jimmy g Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Walnut top 1/4" from oregon wild wood. It was flawed, so I got it for $20. Score. White Limba body. Mohogany and maple neck. This was my first angled headstock, so it didn't go that great. This was the second attempt. I've done a bit of polishing on it since (15 coats of tru oil) and it came actually pretty well. Nice and straight. I also added binding for the first time. It was difficult to do in a shop that's 30 degrees. I had to heat it up by the propane heater. I need some practice with it. No breaks, but it could be better. Finish was: Target WB amber shellac (3 coats), scrape the binding... Target WB sanding sealer - two coats. Then, about 10 coats of Target WB lacquer. Great stuff. Notice the 6 in line tuners... I had a set that I bought a while back and never used them. I made a 3x3 guitar and it's all I had. I looked at them on it and I kind of like it, despite the backwards right side tuning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmth Builder Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Build looks great! Whats the quality of the tuners? You shouldnt use them backwards the string tension pulls the post away from the gear... Edited January 9, 2011 by Neil Beith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy g Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 I was afraid something might happen like that. They're Gotoh 510 - really nice, actually. Hopefully they'll stay tight. they are now. Time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessejames Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 I wish all my planned projects turned out this well. My problem is that I try to shortcut sometimes and just end up doing it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Gotoh tuners are very snug in the nut,it should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy g Posted January 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 I do the same thing Jessejames. I'm a sucker for shortcuts and "temporary" jigs. This whole guitar was made with half-assed jigs. I'm lucky it came out this well. The finishing is where I always mess up. If I spend time preparing jigs etc... Instead of plowing right into it, I'm sure it would come out better and probably faster too. Who's in a race? I think I am sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 looks good! with gotoh 510's you wont need to worry about the tuner post thing - thats my diagram above and i added the last line because of tuners like this. but i still wouldnt have done it - there is just no need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD1221 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 neck is looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy g Posted January 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 neck is looking great! Thanks. I know it's a little bit generic, but I couldn't think of anything else to do for the headstock. If I tried something intricate, I knew it would screw it up and waste an entire neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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