carousel182 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Okay, so I have so extremely nice curly Spanish cedar, and a bunch of rosewood, birdseye maple, mahogany etc. What I am planning on doing for my next electric guitar project is making a curly spanish cedar topped les paul with a birdseye maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard. I will be making two of these probably (maybe three partly because I want a les paul style guitar, and partly because the curly Spanish cedar is insane.) Nothing is final though, I may decide to only build one I don't know. Currently, though some rough specs are; Spanish cedar top poplar or ash body. Birdseye maple or Curly maple maple neck. Rosewood fingerboard. Spanish Cedar peghead overlay. Custom inlays. HH pickups. 2 volume 2 tone 1 3way. handwound pickups. natural finish. satin chrome hardware. b/w/b binding. carved top. I hope these work out, and I cant wait to start posting some pics up tomorrow or this weekend. -Carousel http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSC00379.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSC00380.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Wow. That is one snazzy top.... This should be a pretty interesting-sounding build as well, cedar on ash with a maple/rosewood neck. I really don't know how to envision it sounding, but I'd sure like to find out. Any specs on the pickups? And where did you get that LP plan? It looks very spot-on. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) MIMF library. its under templates. I have no specs on the pickups. I was actually just tossing the idea around in my head I'm not set on winding my own I'd have to do more research until I give some specs. Edited May 30, 2008 by carousel182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I've been looking around for an old sewing machine (stealthily; don't want to alert anyone that I might embark on yet another crazy project) that I could cannibalize into a pickup winder. They're easy enough to find, but I'm trying to think of what I could use to count the revolutions when it spins, so I could monitor the winds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) I have a lathe which I'd imagine would be perfect for this. The only thing is I'm not sure how to count revolutions. I guess that I could just set it to 1000 rpms (1000 is just a number I'm not sure how fast I'll set it.) and wind for x minutes until I've reached the number of winds I want but that wont be too accurate because it wont initially spin at 1000 rpms. Edited May 30, 2008 by carousel182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I've been looking around for an old sewing machine (stealthily; don't want to alert anyone that I might embark on yet another crazy project) that I could cannibalize into a pickup winder. They're easy enough to find, but I'm trying to think of what I could use to count the revolutions when it spins, so I could monitor the winds.... You can also just clamp a hand-drill to the workbench and make something that will fit in the chuck and hold the bobbin. Don't bother counting windings, just wind until the bobbin is full! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Nice. I think I'll give winding a try then. I just got finish some things first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikman Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 to count windings you can get a cheap calculator and solder a NO momentary switch to the "=" sign. You then set the switch up so every time it gets hit by the pickup's bobbin it is triggered. You then push 1+1 on the calculator and youre good to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted June 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 This is about as much progress as I've made (I don't have any ash and mahogany, walnut, poplar, more spanish cedar, maple, rosewood, or zebrawood are not what I had in mind.) I should be making a run to the lumber yard this weekend to pick up some nice ash. tomorrow I'll work on designing my neck. and possibly cleaning up some of this nice curly maple I have and getting a fingerboard slotted and inlayed (probably not inlayed, I'm going to go with block inlays I think but I also think that it would be a little too much pearl for this.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael.Speer Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 to count windings you can get a cheap calculator and solder a NO momentary switch to the "=" sign. You then set the switch up so every time it gets hit by the pickup's bobbin it is triggered. You then push 1+1 on the calculator and youre good to go does that work? sounds interesting do u think u could get a pic up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 to count windings you can get a cheap calculator and solder a NO momentary switch to the "=" sign. You then set the switch up so every time it gets hit by the pickup's bobbin it is triggered. You then push 1+1 on the calculator and youre good to go I...... think I see it in my head. Do you have a picture of this, if you've done it? I might be able to rig up something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAK Guitars Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Yeah I've tried the counter thing. Its pretty cool. I havent actually soldered it up yet or even get a proper switch but its cool. You don't even need a fancy calculator, got mine at the dollar store. Carousel: Thats gonna be one classy lookin thing! Lovin the cedar! Just make sure your not breathing in the dust from the cedar because I think its pretty toxic stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael.Speer Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 interesting might try and rig one up later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Just a quick question. Since I've never done a set neck like this I need to know for my plans how deep the tenon should go into the body. I know length and width of it i just need the depth of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customguitar Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Here is a website that explains the calculator counter and has some photos on it. http://europa.spaceports.com/~fishbake/counter/count.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 thats pretty cool. I understand the concept of the winder, but where can i get a reed switch. Is there anywhere locally or do I have to order it through the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted June 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 (edited) I haven't really started this build yet because 1) I was on vacation and 2) I haven't gotten any ash yet. I hope to get some ash this week so that I can machine it and start working on this guitar. right now this is what I'm thinking of doing for the guitar wood wise ash back curly maple neck spanish cedar top rosewood fretboard spanish cedar headplate Edited June 30, 2008 by carousel182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted July 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 Just to update this heres where I am now. The neck is rough cut, and the templates are finished for the neck. http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSCN0668.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSCN0667.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSCN0671.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSCN0673.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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