Chapov Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 the 25" scale wont be a "problem" i dont know about a graphic finish for your first paintjob. that takes a ton of work, masking, and a TON of clear and sanding. My cousin is an art major in UCSD, I will ask her to draw everything. Any reply about the floyd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 draw? hmm. ok. i guess. you need to figure out the floyd hight and stuff on your own. you need to either draw it out, or doe something to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapov Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 My question is, how high is a recessed original floyd? Like, I understand how to do the drawing, but it asks you to put the hight of the bridge according to the action, and I don't know how high/low it can go, if it makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapov Posted May 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 So I have started to draw my neck in order to determine the angle, if any. What are the standard frets carvin uses? How high is a Floyd nut? Ideally, how high is a recessed OFR bridge? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desinet1 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapov Posted May 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Same here as in - I am asking the same question? or Same here as in - Draw it out yourself? Either way, I drew it, and did some research online and on the JCF forum, and I discovered that when there is a recessed floyd, there is no need for a neck angle. What I did next is to load a picture of the guitar in photoshop, measure out the distance between the 5th and 6th fret and use that info, along with the StewMac fret calculator to tell me how much I need to increase the picture by, and I did. I then used some pencil effect (my mom is a photoshop expert, she did the effect, so I can't really claim much credit.), so now, I have a scale drawing of my guitar. I will go to Kinkos next week and get it printed. My plan is to order the neckthrough neck from Carvin without any inlays, extra jumbo frets and locking nut preparation after I get my plan and get two really big pieces of mahogany, cut the wings, drill a hole for the electrical wires coming from the pickups glue the wings, sand, rout, sand finish. The only thing I don't know yet. HOW SHOULD I FINISH IT? I wanted a graphic, but I realized it won't make my guitar "neutral" I have this problem that if I will paint the guitar in blue (a non passionate, calm color), I wont be able to play passionate stuff properly, but if I will paint it red (a passionate color) I wont be able to play calm stuff. I know it doesn't make sense, but its a psychological thing for me. I was thinking of a vortex, like the james bond one: but without the "007" in the center, and in very strong blacks/white (not gray like in the pic) I am still open for suggestions though. Thank you. Alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Pretty cool. The vortex is the inside of a gun barrel, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=9113 Sorry I didn't noticed that the site was down. That is the link to the original thread. There are no pictures anymore, the one that I posted above was a back up. I just read a post by Matt and he said that he got it on PDF so I'm waiting for him to post it to fix the links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyManAndy Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I have the tutorial backed up in a zip file (I saved them as individual html files). I can upload that until Matt gets the PDF file up, if you guys would like me too. I've been trying to convert them into a single PDF, but haven't had much luck so far. CMA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapov Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 (edited) So a few things. 1. Does anything from my last post seem wrong? 2. The vortex idea is not set yet, so if anyone has a suggestion for the finish, speak up. 3. Which pickups should I use? I was thinking of an X2N in the bridge, but I don't know... I am looking for a tight, not so warm, not so bright tone. I am pretty much looking for the "perfect center". I am also going to add some keywords for future searches of other people King v Kingv flying v flyingv jackson v jacksonv KV KV1 KV2 KV3 KV pro floyd neck angle neck through neckthrough Edited May 20, 2008 by Chapov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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