Woltz

So I finished up the other part of the tailpiece.

Having now made the two parts I know that they are looking ok and I'll mock everything up again when I make the working templates out of thicker MDF.  

I'll probably remake them both for the actual guitar as there are a couple of errors.  I put too small of a radius on the curve of the retaining bracket which means the harp is not moving freely enough when the two pieces are together and I had a few holes that wandered a bit from centre when they were drilled (that'll teach me for being lazy and not using a centre punch before drilling).

It's been a while since I've posted because I've been occupied with other life stuff but I got a chance to get back into some guitar stuff and start making the tailpiece.

I made a slight edit to the bobbin design.

Printed

Assembled

Checking the layout and fit of pieces before making the harp and finishing the templates.

Here's an update on the few things I've done so far. 

As I couldn't find any plans floating around the internet I drew my own in Illustrator.  I've printed these and will start making templates in the next couple of weeks.

I was able to get a couple of replica toaster covers off eBay.  

I picked up one of the Allparts Rick Style Bridges which I'll make new aluminium saddles for to suit the 12 string.

I sourced some Alnico 2 1/4" Rod Magnets for the pickups.

And I drew the toaster bobbin parts in Illustrator as well.

Fortunately I actually know a guy with a 3D printer, so I drew the bobbin parts in Fusion 360 and sent him the file for him to do a test print.

I need to make some adjustments and then we will print another test bobbin.

I'm only just getting into pickup winding and recently put together a budget pickup winder.

Hi all,

I've been lurking in the background and marvelling at all of the builds that people are doing. 

I'm in the home stretch my first build which is this double f hole thinline t type.  Just needs sanding and finishing.

So I thought I'd start a thread here for my next build which is going to be a Rickenbacker 330/12 String but the neck width will be the same as the 660/12 neck.  I'm looking forward to learning from everyone on here.