PTU 7's. Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 ^ To fix that you can use wood dust + epoxy. That carve looks very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 +1 thats how i fix my problems epoxy and wood dust is always a solid choice i really like the contour aswell, gives it a mab1 look and i like it a lot the fholes are a nice touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 I dunno if you'd even want to try and fix that gouge, mate. Think of the effect on the TONE that trying to repair it, or even having it there in the first place, would have. I can't play many of my guitars because of the horrible squealing they make after putting a dent in the side. I'm sorry to say, but in my experience, a mistake like that... the guitar is basically ruined. I'm really sorry to say it. Might I suggest starting over? Or perhaps shipping the body to my address, and I'll see what I can do with it..... PS. Seconded with the dust/epoxy, or wood filler if you're color coating it. PPS. Send me the project, I'll fix it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 If its getting a solid finish on the sides then go with dust and epoxy method. If its having a clear finish i would tidy the gouge into a uniform shape and splice a new bit in - it you get a good grain match it will be nearly invisible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted November 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Thanks fellas, I am aiming for a clear finish all over so i will try WezV's method. If that doesn't look good i'll probably do a solid finish on the back, i'm not too worried either way. Ha Xanthus, thanks for the offer, I think i'll hold onto it though. Maybe i'll be able to trademark that ToneGouge™ and get rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted November 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Update time. Last week I got the fretboard glued on, trimmed the neck to shape using the fretboard as a guide and finished by installing the frets. I haven't put the bevel on the ends of the frets yet. A couple of days ago i decided to try and patch the gouge in the side of the body. Here's how it turned out. Today I drilled the holes in the headstock and promptly filled them all again. I thought they were fine but a couple were out of position slightly. I've had a veneer of something laying around for a while so i'll cover up the plugs with that. And I also carved the neck mostly to shape. I have a week off now so hopefully lots of progress in the coming days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 What a busy week! Ok I put a veneer on the headstock which turned out well i think. Veneer The rest of the week was dedicated to final sanding and finishing. I wanted it to look kinda like a piece of furniture so I didnt grainfill the top and i used a wipe on finish which actually ended up being glossier than i expected. It sure feels smooth. Well here are some shots i just took of it, they are pretty dodgy since its night time, i'll grab some good ones tomorrow. Whole front Whole back Headstock front Headstock back Ignore the red strings, it's all they had left at the guitar shop. Now i've just gotta learn how to setup a floyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_48_Johnson Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 I read the post and I didn't see anything about a neck angle. Is the neck flat to the body wings or did you build it with a neck angle? If you built it with an angle, how did you position the wings to get your angle, and what angle did you use? The reason I'm wondering, is that I am in the early stages of designing an LP neck through build, and I'm having a hard time getting my head around what neck angle to use, and how to position the wings to the neck while gluing to get the angle I want. Any help would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 I've been trying to wrap my head around an LP neckhrough for a while, seeing as I have an unused neckthrough blank just sitting downstairs. What I would do would be to get a plan such as http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Books,_plans/P...es.html#details or http://www.guitarplansunlimited.com/Gibsonish.htm because they both have side views of the design. Take a piece of tracing paper or something you can see through and trace the headstock, neck front and back, and then the mahogany body (note: not the maple top). That will be the shape and angle of your neck blank. It will obviously need to be thicker than usual because of the neck angle. You'll also need to slap on some wings first, then do your routing, and glue on a maple top. You'll want to have your bridge pieces and a good straightedge in hand when doing the carving, and a set of calipers doesn't hurt either. So long as you get the right thickness maple top you should be able to place your bridge on the body and put your straightedge across the fret tops and you shoudl get a straight string line from A to B. I myself got my Rhoads plan from guitarplansunlimited and it was a great quality, but if you need the extra info, the stewmac plan is chock full of it. And anything from a 1.5 to 3 degree neck angle should be good for TOMs in general. PS. Stewey, the guitar looks amazing! I want one, hahaha. Good luck with setting up the Floyd too *snicker snicker* If I build a trem, I'm getting a Kahler, no doubt. How did you go about shielding the electronics cavity? Is it particularly noisy, being a hollowbody? And what kind of pickups did you put in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Yeah there is no neck angle, i just set the trem a little lower by recessing it. I think Perry explained neck angles pretty well in the solid body section(?), maybe seach for that. Thanks Xanthus, I dont think i'll be using a floyd again anytime soon, good old curiousity killed the cat. I wired it all up quickly yesterday without putting the copper lining in the cavities that I was going to and she is dead quiet. The pickups are vintage ones from