mistermikev

1 minute ago, ScottR said:

Yes.

They do.

SR

ty for agreeing!

Just now, ScottR said:

The video gelled while I was posting in my build.

It's killer! I wish I could play like that. The Tux looks amazing too.

You need to try my P-90 strat middle  P-90 combination, You'll love it!

SR

right on.  I bet that sounds great.  In this case the seymour doesn't quite hum cancel perfect with the p90... i guess the p90 is just such a big footprint.  Could be improved there but they sound great together. 

Couldn't agree more with both above.  PGOTM has been overflowing with great builds lately and I have actually been sort of scoring entries based on: 1 pt for looks/shock factor, 1 pt for "heart", 1pt for newbie here on the forum, 1 pt for build quality.  Unfortunately we have several newcomers who all scored a 4/4... so I had a really hard time voting.  I feel like I should apologize to anyone I didn't vote for - I actually feel guilty!

Nice job guys - take a bow!

Just now, ScottR said:

Dammmmit boy!

That is flippin gorgeous. And a tele bridge plus a P-90 neck pickup....It don't get any better than that. I expect the sound to be amazing but the video icon is still spinning.....so I just don't know..

Maybe tomorrow. If you are still awake...

Cheers and brilliant!

And now I can here it,,,

That is pretty much my favorite pickup combination. What brand are they?3SR

for some reason my response disappeared... perhaps I hadn't posted it thoroughly... in case it ends up here twice: I'm be short...

Thank you ScottR - that means a lot to me and you've been a great help on many builds so... you get 3% of my cudos right off the top. 

P90 - I have them in another guitar... but I abso love this setup.  Should have tried it sooner.  You'll hear it in the video but the bridge is seymour vintage strack and the p90 is bootstrap squeaky clean.  There will be many more P90s in my future.  With the hollow body contributing a little bit... it reminds me a lot of a 335 but not quite as huge sounding.  It is a nice pair.  Love to hear your thoughts on the video... it was up for me when I clicked on it.

here's the link just in case: demo

Just now, JouniK said:

Finally got sound out of this thing after little bit of struggle and troubleshooting with electronics...yeah it is a mess down there. Difference with normal pickups Fishman Fluences have 3 wires / pickup more to control the different voices and coil splits. To my surprise I got the wiring diagram correct the first time which I am pleased. Thanks @mistermikev for helping discussion on this. This was also the first time for me to execute and plan a whole wiring scheme.

The first plug-in was not successful. No sound what so ever. After troubleshooting with multimeter the reason was poorly clamped dupont connector on the battery wire. I settle upon using dupont connectors to help changes in the future if I want to change the wiring regarding the pickup voice select and switch positions.

Here are some pickup after all the setup done. String action set (Truss rod, nut filed, bridge saddle height) and intonated. Still some work to be made. Control cavity plate needs some work and a truss rod cover to be made. A waterslide logo etc. design etc.

 

awe shucks... glad I could help.

On 3/8/2020 at 10:54 AM, JouniK said:

Today painted pickup and control cavity with graphite shielding paint. Sealed the the control cavity shielding with spray varnish only leaving the recess, potentiometer/input jack washer and switch area raw.

Made neck shim to correct slight angle deviance. About 0,6mm thick maple veneer was enough to correct it. Sanded the slope.. As this was only I had to do, filing the neck pocket was a bit too risky. Painted the exposed side of shim with black permanent marker to not show so obviously against black body..

 

Bridge placement measurements and drilling pilot holes for it. At first Aligning the bridge with threads I found that when tightening the neck it tend to go slightly off the center line. This threw off the pickup alignment. I was about to freak out. Found out that I had to slightly hold the neck in place hugging the longer side of the neck pocket when tightening the neck bolts. Thankfully this was solved so easily. Center line was now only about 1mm off. I can live with this. Atleast the neck and bridge are aligned and pickups are blades so no hassle about aligning the pole pieces

looks like a sunrise.  nice finish.

nicely done.  has some lovely pinks and purples.

Roger that.  glad to help.  look fwd to seeing yer build!

Just now, argytar said:

I ordered the steinberger tuners which are supposed to be lighter so as to avoid neck dive. The positioning of the B5 will help too I believe.

right on.  amazing how fast the pickups and bridge add up. 

Just now, argytar said:

The special is a Korina one-piece build with a Madagascar rosewood board. The sustain is insane and it also pops like a strat on steroids! That came out pretty light too like 3.25 kilos! I expect the firebird to be 2.7 Kilos WITH the B5 Bigsby!

that would be very light for that body style.  def will be watching.

Just now, argytar said:

This one is an old piece of Obeche or Ayouz very light and dry. Very soft too I would say it is something between basswood and Korina when you work on it.

very light - that sounds ideal for a firebird.  cool beans.  look fwd to seeing her come together.  that special anbove is v nice.

Just now, argytar said:

Thank you so much!! It s coming out pretty light too, makes me want to try something similar with Korina next time.

