RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 SuperRG Zebrawood/Ebony bodied SuperStrat for my brother. This body is based on a cross between an RG and a Blackmachine. 8/4 Zebrawood with an Ebony center strip. The 5 piece neck is maple/zebrawood with an ebony fretboard. I am experimenting with a longer tenon on this one. Neck : Flamed Big Leaf Maple/Walnut Fretboard : Flamed Big Leaf Maple Scale : 25.5 Frets : 24 Trussrod : Warmoth Body : Zebrawood and Ebony strip. Tuners : Gotoh Vintage RG Tuners Pickups : V1, S1, V2 Vintage Ibanez RG pickups Bridge : Fixed Strat bridge Electronics : standard RG style 5-way, Volume, Tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Neck Scarfing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Really long headstock? Nah just hadn't trimmed it yet Neck shaping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Neck Pocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Starting the Body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Body farther along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Tear out I really hate routers and dull bits. Wasn't dull when I started but Zebrawood is hard. Fixing tear out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Early progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops1983 Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Nice build. I really like the zebrawood! Ive had a few run ins with tearout aswell and it sucks a**. The more bits the better(variety), always rout with the grain where you can and steady the feed rate is what ive learnt. No matter how careful you are something always tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 that looking good. When you said long tenon you won't joking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Neck shaping finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Pickups Routed... almost I think it still needs a single coil in the middle... I guess I should ask. Starting on the carve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Carve roughed in....Still have a lot to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 It is looking very nice, I like the style on the headstock. The combination of the woods flow very good, the only area I'm not following is the neck joint. I thought that you were going with a more flowing carve instead of the traditional PRS-Gibson speed bump style. Other than that, I'm looking forward to seeing this one finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 It is looking very nice, I like the style on the headstock. The combination of the woods flow very good, the only area I'm not following is the neck joint. I thought that you were going with a more flowing carve instead of the traditional PRS-Gibson speed bump style. Other than that, I'm looking forward to seeing this one finished. Undecided on the neck joint. I think I am going to wait until the neck is glued on to sculpt that out. I have an idea and if it doesn't work I can go with a more traditional smooth transition. Since I have the really long tenon I can take a lot of wood away.... Got a lot of work to do to get to that point... fret work,control cavities, headstock plates... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll19/re...pg?t=1246207835 I think that given the amount of meat you have in the tenon through to the body, you could easily get away with bringing the horns through as one curve across the back of the body and bringing it down into a very easy-to-access carve: Great to see you managed to recover from the tearout. I had to write off a zebrawood body because of that once. Zebrano seems to have a tendancy to "seperate" along the soft brown/hard white grain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 I think that given the amount of meat you have in the tenon through to the body, you could easily get away with bringing the horns through as one curve across the back of the body and bringing it down into a very easy-to-access carve: That is the bail out plan. I am going to try something new first. If it fails I will do one just like the picture. Great to see you managed to recover from the tearout. I had to write off a zebrawood body because of that once. Zebrano seems to have a tendancy to "seperate" along the soft brown/hard white grain. Yeah the carve of the top was just deep enough to remove it. I still have some work to do with the Dragon Rasps... I got some tear-out near the rear humbucker but I think it will be invisible once I throw some clear epoxy in it. The plan is for a tru-oil finish when it is done. Any ideas to help remove the 60 grit scratches from the grinder? I was planning on smoothing it out with a block and then using my orbital starting with 80 -> 120 -> 220 -> 320. But I would love to use a scraper and cut out some of that work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Either or, I think. Working up from 80 grit sounds like a plan, although scraping with a gooseneck might help consolidate the carve if it varies in places. I wouldn't say scraping cuts out work as such, but they are great tools for carves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Next up is deciding on a fixed strat bridge or a recessed TOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 TOMs look so much better, especially with the recess imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juze Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 IMHO hardtail strat style! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Be careful of recessing TOMs when using through body ferrules, as the break angles into the ferrule becomes much larger. That and you'll be restricted in the fingerboard radius to 12"-14" unless you modify the saddle slots or physically bend the TOM. I would decide on the bridge before you proceed to be fair, as you might make the project harder otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Running a 16 in radius and I would adjust the radius of the bridge to match regardless.... sometimes you have to take a nut file to a TOM I actually want to try the tusq saddles regardless of what bridge I put in... but it is not my guitar so I gotsa ask the patron. Got it as far as break angles. Thanks for the heads up though... I was thinking about recessing the string through as well. Super sexy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Both of those ideas should work, no problems. I've not had chance to get my custom TUSQ set onto my build that's using them, so I can't comment on their specifics. Should be easier on the strings though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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