YDoesGodMockMeSo

that is some nice work man.

Can we see the inside, how you mounted the vamp and power amps?

Now that its Spring Break..and my neck is FINALLY nearing completion... i need to start finishing up the 2 bodies I've done.

A few questions:

Brian, in a thread about direct mounting EMGS you said

How's about taking a trip down to the local ACE Hardware or some other that carries a full line of fastener's and grabbing a couple of extra nut's with the same thread along with some copper tubing a little smaller in diameter that the outside but bigger than the screw size.

Drill a shallow hole the size of the copper tubing where the mounting screws should go into the body, solder or epoxy a nut to one end of the tubing then epoxy it into the body at the other end in the hole you just drilled. Repeat for the other side......

That way you have the anchors built into the body so you can adjust the pickup higth and also use the original machined screws,,,,,,

Just a thought 

Can you maybe explain this a lil better? Or maybe add some diagrams?

I remember in another thread someone asked about ferrules for neck mounting screws, are these totally necessary? Anyone have a source for ferrules, that isn't stewmac expensive . Also, how would I calculate good length screws to go thru the neck pocket and neck, but not fretboard. I guess just body thickness + neck thickness? What does everyone else generally use?

Does anyone have any extra mounting screws for EMGs humbuckers. I lost one.

Also, the sleeve thingy for floyds. You know the sleeve that the pivot screw screws into. I don't know if I wanna pull out the ones in my jackson just yet. (Assuming everything goes to crap...i'm just gonna put everything back on my jackson).

Thanks

^...

you'd think ..i woulda thought of that .

Great idea. If its not too late, I'll see if I can get that.

Thanks

How 'bout using a headstock overlay? What's your top wood? There's usually enough scrap left over to overlay the headstock.

no top.

Curtis..theres 3 slightly different variations of it. Look closely.

Anyway. I've decided to just stick w/ the original.

See One is what its supposed to be.

Its that lil bit of maple that looks wierd.

My neck builder got a lil over zealous with the Bubigina strip .

*sigh* i dunno what i want

3+3

One:

Two:

Three:

Only if you play it more like a guitar then a Bass

billy freakin' sheenan

nice yob there on the routing,

however, how are you gonna screw on the cavity covers? you didnt leave any wood to mount them on...

Are you glueing those parts in?

JP

at the time of the pics i hadn't routed at all for the cavity covers. Just the cavities themselves.

about the neck; i'm gonna wait til i get the neck before i decide what needs to be done with it.

about the pics; my sis took my digital camera for a while

Impressive craftmanship but to me the guitar looks still ugly. It's just not my taste at all.

thats what i was gonna say.

I respect what he did. And the talent behind it....but...

WHY?

YDoesGodMockMeSo,

Looks good so far. I used the JPM from the download section (other than the handle, I don't see much diffence between the JPM and the JEM, except for maybe the JEM has a deeper cutaway maybe) to make the body below. As far as suggestions, just do what you want with the routes, it is your guitar.

lovekraft,

When you have used the CA to fill, have you ever had any problems with staining or tung oiling? Does the glue create "gaps" or "streaks" from not taking the stain or oil?

its the # of pickups + control layout that makes a the JPM *NOT* a jem.

CA?

I was planning on getting some veneer and dyeing the top..so the top doesn't matter TOOO much.

But the fissures on the back do...

you kinda need to do like

http://home.rgv.rr.com/kingv1474/100_FUJI/.../3/DSCF0001.JPG

see how the rout area goes beyond the trempost are (though i haven't done that yet)

very clean routes my man! nice job!!!!!! Is it just me or is everyone doing a jem now! dont know how to help ya though.

not a jem.

JPM-esque.

http://home.rgv.rr.com/kingv1474/100_FUJI/3/

Has the pictures.

#2, 3, 5, 7 show some fissures that have crept up on me...

Any ideas? I read in a Stewmac tutorial that that kinda crap is normal for alder?

What am I supposed to do?

Should I go deeper w/ the cutways near the neck pocket?

Any opinions? Words of hatred? Encouragement?

Oh..i damped the wood down to bring out the fibers that are loose and what not.

Hence the wet appearnce in some pics, and dry in others >

Bought me a new drill thats not cordless.

I had a battery powered Black'n'Decker that would crap out after like 20minutes of hardcore use (like using the woodchuck).

Ryobi 3/8" Variable Speed Drill/Driver

http://www.ryobitools.com/product/product....cat=2&toolcat=1

And a sanding disc kit (the drill attachment and some sheets) + 40grit sheets.

I did the arm rest and body contours tonite. The sanding disc = AWESOME Takes of a lot of wood..fast. I had a nice lil dust pile built up.

I just have to clean it up by hand, I guess. But it did a lot of the work...so..thats awesome.

Electronics:

Soldering Iron

Solder

Solder remover (braid or sucker thingy)

Multimeter

Wire

Wire stripper

Shielding stuff, (that conductive paint is the best thing)

Hardware setup:

Allen wrenches

Screwdrivers

String winder

Fret stuff:

No clue really.

I guess those fret sanding thingys.

The crowning stuff.

Assorted rags/cloths/polishes/cleaners..

Well, what you mean "it's already kinda thin"? (worries even more)

oh

i'm worrying because I commissioned Derek to build MY neck.

*whew*

*worries*

Anyone know how I should do the arm rest and contours?

I'm thinking just using my router and shaving it off?

Mainly because I dont wanna get a sander

But if I should get a sander,..what kind?

Belt? sanding disc for a drill?

I'm gonna wait til i get the neck, before i start messing more w/ the pocket.

*HINT HINT*

and I went w/ a small drum sanding attatchment and sanding that crap down (the trem area) and added some ...cutaway thingys on the upper and lower horn, like on Jackson Dinkys.

Like

there are no mistakes, just happy accidents

The hole in the pickup route isnt a biggie. If it'll make ya feel better, use it for channeling the wires.

thats precisely what i did

oh ...mmm for single coils...

i wouldn't know

i'm sure theres some around here somewhere.

or at guitarbuild.com

in CAD form.