Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 That neck has come out beautifully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103801061982 Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 thanks Andy. had a cleanup in the dust hole before leaving. And did a quick bit of sharpening. All planes now actually plane..... This is something I really want to get down as its so satisfying taking a blunt chisel and polishing up. I know sad. By the tine I get back I should have tuners in hand unless customs have the week off. Went with non locking open gear hipshots, so of course as mostly seems to be the case, quite hard to find in the uk. Looking forward to it already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMpleONe89 Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Such a nice arsenal of chisels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 On 7/24/2016 at 9:08 AM, 103801061982 said: its so satisfying taking a blunt chisel and polishing up Indeed. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103801061982 Posted July 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 back in the room..... having thought about the finish on the neck I'm going to stop at an oiled finish. All my favourite guitars have oiled finishes and for me, the flame stands out enough as is. With that decision made, I masked up, masked up, set the dehumidifier to stun and emptied a couple of rattle cans of satin nitro lacquer on it. Couple of runs along the way, but nothing catastrophic. Halfway through I Noticed a couple of facets on a couple of the curves. I booked in more care and attention for the next one, but overall I'm quite pleased with the overall shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMpleONe89 Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 Looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103801061982 Posted July 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 While the lacquer on this one is drying I've been making a bit of dust in preparation for the next build. Limba body, flame ash top, non wonky 7. The limba didn't look too promising raw, but after planning and initial thicknessing looks quite nice - we seem to have a bit of curl in there. Id appreciate opinions on what side should show to the world. I'm thinking number 1, but number 2 has more symmetry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Symmetry be damned! Decide on your shape, draw it on and see how it feels. Sometimes symmetry just doesn't have the right mojo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103801061982 Posted July 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 less mojo, more Mo Szyslak I fear.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Things are bad when you start hallicinating Simpsons characters in Limba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMpleONe89 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103801061982 Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Matt's, where no one knows your name Well I'm putting the new wood in town aside for a moment as joy of joys, tuners have arrived - although any advantage of buying from the us has been wiped out by exchange rates and customs. It always amuses that the postie only ever comes before 14:00 when they want me to give then money. Todays job then was to gingerly drill some holes, and get the stain out again. Also got a couple of coats of oil on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103801061982 Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 when things move they seem to move quite quickly huh? This thing is almost starting to look guitar like. First job of the morning was to level out the clear. Started with what I guess was about 600 grit and worked through to an auto scratch remover I bought for doing my cars bonnet. Nope I haven't done the bonnet yet. Once that was done and a long mug of tea downed the frets were leveled and crowned after getting the neck dead straight. 400 grit on a beam to level, file for the crowning (I think i need to try one of those fancy crowning files) and back to working through the grits to wire wool to remove the file marks. Another break for tea and conductive paint for the cavity liberally brushed on and sone hardware fitted. To do- nut (dreading) and soldering (looking forward). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMpleONe89 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Very nice! The end is near! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103801061982 Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 It certainly is, and about time too. So I strung this thing up this morning. and set about cutting the nut. A couple of things 1) very impressed with the tuners and not even too fussed about changing the buttons 2) how'd a nitwit like me manage to get the tuners place for a near enough straight string pull? I need to take the slots abit deeper, but I'm leaving that for later together with rounding sharp edges. I also broke out the soldering iron, but first I had to sift through this lot for something useable. Went for a 0.02uf - shame to use one of my ero's in this, but I'll be damned if I'm spending an hour sifting through. Roughly tacked pickups in place - bit of a mess, but I'll tidy up later. The shrink wrap fiend in me is crying out right now This is pretty much it. Gingerly brought up to pitch without issue. Action currently at around 1.7mm @ 24th with a hint of relief - no massive issues. PIckups not what I was expecting, but then my main amp is currently set up for strats and I didn't fiddle too much. Further investigation needed. Couple of slightly high frets, but that can be taken care of. I'm leaving in a corner and will be listening for creaking noises....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 1 hour ago, 103801061982 said: Roughly tacked pickups in place - bit of a mess, but I'll tidy up later. I'm looking at the picture before reading you comments and thinking what a nice neat wiring job that is! The finishing fiend in me is itching to but a little burst in that blue, but pay no attention to him. That is a very nice faded bluejeans look you've got going there. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103801061982 Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 cheers Scott. That's what building amps does to you. See exhibit a) the angles in the bends on the 1.5k resistors drove me round the bend until someone reminded me no one would ever see them. Madness. Absolute madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Perfect example of function over form, what? SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 I'm sure that you know this already, however it helps validation and any troubleshooting. I find that going overboard with organisation means you end up double-checking as a matter of course rather than banging things in place and fixing it in the mix. But man....those doubled-up solder tags are just right on the money. You don't get more amp zen than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Is that resistor on the left actually going through the tag or simply tacked on? Can't tell. Those bases are perfect for sticking LEDs into to illuminate your tubes. Green is always the way forward. Always wanted a green tube amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103801061982 Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 i was halfway through this one at this point judging by the state of the heaters. If I'm looking at the same resistor then yeah, its soldered onto the tag and providing the reference for one of the biasing ports. One port for each tube, overkill maybe considering there's only one pot for the quad. this amp does sound nice. There's a lot of voodoo bandied about regarding overdrive specials, but I do like the cleans and overdrive, less so much the higher gain tones but you can't have it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMpleONe89 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 That's a super neat wiring job. I'm so ashamed of mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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