mistermikev Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I see your point re u r at the point of finishing the neck on the guitar. I would like to point out that that headstock is still the pointiest pointy headstock I've ever seen at any point in time. back of the neck is so pretty. Nice work. can't wait to see this thing together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Nice looking volute, Stu. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 This is turning into a seriously awesome looking guitar. Can’t wait to see it finished 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted April 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 I managed to make progress this weekend! It's slow, thanks to work and life. The neck looks more like a neck now. I ended up having to pull and re-seat one of the frets, which left a couple of tiny chips. Hopefully I'll find a way to make those disappear. Untitled by S K, on Flickr The neck carve is super rough and way too thick right now, but it's a start. Untitled by S K, on Flickr Also, my dad found a pair of my grandfather's planes; a Stanley/Bailey 4 and a Stanley/Bailey 4 1/2. They've been added to my collection: Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr This is after partially restoring the 4: Untitled by S K, on Flickr I picked up some nice padauk for a neck and body last weekend, to go with the ovangkol fingerboard and Iommi cross inlays: Untitled by S K, on Flickr I booked an appointment to visit Exotic Hardwoods near Leek. Their stock is pretty amazing, and I almost walked away with a beautiful spalted maple top. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 beautiful wood. that is going to be an interesting one. what material for the cross inlays? looks very gothic, nice work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted April 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 On 4/15/2019 at 12:16 AM, mistermikev said: beautiful wood. that is going to be an interesting one. what material for the cross inlays? looks very gothic, nice work. They're just cut from celluloid sheet. I'll glue them in with epoxy this time, because I learnt that they don't like CA glue the hard way The fingerboard was a fun thing to start whilst I'm away from my tools. This weekend went pretty well! After a rare moment of clarity, I finally decided on a nice method for cutting the angled neck pocket; I wanted something stable, which I could execute in a slow and careful manner. In the past I've cut the pocket straight, and then tried to bodge the angle into the bottom of the tenon. That's pretty horrible though! I made a close template and a pair of 3° wedges. I used to the template to cut a shallow rebate in (enough to run a bearing along, and then used the wedges to support the router whilst I cut the pocket angle in. It seemed to work pretty well! Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Yay! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 This is getting exciting! SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted April 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 29 minutes ago, ScottR said: This is getting exciting! SR It's weird when you reach the point of no return and it becomes a guitar, rather than two concurrently-running projects. Bring on the drilling and routing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Stu. said: They're just cut from celluloid sheet. I'll glue them in with epoxy this time, because I learnt that they don't like CA glue the hard way The fingerboard was a fun thing to start whilst I'm away from my tools. This weekend went pretty well! After a rare moment of clarity, I finally decided on a nice method for cutting the angled neck pocket; I wanted something stable, which I could execute in a slow and careful manner. In the past I've cut the pocket straight, and then tried to bodge the angle into the bottom of the tenon. That's pretty horrible though! I made a close template and a pair of 3° wedges. I used to the template to cut a shallow rebate in (enough to run a bearing along, and then used the wedges to support the router whilst I cut the pocket angle in. It seemed to work pretty well! Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Yay! some pretty solid stuff there. looking like a 10+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted May 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 More progress around the half-marathon this weekend! Drilled some holes: Untitled by S K, on Flickr Tested the holes: Untitled by S K, on Flickr Routed a bridge pickup cavity: Untitled by S K, on Flickr Routed a neck pickup cavity: Untitled by S K, on Flickr Realised the neck pickup is about 2mm away from where it should be: Untitled by S K, on Flickr I think the tidiest way to fix this will be to make some wooden pickup rings and make them a little wider than the plastic ones. The plastic looks crap anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 7 hours ago, Stu. said: Realised the neck pickup is about 2mm away from where it should be: Does it really matter? Sound vise there's no measurable difference. As I understand, this is not an exact copy so... Then again, wooden rings sure can look nice! 7 hours ago, Stu. said: The plastic looks crap anyway I fully agree, you've managed to get the light on the bridge ring so that it accentuates the imperfections of the surface. There's a simple yet surprisingly effective cure, though: Sand them through grits on a flat surface starting with some 32o or 400, going up to 1500 - 2000 grit. If you do it one direction only the result may even mimic the subtle grain pattern of ebony. By experience I can tell that using a coarse paper for the grain effect will only make grooves that look like deep scratches. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 Wooden pup rings would work. I made this same miscalcluation on the blue DC I finished around xmas, I just glued in a little strip of ebony to make the fretboard a few mm longer and filed it to the same radius as the fretboard, end result was pretty seamless. The V is looking Limba and V's just works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 I kind of like the neck stringers peeking through right there. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 I would love to see how you make pickup rings... not enough good threads about this so... go for it... that said, if it were me I wouldn't even give this a second thought. build looks great and doubt anyone would ever notice. just my 2 cents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted May 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 Have you guys ever seen decorative fingerboard ends like that? The ebony isn't really uniform enough to try covering it up, so I'd have to make it a feature. Wenge pickup rings could be nice! I also made an impulse decision last night to go heavy on pickups for this one. I've ordered an EMG Het Set in black chrome, because they look awesome and I trust that they sound great. I'm going to use the battery cavity to help with drilling a channel to the jack plate (which will be on the edge of the top wing). Now I have to decide what to do about a battery cavity or battery box. Most battery boxes look awful, but I love the metal ESP ones; they're bloody expensive and only available from Japan though! Maybe it'll be a cavity and wooden cover job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 just a thought but a few times I've been told that when you do something other than a flat fretboard end - it looks better to leave some space. I've done sort of a byrdland end, and an s-style curve and def found that to be true so I could see that working here if you maybe put a triangle point echoing the headstock or something like that. again, to me it would actually look great w the flat end and a little space, but if you don't like it that's what counts. just 2 cents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 I suppose that a little consideration towards the negative space helps make it work, otherwise whatever is next to the fingerboard end needs to be working in unison with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 26 minutes ago, Prostheta said: I suppose that a little consideration towards the negative space helps make it work, otherwise whatever is next to the fingerboard end needs to be working in unison with it. i think you were one of the folks who said that to me (regarding leaving space)... so credit where due. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 You could bevel the end of the fretboard, which would tie into the bevels in your V. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 4 hours ago, ScottR said: You could bevel the end of the fretboard, which would tie into the bevels in your V. SR I like that idea and it wouldn't look out of place 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 6 hours ago, ScottR said: You could bevel the end of the fretboard, which would tie into the bevels in your V. SR nice call. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted May 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 (edited) I like the idea of bevelling the end of the board to a chevron-style point at the end, but I'm struggling to reconcile the idea of having dead space between the ring and board I'll distract myself with other things until I absolutely have to tackle it! This weekend was more productive than I expected! I managed to drill control holes, route the control cavity, battery cavity, and recessed jack area, and I also made matching covers for the rear. There's a recessed Dunlop strap lock button in there too... Edit: The battery cavity is a bit of a cheat, so I can drill a wire hole from the jack to the battery and then pickup route. Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr I still need to sand the covers flush (after the magnets go in), and you might notice a tiny bit of tear-out in the jack area; that was not my favourite routing job ever. Edited May 19, 2019 by Stu. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Ahh the matching covers! Just got to love those! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 This is a crackingly good build! I like everything about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted May 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 I didn't get a huge amount of time this weekend, but this is what I managed to get done: Played with my new toy (Makita ROS to replace my old one), Installed little magnets in the covers and cavity rims, Drilled the wiring holes between cavities (without breaking through the front or rear of the guitar), Prepared ebony/maple/wenge blanks to make humbucker mounting rings out of. Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr Untitled by S K, on Flickr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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