henrim Posted November 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 After all the measuring and drawing one would think It had occurred to me that an F-spaced pickup needs an F-spaced hole. Would have been easier had I noticed it before routing the template. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted November 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 Normally there wouldn’t be any difference because the base plate is of same size on normal and F-spaced pickups. Bobbins though are naturally wider on F-spaced ones. This guitar will have back mounted pickups so I want to make the openings just a hair larger than the bobbins. But I have to think this over again because I want the neck and bridge pockets to be same size. My previous back mount guitar has EMG’s so I didn’t have to think about this before. Not probably the biggest problem in the world right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 1, 2022 Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 some lovely shapes, and like the idea of led lit knobs. that black guitar with the big knobs is very eye catching. some very nice work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 Fixed the template and attached it to the body blank with three screws in places where I put the potentiometers and a switch. Drilled string holes and routed pockets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 Decided to cut a little fat away before calling it a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/1/2022 at 12:50 AM, henrim said: F-spaced pickup needs an F-spaced hole. Haha, it took me this long and approximately three readings to figure out that you weren't talking about F-holes! I was soooo confused until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 31 minutes ago, Bizman62 said: Haha, it took me this long and approximately three readings to figure out that you weren't talking about F-holes! I was soooo confused until now. Sorry about that. Hipshot bridge has wide spacing (Fender, F-spaced) and I happened to have a DiMarzio Super distortion bridge pickup with that wider spacing. Both pockets are now cut to wider length (70mm) so there is plenty space for the pickups to move freely and maybe fit a cover. Neck pickup bobbins are about 1,5mm shorter than the bridge pickup bobbins so they have different margin to the pocket walls. Not much but quite possibly enough to be noticeable. It depends. Anyway the two pickups I had thought putting in to this build (PAF 36th Anniversary for the neck position) have different looking poles too, so I most likely make some sort of covers. Wood or metal. Machined aluminium or stainless steel sheet metal covers would be the most straight forward option for me but I'm tempted to make them of swamp ash. I guess I try ash first and if it doesn't work I go with metal. By "if it doesn't work" I mean more about the looks but the covers would be quite thin walled too so there is some figuring what would be the best way to build them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 33 minutes ago, henrim said: Sorry about that. Hipshot bridge has wide spacing (Fender, F-spaced) and I happened to have a DiMarzio Super distortion bridge pickup with that wider spacing. No worries, I figured that out today. Just another example of the slang that isn't necessarily clear to newbies... That reminds me of the bottle of IPA on @nakedzen's bench. Some builders have an occasional beer bottle in their photos, some even are known for brewing, but in this case it was something entirely different. Within our builder group we often seem to use terms in English as there's no accurate enough translation. Like "structural integrity" - both words can be translated but "rakenteellinen lujuus" seems to lack some elements so we talk about "strukturaalinen integriteetti" to include every aspect of the term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Yes, you’re right. About IPA. Not long ago one Friday evening I laughed alone noticing that I had some IPA along with a bottle of hard liquor on my workbench 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatnersBassoon Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Lovely bit of wood you have for the body here. Should be killer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 1 hour ago, ShatnersBassoon said: Lovely bit of wood you have for the body here. Should be killer! Actually two pieces but I was going to get away with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatnersBassoon Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 49 minutes ago, henrim said: Actually two pieces but I was going to get away with it Shows that you have done a nice job with the join Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) I was going to route the back side pocket today but I could only trim the top side of the edge with a template bit. I can’t find any flush trim bits to route the rest from the back side. I need a clean edge to position the pocket properly. I know there is a flush trim bit or two in the house somewhere but can’t find one from the usual places. Template bits I have to order but a flush trim bit is more likely to be available locally. If I can’t get one tomorrow I may have to find an other way to position the pocket. Edited December 2, 2022 by henrim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 Got a new flush trim bit and cleaned the sides. Routed the neck pocket roughly. It still needs to be cut to final size and depth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2022 Pocket sized and pickup holes routed/chiseled. I didn’t route recesses for pickup mount brackets as I had planned because I want to fit the neck first and see then how I actually want them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 That's some very tidy woodworking there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Innovation abounds! Love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Neck fitted. Pretty much. Some fine tuning needed but got the worst part done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 Truss rod and CF reinforcement channels cut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 Sawed and planed an angle. Did as much as the stock allowed. Not quite as steep angle what I have done on the scarf jointed necks. Still about 9 degrees. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2022 Roughly cut the neck and worked the fret ends a bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 Really cool ideas here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 Bound the fretboard with black ABS. And while I think it was technically sound the black-on-black thinking didn’t work as well as I thought it would. In my head I had this idea that even though both black, the two different materials would have been different enough to make an interesting pair. Kinda like matte and glossy black go well together in some places. But it didn’t work very well. The ABS binding blended too much in to the wood and it didn’t really look that good. Stripped the binding off and cut some birch ply strips. To keep them clean I applied danish oil to them before I glue them in place. Need to apply a few more coats and then decide whether I really want to use them. An other alternative is to make a new fretboard without bindings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 I bound the fretboard with birch plywood strips. Also thicknessed the body to final height (at center of the body) by planing 5mm off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Fretboard is getting glued in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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