ShatnersBassoon

Sounds roughly what I’m aiming for. I was tempted to get the 81/85 set but was hesitant on account of worries about them being a bit of a one trick pony and having a slightly clinical sound.

So, Im building a headless at the moment and wanted something that was capable of very modern progressive tones but with a hint of the vintage thrown in. Spurred on by sound clips and extensive research I have *gasp went the active route and bought a very competitively priced set of EMG 57/66 's. I understand it to be a typically highly defined active but with a hint of the PAF sonic palette thrown in. Looking forward to fitting them! Anyone here got any experience of these?

Yes all of them are awesome in their own way!

Amazing entries this month. All of them. I thought nothing could come come close to the Scroll and Burl guitar but that Warrior guitar is mightily impressive too.

It’s classily done, so a glass of red

Beautiful work of art. It makes me want to play guitar, build guitars....and I kind of want to eat it...having a strange craving for seafood all of a sudden

Thanks for all of the advice! Maybe I won’t level the zero fret along with the others, that would create a tiny bit of clearance

Rasps seconded, but I’ve also found that a spindle sander helps to get rid of some of the scratchy remanants.

Hmm, I think I may well just make it the same height https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/String_Nut_or_Zero_Fret “There’s some talk of a zero fret needing to be higher than the others, but that just doesn’t make any sense. If the following fret would need to be higher than the previous one, our fretboard would look like a set of stairs.”

Hmm...I’m getting conflicting information online about this...does the zero fret have to be slightly higher than the rest of the frets or is it ok at a level height with the rest of the frets (ie same gauge/size)? If so about how much higher? I’m talking about for a regular electric, not bass. Any help greatly appreciated!

Congratulations on the thoroughly inventive and impressive guitar of the month sir! Coincidentally my next build is a headless and I actually bought what looks like the same bridge from China, (except a 6 string one) last week! Hoping that it all works nicely, how is the quality of it?

Thanks for your thoughts I do find a huge satisfaction in the sense that it often feels like a triumph over adversity "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph".

Yeah, not very impressive without strings. How did you forget those? Sheesh

This is an absolutely stunning work of art. Breath taking even. It would certainly inspire me to shut up and play!

Apologies if this in the wrong subsection! Many reasons for me…. Theres a tendency to slip in to a mindset whereby things just stay ‘as is’. When it comes to guitar building I kind of like to spend ridiculous amounts of money on materials because there becomes a responsibility to kick ones ass in to gear so to speak. Is it plain sailing hell no! The learning curve is frustrating as hell and Ive often wanted to throw entire guitars in the bin. However, I’ve learnt…never give up! It’s so unbelievably rewarding and the result of your creations…all of the unique nuances that result from an individuals working process mean that the result becomes a part of you in the same way as writing music, or creating a beautiful painting. It may take one guitar, it may take 10 guitars, but Jimi Hendrix…how long did it take for him to find his unique voice (in the same way as us builders) was he amazing from day one? Hell no! The dude slept with his guitar! Another thing I love is challenging ‘rules’. Cant use pine? Hell why not! It’s liberating to free oneself from these shackles. Anyway, all rambling food for thought hopefully.

Good point! You are both totally right. Was partly an act of frustration really.

Unfortunately the wood has split and also the router slipped, causing quite a gouge. In the bin now unfortunately. These things happen. Thanks again anyway!

Thanks for the advice! I did think about the router and double sided tape idea, but wasn’t sure about accuracy. I will give it a go today, maybe try both a router and straight edge with sandpaper

I have a ziricote fretboard blank (no fret slots) that is thicker on one end, it gradually gets 1mm thicker. Anyone have any ideas on the best way to remedy this? I don’t have a planer/thicknesser unfortunately! Its flat on the bottom (gluing area) but the top is rather skewed. Cheers for any help

This build is so stylish! Ever so slight Ricky vibe I’m getting, but it definitely has a unique look to it. Anyway lovely work!

Cheers man. Yes, looks like that may be a goer. Also mentioned the old Peavey Rage to my brother as I remember really liking it all those years back.

I just can’t make my mind up on a nice little practice amp to go with it. Something fun with effects, that doesn’t break the bank and doesn’t sound harsh I guess. Hmm

Congratulations! Beautiful guitar and I dig the inlay! I got some ziricote myself recently.

My first foray in to Guitars of The Month! I remain humbled at the sheer artistry on display from all the usual members, here is my contribution. This is my 4th build, built in my shed in the back garden. It’s kind of a modern take on the Fender Esquire style that I have built for my nephew Louis. I hope it lives through many happy memories! The Norway Maple I purchased initially weighed a tonne, so a lot of planing on the router was necessary in order to bring the body thickness down from 45mm to 32mm. At I think I got it down to a reasonable weight. A few things I noticed during the build, one big thing was that I am now a definite fan of those old style split post tuners! They hold tuning so well and I just think they are a really nice design. The EVO gold fret wire surprised me as I thought that the hardness of it would present some real challenges, however it really wasn’t too bad to use. I think it looks great too, will no doubt use again. One thing to bare in mind about Norway Maple…it really doesn’t like power tools a huge deal, what I mean by that is that it burns/scorches really easily! In fact it came to me part scorched where it had been cut to size. I’m not sure if this is something particularly common when it comes to this species… Im not sure of the precise brand of the pickup but it has a very cool distinctive sound that is hard to pinpoint in terms of comparison and it handles volume a lot better than my other builds. Ever played a left handed guitar? Not easy haha! However I believe I have given it a more than adequate test run. Anyway here are the specs- Louiscaster Left handed Set neck 25.5 scale length Body wood- Norway maple Neck and fingerboard wood- Flamed maple Back plate wood- Walnut Finish- Tru oil Fretboard radius - 9.5 Graphite nut Split post Wilkinson WJ55 Tuners Pickup- Alnico 5 Hot Rail P45 from CHGuitars Spoke wheel dual type truss rod Jescar EVO gold Fretwire - Medium Here it is!

Figured the problem out. Was an earth issue, should have been on to the pot itself.