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  1. nakedzen
    I guess I'll give this a try next. Been slowly working on it. Nothing expensive or fancy. I'll wind the pickups myself, not sure what kind. Probably not the Fender original style. Pine body, flamed birch veneer top. Maple neck, padauk board. Tape and ca to stick the veneer onto mdf so it won't shift when I glue it on.
  2. nakedzen
    Sweet! Just a thought, I'm sure you're well aware but anyone using the guitar should be reminded of the carbon monoxide danger from using the motor indoors.
  3. nakedzen
    Very nice jig. I just clamp them like a caveman.
  4. nakedzen
    Random noodles
  5. nakedzen
    Built in noise gate? Take the guts out of an ISP Decimator etc.
  6. nakedzen
    Thanks guys! This was the first fretboard I sawed the slots myself so I was kind of worried how the intonation would end up. Thankfully it's the best intonated guitar I've built so far, every fret is spot on. Also the best playing guitar, action is crazy low, and best tuning stable too. So very happy how it ended up. I'll try to make some kind of youtube clip later.
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    I wonder if you even need a pick for this, since the vibrations from the motor could be enough for the strings? Which in a crazy way would be very cool.
  8. nakedzen
    Done! (For now). Maybe I'll route a recess for the back covers sometime, but now I'm having too much fun with this to strip the hardware. Back to playing!
  9. nakedzen
    Some setup work. No high frets for once! The nut needs a shim, but at least it plays with a capo on the first fret.
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    I was more than a bit suspicious as well. I bought the sample jar that was 15 euros. It was enough for this guitar, with some left over, enough for a fretboard or neck I think. But it worked great. I think it's more like a hardening wax than oil, it doesn't have any thinners etc. in it. Smells like lemon oil too which is a nice plus. That's how much there's left after the whole guitar is done.
  11. nakedzen
    Odie's oil became my new favorite. We'll see how well that surface lasts against scratches. But can't beat 1 hour to get it done from start to finish. Mix well, rub on with a mirlon pad, sit for an hour, buff all off with a towel. Done and done. Gave great color to the padauk. Top was sanded to 1200 grit, everything else to 320.
  12. nakedzen
    I'll need to steal that sharpie "trick". Damn good looking work!
  13. nakedzen
    Top sanded to 800 grit, back and neck to 320. Next up Odie's oil, never used it before but should be pretty easy. Spread a small spoonful with a 1500 grit mirlon pad, let dry for an hour, then buff all off with a towel. Edit: More scratches I see. Have to remove those too.
  14. nakedzen
    Similar one from Amana Tool: https://www.amazon.com/Amana-45460-S-Clean-Out-Bearing-Diameter/dp/B000637UOU
  15. nakedzen
    It says 46/910X/4TC on the shaft. Here's the bit on amazon but it's out of stock. @henrim https://www.amazon.de/-/en/46-910X1-4TC-Trend/dp/B0052XQPUE
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    I can check the exact model later. It reads on the shank.
  17. nakedzen
    Thanks! It's some Trend branded bit, can't find where I got it from.
  18. nakedzen
    Pickup and control cavity too
  19. nakedzen
    Thanks for the tip Henri! I've tried the 18V "mod", wasn't very impressed with the results, went back to 9V. You get a slightly extended low end and somewhat less compression. Pretty small difference, and not to a direction I liked.
  20. nakedzen
    FR routing done. Stewmac templates really made this easy. And the low profile pattern bit.
  21. nakedzen
    Got the LM4250, maybe it's placebo but I think it sounds a bit more emg-like now. Swapped the resistor values and the ceramic cap to an electrolytic one on C2. R4/R3 = 6.8 so not over the top, Vout = R4/R3 (Vin1 - Vin2) .
  22. nakedzen
    Nicely done! I don't think I've seen a set through neck done here before. In fact, there aren't that many manufacturers apart from ESP that do those either.
  23. nakedzen
    Success finally with the circuit, I was missing the pickup side connections. With the red and green from your usual 4c cable to ground/common it now works quietly even from a breadboard. Now I'll need to mess around with the resistor values, I didn't have that low values at hand that the schem asks for. Probably getting not so optimal voltage than the ic needs.
  24. nakedzen
    Great post, most of that is familiar already to me. But it didn't answer my question, I don't see where this "booster circuit" comes from in the first circuit compared to the other three? Maybe I've overlooked something, but to me they look like basically the same thing?
  25. nakedzen
    Here's a basic differential amp circuit from the LM4250 spec sheet
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