Hey guys, it’s been a while! Finally got some time for another build. Vaguely 1980’s inspired, I just needed something slightly less figured and stabby to play with my friends (classic rock and 1980s/1990s covers, my usual pointy quilted maple schtick doesn’t match the vibe).
Specs:
- 24 ss frets, 25.5” scale bolt on.
- Alder body, baked maple neck, bound ebony board with plain dots.
- Gotoh Floyd (1996T), Hipshot tuners, DiMarzio Rainmaker/Dreamcatcher humbuckers.
- Solid color painted body, matte baby blue/daphne, natural matte neck.
-White pickguard, all hardware black.
- 1 volume, 3-way toggle, that’s it
I haven’t been too thoughtful/deliberate about pictures, just sorta snapping random stuff so here goes.
First time doing a multi-piece body blank actually. I almost never use opaque paint so I never had a reason/excuse to do multi-piece bodies, but I kinda wanted to try it.
My extremely professional joining method.
Band sawed out.
Shaped up.
It’s been at least 12 years since I routed for a Floyd, let’s just say I’m glad I’ll be painting this body and get to use primer and a few coats of opaque paint to cover everything up!
This is about where it stands, very similar to my usual shape but I plan on continuing to soften up the points and edges a bit. Not exactly a classic look I guess, but at least SOMEwhat less pokey.
I’ve been doing faux binding on bodies and wooden binding on necks for a long while, never used this plastic stuff before actually. What a pain! So much more annoying to work with than wooden binding, or maybe it’s just that I’m not used to it. Couldn't rig up a decent clamping situation so I ended up using rubber bands and bleeding CA glue in. Worked fine but come on…. How do you guys do the plastic stuff? Do you heat it up? Any tips?