stew mac, they sound nice and old school rock and roll'y to me which is what I was going for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Here's some better pics as promised. You can see the figure in the top in these shots. I can't seem to get a good shot of the back though. The Qld maple has a sort of holographic effect to it where these shiny bits seem to change depending on what angle you look at it. Front Headstock 1 Headstock 2 Back Back 2 I think i've finally got a hang of the floyd after a couple hours googling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPA or death Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Great work Stewey. Reb Beach or Paul Gilbert would be proud to play that guitar . Nice woods and workmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDrugFreeJonnyx Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Very nice looking guitar. You probably won't regret the floyd i love em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammered Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Very nice looking guitar mate, and great choice of timbers too. What make and model is the FR you put in it? I noticed it has the black fine tuners on a chrome finish. Have been looking around for one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted November 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Thanks Hammered, the floyd rose is a a licensed copy made by Takeuchi. Im not too sure on any more details than that since it was just an impulse purchase off ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Hey Stewey, I had another question: I've been doing a lot of reading up on semi-hollow/jazz boxes, and for my next project I'm thinking of making a build very similar to yours. I need a traditional shaped guitar in my collection! I didn't know if you had taken some thickness off the inside of the top wood before you glued them together, or left them the same thickness all the way through. I've been reading a lot of tutorials and that's one of the steps jazz guitar makers always do. I'm thinking that you'd have to mark the edges of the bevels on the top before you started carving away at the underneath, because I'd hate to poke through the top when carving it out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted December 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Traditional shaped guitars with a bit of a twist have always appealed to me. Yeah I did take some thickness off the inside of the top, i took off enough so that the electronics mounted easily and so that the f-holes looked a bit more graceful. They dont look so good with a fat profile to them. I did it the other way around, i took a tracing of where i had routed underneath and then traced it onto the top. I used this to design my bevels by keeping about 5mm away from them at the closest points. You can tell from the carve shape that i routed quite close to the edges at the bottom of the guitar and not so close to the edges at the waist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz tradie Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 I've been watching your build with much interest and I must say congratulations on the outcome. Very nice indeed and yes, a bit of a twist at that. Gotta love that little twist on an original Now it's finished, that top really does scream out ' tassie myrtle'. HAMMERED, I got a Floyd original from Warmoth with black tuners and chrome finish. Well done Stewey cheers, Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleFan Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 I really like how this turned out. What´s the fretboard wood? I haven´t seen if it was mentioned in any of your posts. The grain and color look amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted December 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Thanks Stu, Aussie power Thanks also TripleFan. The fretboard is new guinea rose wood that was smuggled out of Papua New Guinea and into Australia in the 70's by a friend of mine. It was a floor board if i remember right. I cut it up and got 4 fretboards out of it. It smells simply amazing when you are working with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Traditional shaped guitars with a bit of a twist have always appealed to me. Yeah I did take some thickness off the inside of the top, i took off enough so that the electronics mounted easily and so that the f-holes looked a bit more graceful. They dont look so good with a fat profile to them. I did it the other way around, i took a tracing of where i had routed underneath and then traced it onto the top. I used this to design my bevels by keeping about 5mm away from them at the closest points. You can tell from the carve shape that i routed quite close to the edges at the bottom of the guitar and not so close to the edges at the waist. Ah, I get what you're saying, now. That's an interesting way to do it, yeah. How thick was the myrtle top you put on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 The top was 16mm. I did it that way to make sure i had enough room to mount all the electronics before i did the beveling. It would suck to have done an awesome bevel but then not be able to route out the top for your electronics because you did the bevel too deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Stew, where did you get your Queensland Maple? I see your in brisbane like myself, was it a local place? Congrats on the build mate, looks fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted April 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I bought the timber at Wood World on the Gold Coast. http://www.woodworld.com.au/index.htm The guys there are quite helpful, and the prices were good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailman Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 great build; a lot like a current rg-style im working the design on congrats, keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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