Yours worked. Carry on with the sawdust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Sonocilini Probably a corruption of sonokeling, which is an alias for East Indian rosewood. +1. It's often used to denote East Indian coming from Indoneasia, and/or 'lesser quality' EIR. But it's all just EIR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted March 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 And now with the veneer on: What do you think about the side with all those different colors. Looks stupid? Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Words cannot express how cool I think your headstock (the one in the "finished" picture example) is! As for the various colours of wood... meh. I think it looks fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 when it was clamped together i thought it looked weird, but when you had drawn the shape on the wood it looked great, now that its cut it looks amazing and the different colours look fine especially because the guitarbody has multiple woods, its really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted April 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 The headstock with some shaping: The curve is made with a ballheaded cutter and the chamfer is done with a basic file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Nice work! Oh, and for the record, Axminster's own brand pull saws are japanese style, and really quite stupidly cheap (less than 8 pounds). And it's always a good excuse to order from Axminster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted April 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Been busy because of school but I got the fretboard finally glued on. I used some epoxy that gave me about 2 hours of working time with the target. So I had enough time to get the fretboard clamped properly. And oh boy was it slippery! After all the fretboard settled down just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Nice Build you got going there. On the first fingerboard I glued down, I read a tip here that said to shoot 2 staples into the neck, one at each end along side the truss rod channel. You snip them back so all that remains is 2 sharp little pins, align the fingerboard an simply tap down. its locked in place and wont slide around for glueing up. -Vinny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzclub Posted May 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Hi there! It's been a long time since I've done anything about the guitar. But I pulled myself together and shaped the back of the guitar. By sanding of course. I'm especially happy with the neck joint or heel (what do you call it). It gives a very easy access to the last fret. I put the cavitycovers on before starting the shaping so they would follow the shape all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campylobacter Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Looks great. You have made excellent wood choices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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