GREGMW

I saw in a woodwork catalogue a "rotary rasp" which you use in a pedestal drill.

Its about 50mm round and kind of looks like the drum sanders .

I was wondering if any one has ever used them for shaping bodies and headstocks.

I have got a piece of 300mm x 300mm x 10mm glass and stuck some emery paper to it.

This gave me a perfectly flat surface ,then I marked the nut with ink so I could see any hi spots.Keep turning the nut around and - TAKE YOUR TIME

Greg W

Jay,

I had the same problem when I made my neck.Totally stuffed the first one up by breaking the headstock out.

The second one,

I cut the headstock shape with a bandsaw,run the router up and down the sides slowly ,and a bit at a time,then I made a "Robo" sander which is a drum sander with a template guide on it (Stewmac sell them know) and stood infront of the drill press for about 1/2 hr and sanded it to shape.

It came out good.Better than stuffing up the neck and I had some control over how much i took off.

It is the "Gutless" way to do it I suppose.

Greg W

Take your time!

Then make sure your templates are the right way around before you cut out the body and make sure the screws for the neck are not too long.

Don't answer the phone while working on your project

Great work ,but I only wish some had the . AU after them.

We dont have a lot of supliers down here.

Greg

Thanks Mkat,

Yes I know Gerard .

What I was after ,is to try to find out what Australian timbers ,if any, you guys have used and maybe some comment how they came out.

I suppose its a bit of a broad question but I am interested in trying something a bit different,but avoiding problems that others have found.

I was thinking maybe Jarrah,Alder ,Queensland Maple or Tassie oak.

Regards

Greg

Hi,

I want to build another guitar out of something different from Ash or Mahogony

Do any of you guys have any idea on some of the Australian timbers I could use for solid bodies and or necks.

Thanks

Greg

I went through this saga a little while ago.

I am down in Australia and searched RF shielding paint etc on google.

What I found it was cheaper for me to get a can from Stewmac instead of local suppliers.

Regards

Greg

I Just wanted to wish all you guys a safe and well festive season.

Greg

This is the result of all my questions over the last 12 months.Get ready for some more!

Hey Dugz,

I did exactly the same thing and the more I sat and looked at it the more pissed of I got with it so I ended up removing the bridge,filled the holes with some very small bits of ash,then re fitted the bridge.

You cant see where I moved it, and now it looks and plays great.

Silly part about it is that nobody else would have noticed it and I reckon it still would have sounded the same as it does now.

Greg

Hey all,

I finished my first guitar last week .I used about 10 coats of Tung oil on it and it looked -just OK, but not what I was happy with.

After reading posts here and other sites I ended up putting about 4 coats of Tru Oil over the Tung oil,which I managed to get local in Australia..

I buffed it between coats with a lambswool pad and this has come up great.

I dont know what is in this Tru Oil but for a simple,cheap good looking finish I would really recommend it.

Regards

Greg

Try Diggers Pty Ltd (diggersaust.com.au) I think.

They do all kinds of cleaning stuff. They will have it.

Greg

I just built the electronics for a Wah Wah pedal and was wondering if anybody knows where i can get a pedal only so I can control the pot by foot.

TIA

Greg

Hi.

I have a set of seymour duncan humbuckers .Why does one half of each humbucker have screws as pole pieces and the other side are just plain plain poles on each PU.

I presume the screws are adjustable pole pieces but why on one coil only?

Any explanations?

Thanks

Greg

Hi

Another strange one for you guys

I have a spare older style transister 100W stereo hi fi amp and was wondering what I need to do so I can put the guitars (electric and electric accoustic) through it.

It has heaps of inputs (Aux ,Turntable,cassette etc ( -shows how old it is hey)

I mainly want to use it for testing projects and fiddling around in the shed- not to actually play.

Thanks

Greg

Thanks Lovecraft & Dugz for your constant help.

I will do what you suggest and will probably end up starting from scratch,bit by bit.

I might start off removing the copper foil and just leaving the paint to do the job.

Its probably the easiest to try.

Anyway if nothing else,the guitar looks good!

I will post how I go,

Regards

Greg

Where is the ground on your output jack connected? It sounds like you got rid of most of the ground loop problem, but you might still benefit from running all grounds to a single point,

The ground is run back to a "single"point like all of the other earths.

The only thing that I was thinking is that I painted the whole cavity with conductive paint then lined ,over the top of the paint with copper foil .

Could doing it this way be causing some noise.I have soldered all of the earths to the copper and all the joins on the copper have been soldered.

Its still too noisy to play..

Thanks

Greg

I have re done all of the earths and have reduced the noise by about 80%.

What I find now is if I touch the metal jack plug at the guitar,the hum goes.

Should I use shielded cable for the output?

Every now and then I get a "cracking" noise like a capacitor discharging

Any help appreciated<

Greg

Thanks Mike,

Yes,I posted this in the wrong forum ,but Is OK because Its interesting to get all the views.

The bridge is Chrome and I have a good circuit back to ground from the bridge ,using a multi meter.

I am going to re do all of the earths to see if I have a bad joint somewhere.

I let you know how I go.

Cheers

Greg

Thanks Lovecraft,

BTW, what kind of noise are you getting - is it hiss, hum/buzz, or Mexican radio stations?

Mexican radio stations would sound better!! but its a hum/buzz -worse when I touch the strings

Yes Mike thats what I have done,but how do you fix the wire to the bridge -if you do?

Sorry ,I stuck this in my previous post but I thought I might get a quicker responce as a new thread.

How do you ground a fixed bridge? I ran a wire and put it between the body and the bridge.

TIA

Thanks Dugz,

I am sure I have the pickups wired the right way around.

They are Seymour Duncan and I have used the colours that they say.

I put the pickups in the way they show in the details that came with them.

I feel that the problem is in the grounding - some where

When I grounded the (fixed) bridge,I put a wire under the bridge then screwed the bridge down clamping the wire between the body and the bridge.Inever soldered the wire to the bridge.

Can I damage the pickups in any way?

Thanks

Greg

Hey guys,

Today I pluged the guitar in and it sounded like crap.

I have 2 humbuckers and I am getting heaps of noise out of them.

The drawing I have shows the pot cases all grounded in a "daisy chain" with wire on the back of them.

Because they are touching the copper foil in the cavity, they are already grounded .

Should I remove the ground from the back of the pots and just use the foil as the ground for them or go the other way and insulate the body where it sits on the foil and run a wire from the back of the pot to a single ground point.

By doing both could I be getting a ground loop which is causing this noise.It gets worse when I touch the strings

I am using a 500K volume pot is this correct ?

Oh, and can I damage the pickups using a multi meter etc on them?

Thanks again,and again!

Greg