EKO Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 So its been two years since the initial design stage. I finally settled on an original shape. Its a bit of a mix of parts, in term of cost you might say! Anyway here are some pics. The Body is three piece swamp ash. Neck is an old squier strat neck (if the guitar turns out good i might buy a fender neck ok!) Mandolin neck was made for me by 'Jupiter Creek Music' in South Australia. Its Australian oak with a jarrah fretboard shaped like the fender 12s. Guitar pickups will be these http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,8...2e40fbb5bd2.jpg Mandolin pickup is a hand wound single coil (ill find the website if anyone wants it) Here is an idea of the detail in pencil. any ideas how i can cut that thin scroll out?! http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb154/T...rh/HPIM3032.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKO Posted November 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Right now i have a tortoise shell pickguard, but i doubt that will match the black pickups, or with these knobs http://www.axesrus.com/axeknobs_files/SGKNOBS.jpg (black I'll probably get some black pickgaurd material. Im using strat electronics as though the middle pickup has been used as the mandolin. this keeps it simple but if i dont like it once its done i might change it. Im really deciding all this as i go along! ill probably stain it yellowish/orangish but keeping the grain showing through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 thats pretty darn cool kinda a jimmy page vibe going on. i like it alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I smell a fan of The Hooters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKO Posted November 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I smell a fan of The Hooters. I had never heard of these guys. Im a fan of Robbie Robertson of The Band. much older! much better! that was probably the first i saw of a mandolin/guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKO Posted February 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Slow progress if anyone's interested. Cavities and 1/2 inch round over routed. Finished the scroll, I cut it down quite a lot, but im pleased with the overall shape. http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb154/T.../Woodcolour.jpg Heres an idea of what the pickguard will look like. http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb154/T...terh/pencil.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronico Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Slow progress if anyone's interested. Cavities and 1/2 inch round over routed. Finished the scroll, I cut it down quite a lot, but im pleased with the overall shape. http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb154/T.../Woodcolour.jpg Heres an idea of what the pickguard will look like. http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb154/T...terh/pencil.jpg I like the shape ! About the pickguard, I can´t see well if it´s one pickguard for all the pickups or a pickguard in two parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 That looks like it'll be a fun project. I am mulling over thoughts for a twin as well. I think I'll wait around and learn, so please keep the progress reports and pics coming! Denis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Very, very cool!! I think the ones I've seen before had the mando neck on the bottom, but yours makes more sense. Big fan of The Band myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKO Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Slow progress if anyone's interested. Cavities and 1/2 inch round over routed. Finished the scroll, I cut it down quite a lot, but im pleased with the overall shape. http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb154/T.../Woodcolour.jpg Heres an idea of what the pickguard will look like. http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb154/T...terh/pencil.jpg I like the shape ! About the pickguard, I can´t see well if it´s one pickguard for all the pickups or a pickguard in two parts. Thanks for the comments guys! I should get a lot more done next week. It is a pickguard in two parts; the mandolin side has only its pickup. I drilled a tunnel between that and the guitar neck pickup, I'll just need some long wire to get it down to the controls! I think I like the thin curl of the pickguard on the scroll, but it will probably be difficult to cut so thin. What im not sure about shape wise is the right hand side of the mando pickgaurd. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPboco Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 great work its crazy !!!!! keep us posted Kewl stuff Connor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKO Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I've been far to busy lately! Here's the pickguards cut to shape, Im going to redo the mandolin side as it wasn't quite right. At this point Im think I will leave the wood natural. Would tru oil do the trick? This is my first build, my finishing knowledge is limited. http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb154/T...rh/HPIM3258.jpg Im still thinking about reducing the size of the mandolin headstock, for practical reasons as much as aesthetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 That's looking great so far! Yes, Tru Oil should do the trick for you. If you search around on here you should find some good info as far as finishing schedules and application techniques and whatnot go. But, really, it's ultimately pretty hard to mess it up. And yeah, from an aesthetic standpoint, i'd make the mando headstock smaller as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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