crudlo Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) HI im building a gibson explorer type guitar with a jackson style neck. its my first build 24 frets bolt on mahogany body maple neck 25.5 bareknuckle warpigs schaller floyd ebony binding ebony volume and tone knobs so far i have shaped the body and put a bookmatched top on, and routed for the neck pocket. next im going to install the floyd rose. heres some pics neck topclamped stuff body so i got a question about the floyd. i want to recess it but im not sure if my body is thick enough, its 42 mm thick....could anyone tell me what the optimum body thickness is? anyways thats about it, any tips or opinions are welcome im going to finish it natural p.s how do i make a channel for the wiring between the switch and the pickups and stuff without a pickguard??? thanks Edited February 26, 2008 by crudlo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Looks good! I don't know half enough to answer your questions, except your last one. I took a long wood drill and drilled a hole from the pickup cavity to the switch cavity under an angle. I did the same for the potmeters cavity (les paul style has them seperate.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 so i got a question about the floyd. i want to recess it but im not sure if my body is thick enough, its 42 mm thick....could anyone tell me what the optimum body thickness is? Not sure what the "optimal" body thickness is. You'll have to draw out your design with all the nice things like neck angle & height, floyd height and recess and body thickness. I think you'll be fine though. Make sure you get a short block floyd (not sure if you can get them but you might be able to get an aftermarket block), especially if you're also going to recess the back plate. The Ibanez Edge comes in a short block version (HR) for recessed installation. Check this guy out - http://www.floydupgrades.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 How do i make a channel for the wiring between the switch and the pickups and stuff without a pickguard??? thanks I guess you could have routed your channels before you glued on the top...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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