What I especially like is the fact that if you tap it, it vibrates as a whole so I am guessing the sustain will be cool. We will see!!

what kind of wood did you use?

roger that.  nice looking bass. 

I just measured.  I see 31 7/8" on the nuts for low e and 32 1/32 for g string.  I'm using fender nylon tapewound on this bass which are a hair thicker than normal strings due to the nylon.

very nice looking guitar.  1 piece is pretty cool and has it's own set of challenges - you are overcoming them well.  cudos.

1 hour ago, MiKro said:

I know the pictures suck. LOL!!

Doing as well as expected Mike, thanks for asking we are staying out of trouble and away from others.

mk

tis all one can do!

21 hours ago, MiKro said:

As life has changed everyone lately, I managed to get in the shop today and remove the back of the CTH acoustic hybrid. I now only have to make a temp back that will be held on by 20 screws so I have the ability to remove it and test processes to improve bass response.

I will be using a calibrated mic and TrueRTA analyzer software combined with my oscilloscope to produce (hopefully) the best response for this body volume and size.

I know the pictures suck. LOL!!

Thanks

MK

if feel drunk.  also, like the labor intense approach to getting it right: good for you.

hope you are taking care of yourself (better than I am anyway!)

answer is: "mike v"?

fortunately for you you are in the 'golden age' of cheap guitars.  $400 can get you something great.  I would advise that you consider buying off of craigslist as if you end up selling it later you'll recoup more of your money.  perhaps a used epiphone or fender.  If buying new... the fender vintage modern series holds value well and is under $400.  good luck.

best bet is to use a graphic editor... I like photoshop.  take a straight on pic of one and use fret2dfind to put down a reference fretboard then just scale it up until it matches the fretboard.  then use the pen tool to trace it.  other than that... you'd have to buy one afa I know.

On 3/25/2020 at 10:51 AM, komodo said:

Refined the inlay some more, it's more inline with a Cthulhu vs an octopus. Similar to the one in my avatar. I need to scale it down a little I think, but it's getting close. There are still some rough bits where I was connecting the center design with the extended tentacles. ignore it for now. This certainly isn't getting any easier to pull off LMAO. I'm trying not to think about that part too much.

EDIT - even further tweaks, getting the tentacles to flow better

 

perhaps didn't notice this before... but love the creativity here.  the little tentacle loops as fret markers.  brilliant. 

new design looks great.  is that olive or tamo ash?  on my 'someday' list for sure.  beauty against the turquoise. 

afa strap button... as mentioned it's better to be closer to the 12... but it also makes more/less difference depending on how heavy your headstock is.  lighter tuners and a smaller headstock make a big difference.  in your case the hollow cutout in the onk might work to your benefit.  then again you've got a fair amount of body real estate so it may not matter.

I have a hamer steve stevens that has very small horns and the strap is not far fwd... but 1.75" of mahog and a floyd rose trem ensure zero neck dive!

afa straight slot... I built a simple little jig for doing this.  I just used premium pre-cut stock from home depot since it tends to be straight... and built a little platform with two legs.  I used shims between the platform to keep the fretboard level to the platform.  I clamp the neck to it  then just a 1/8" straight bit that follows the edge like a template.  probably other/better ways but it was easy and worked great for me.

the trick with bass strings is they have wrapping that needs to be beyond the nut.  Sometimes the string even gets thinner right there and/or at the bridge.  I've got a 32" scale p bass and certains string brands have to be avoided as the wrap ends up too long, and is right at the nut.  Just thought I'd mention because it is not something I considered when building a short scale.  They do make short scale strings... fyi.

afa grounding... idk if that's going to work great as threads may not make great contact.  esp if you screw them in more than 1 time.  I spose you could always drip some conductive paint down in there if that happens.  that said... can't help but wonder what ya got against the ole 'drill at an angle to meet the control cavity and use a wire' method?

Anywho, I could measure on my shortscale if you like but generally 32 1/8" on the low e and 29 15/16" on the high e.

that body sounds amazing... almost like it has chorus, reverb and delay coming right out of it (hehe).  seriously that is a lovely sounding guitar, some lovely playing, and an amazing job recording it. 

also, updating this thread made me look at that bass again and for that I thank you.  osmo polyx - must do!

that's a noice looking sg there.  yew'l have a gotm for sure (see what I did there?)  seriously tho... I bet that would look really nice, sort of in the korina vein, but more prettier.  (prettier is a word)

5 minutes ago, Lumberjack said:

It has some adhesive on the backside of the logo, so after level sanding the base clear coats I stuck it on and then sealed it in a few top coats of lacquer.  Its pretty thin, but not nearly as thin as a decal, so even after 3 or so coats of lacquer you can definitely still see and feel it's raised from the rest of the finish.  I had planned on that, as I had a Martin acoustic and a Schecter with similar metal logos on the headstock and I liked those.  

right on.  cool stuff for sure.