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looking goood...... cant wait to see some more pics!

I'd love to make a purpleheart bridge cover for my bass. any suggestions, comments or warnings?

Comment - That would look awesome depending on the guitar, ive always liked the look of bridge covers, especially on a good old strat...

hmmm... all these ideas..... soooo good...

ive gotta go back to boarding school for the rest of the week so ill have lots of time to think about it... then ill decide on the weekend and hopefully get started with something next week when im back at school.

im seriously considering lamination on the back of the headstock as i have the wood for that sitting infront of me.... soo

the ball end idea sounds pretty good might see what it looks like first...

thx Swedish, i didnt really think many people have actually tried this idea... atleast its good to know that it will hold up on a bass..

- wont be able to post for a few days.. cya's later...

i may just use this meranti i have for a test neck for this design.. then maybe buy a png rosewood neck as i can get it for rediculiously cheap and it looks great.

now the only thing left to do is to make it hopefully i will have some pics around in 2 weeks time..

thanks for the help mattia and mg

wow didnt know some meranti was that bad.. i was only really told that it would sound like crap... the piece i have came from a saw mill that "supplies fender" (dunno if that is true or not just what i was told) and it was already in the rough shape of a acoustic neck blank and anyways im pretty sure it should hold up with a laminate..

thanks for the info on the dual actions.. i generally assumed that it was something along the lines of that.

anyways ill do the metal reinforcement plates, however i may not inlay them into the back of the headstock as there is alot of possibility for error there, considering i have never inlayed something before. im not really worried about how that will look considering its on the back of the headstock anyways.

Would you recommend carbon rods for support since it is going to be a 12 string??

ahh headstock overlay... yeah i know what your talking about.. hmm i may consider that as it looks insane when its done nicely

i will do the body end truss rod... that shouldnt be a problem with my design and it will let me make a nice cover for it..

I might just put the string through holes next to each tuner if putting them in a semi circle is going to create problems

I'd probably move it up just a touch, and seriously consider using a body-end adjusting truss rod. And you are going to have a volute and a scarf joint there, right? Because, as it stands, a head-access truss rod neck has a weak spot just where you're planning on drilling holes. Probably inconsequential little holes, but still, not the greatest of places. You'll want a plat for the ball ends to bear on as well.

im a retard when it comes to trussrods as i havent read many things about them... but ive got a dual action and a jap box style.. which one do you think would be best for a body end adjusting rod?? i know how to mount the jap box style but how do you secure the dual action? as there is no anchors on them and nowhere to silicone it to the neck. and do you need a fillet for a dual action??

actually making it a body end ajusting truss rod would kind of suite the guitar i want to make anyways so thats a plus

Yes it will have a volute and scarf..

So how would you go about making a plate for the ball ends to sit on??

when you say plate i am thinking just a slab of 3 or 4 mm thick steel shaped kind of like a single coil pup inlayed into the back of the neck then screwed in for security... how about that??

i was just thinking about using ferrules but maybe i cant??... not sure right now..

Yeah i can move the holes up a bit not a problem..

reinforce the headstock with a plate like Gibson does--do it on both sides if you like.

?? never heard or seen that before... any pics?

well atleast you think it can be done so i will definitally be trying it as the wood is in no short supply.

ill hopefully have some good pics of my progress in the next week and i will make a topic in the progress section...

**some specs**

body - pine (LOL) but theres nothing wrong with pine... i dont mind if it sounds like a cheap squier or something - dyed blue then black..

top - birdseye veneer - dyed blue then diluted black hopefully to make the grain quite visible.

neck - meranti (fijian mahogany) headstock will have a decent size volute aswell... also a cocobolo laminate which will go into the headstock.

zemaitis/ heritage - les paul body shape

havent decided on the freatboard yet..

recessed gotoh tom bridge charvel style.

3 single coils with ebony pickup rings with a mop laminate down the centre...

wood cavity covers - maybe cocobolo or whatever i can get my hands on that looks good.

Hi guys... ive been going through alot of different ideas for the guitar i am building in my workshop class, which is coming along quite great right now...

one of my ideas was to have a headstock with 6 tuners - 2 of which would be installed the usual way with the button coming out the side and 4 of which would be installed like a classical guitar and mounted on the side of the headstock. However i really want to make something crazy and i love 12 strings so i had this idea that i would have 6 string through holes drilled on an angle of maybe 45 degrees in the headstock in a semi circle around the truss rod cover.

Picture below...

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WOULD this work without weakening the headstock....??????????????????

I also have a crazy idea on how to mount the tuners in the middle of the body which i know will work so i wont say..

that is one dead sexy pickguard you have yourself....

seriously your design looks great, but that one with the city takes the cake for me.. with a black mirror pg and that paint job you would have yourself a stunning guitar imo.

anyways hope whatever design you choose it turns out good.

That guitar makes me feel like I'm on acid.

Nice.

LOL +1

Teisco - your avatar......

my god... nice job.. i like what you have done to cover up the heel...

enter this one into gotm... or....else...i...will..... lol

That looks cool... reminds me of the sun somehow.

lol, funny you say that... i kinda thought that too.... maybe its because of the semi bright picture and the colouration of the wood..

jay66 - that guitar is dead sexy... very nice work

my god.... this is going to be a nice tele... the headstock looks great aswell..

cant wait to see some more pics..

if you are looking for awesome flexability and something not too big go try out the vox valvetronix series...

ive got the ad15vt - 15 watt version - ive been able to get every tone ive wanted so far.. i love it... but then again ive only been playing for 2 years soo.... i dont really have all that much expierence with amps...

best of luck with your search

there is two types of bits you can use to cut the body to the template.

1 - bit with bearing on top of cutter for use with a router in a table (flush trim bit)

2 - bit with bearing in between shank and cutter for use with a hand held router(pattern following bit)

Looking good algee... those templates look better than my tele lol... prolly play better too..

danm.... sooo fortunate

Speed Control

I use this - works great.

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..thanks for the link ive been looking for a good (quality) one of those for a while..

Here is a chart with the suggested maximum speeds for bit diameter..

1" 24,000 RPM

1.25 to 2" 18,000 RPM

2.25 to 2.5" 16,000 RPM

3 to 3.5" 12,000 RPM

hope that helps.

The Flame is perfect Imo

danm... i love all 3 but my heart goes to the viper, it just looks soooo classy to me

very very nice....

that is looking great..... never thought a special neck would go to such good use..

will be looking out for more pics.

I do think that a solid color would look good such as a gold top

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+1 love the gold tops, it does almost every guitar good.. as long as it is done right...

Very nice work so far glad to see some progress...