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Neck Through Semi Hollow In Progress
jay5 replied to thegarehanman's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
That stuff is pretty easy to cut/carve with a knife when dry. You could probably flatten it with a sanding block if need be. -
Cool. Not sure what I think about the headstock but I appreciate the pics all the same. I would be VERY interestedin seeing progress pics of the finish.
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That was helpful. I would resaw it into two tops. I dont think that deep a carve would look good on a tele. Maybe a 3/4" top at the most if you were to carve it. With a 1 1/8" top you would only have a 5/8" back which would look odd to me.
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I used a 1/8 radius roundover on the tele I'm working on. It looks about right to me. I did a 1/4 radius on a tele body a while ago (before I trashed it) and it looked to be too much to me. I like the 1/8.
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I wouldnt think that it would be acceptable over that long a length. I saw it a while ago and wasnt too impressed. I dont think it's meant to be a precision cut.
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Thats a good deal (right now) but some of those knots are pretty gnarly.
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Ive been to HF a few times and its been tough to walk out of there w/out buying some sort of tool but being that I am in college and have no money I figure it's better to buy once and spend a lot than buy several times and end up spending more. I will say that my HF C and f-clamps are awesome and at $1.99 and $1.64 respectively I always feel like I stole somthing when I pick up a few. The arbor presses are nice too, that will be my next purchase. Otherwise, I havent been impressed with anything else there really. Like GBTexas said, its really hit or miss there.
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Why do you say that? That's certainly not the case. A fender style neck made from mahogany may need to be re-enforced but it would certainly not make a neck heavy guitar. I doubt you could even tell the difference weight wise.
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You can get almost the same set of files from Warmoth for about $60 excepth the two largest files are .040 and .050 vs. .046 and .056.
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Awesome!!
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Did you get that bridge for $1?!
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Do you have a pic? I cant imagine even the cheapest import guitar being this badly done. 4mm off?!
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If you try to "saw" the wood with the router you will burn your bit up MUCH faster than if you rough cut most of the excess off first.
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Hyunsu, did you ever finish the carved top PRS?
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Cool mod! Did you have any issues with the chrome chiping when you drilled into it?
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I meant he made the right choice with the router over the bandsaw.
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If you have to get the bit for the hotrod, get it here. All the bits I have gotten from whiteside have been great. I use a 3/16" spiral bit from them for the LMI rods I have.
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thats cool. My preliminary drawings have a 2 degree pickup plane with the neck inline with that. I read that double cut LP jr's have about a 2 degree plane and I figured that would be about right. I was just gonna raise the neck up off the body a bit and leave it there. The PRS guitars I have seen appear to have the neck run parallel to the pickup plane. Who knows though. I think you are right though in that you can only plan so much. You have to anticipate adapting some things, especially on your first build of a new instrument. I need to get all my hardware before I actually lock into the dimensions. How thick of a back/top are you going for again? What type of bridge are you using?
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I like the chrome on chrome pickup combo. Back to the PRS thing, Alex, have you worked out the neck angle and pickup plane?
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Me too, I'm planning a PRS style guitar as well. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
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Make sure to add one of these to you order. One chunk of wood, "Mede" in the US, man this thing has everything!!!!
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The pillow block housings are roughly that much but the linear bearings are another $35-45 on top of that. But you are corret in that they can be had cheaper. You just need to watch out that you get quality bearings in a setup like this. There are several Thomson setups on the Bay' now. Erik, what are the dimensions of the rods?
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I just ordered "one necks worth" of wire from Warmoth. It came a three pieces, pre-bent at a bit over 2' per. For $6 its a better deal than Stew-mac. Pre-cut is nice though.
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The silicone spray I used would spray on wet and after a few seconds of lige "buffing" it was dry. It never collected any dust. I have heard the warnings regarding silicone and wood but as James said, almost any lube is probably bad for wood. Just use it sparingly whatever you use.