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  2. Second Project Started!

    in In Progress and Finished Work

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    I do all my work in CAD first of all. Your headstock looked like you'd worked out the string pull properly, so I kind of guessed you did it in CAD first! I think you could have quite easily made this build a set neck, but without a neck pickup, the tenon would show of course. With the 27" scale, are you popping a full 24 frets on?

    Mine is going to be a six-string still so I can always go back to using the "standard" neck. Just an extension of the scale length with an identical headstock to increase tension slightly on open C tuning. Whilst i'm at it, I may cut an EXP template from the body as a good friend in Arkansas is wanting me to build him one.

    Ett bra jobb!

    Yeah I really took the time to get the string pull straight, and it turned out nice. It's a bit small though, the headstock is shorter than the headstock on my mom's acoustic six-string, and I have seven tuners :D I don't consider myself experienced enough to tackle a set neck, so I didn't want to take the risk. I will try neck-through on my next project though, or maybe set neck, can't decide. Yes, it will have 24 frets.

    Okay nice! Post pics when you've started working, sounds really interesting! Haha so you know a little Swedish? :D

    Just out of curiosity, what CAD program do you use. I use Solid Works at school, but have no idea how to model a guitar in it. Especially the neck/heel and carved top would seem extremely diffucult to me.

    Cheers

    I use BricsCAD. Far, Far from the level of AutoCAD, but it works for me as I don't really draw a lot anymore.

    CAD is generally 2D work so you wouldn't model a carved top with it. I've never used Solidworks myself - I used TurboCAD which is cheap enough to buy.

    Please take it to a new thread unless it's directly related to discussing this build Dirge. Thx.

    Solid Works can be used as a 2D program as well, but I think the complexity of Solid Works is too much. 2D software is generally easier to work with

  4. Second Project Started!

    in In Progress and Finished Work

    Posted · Edited by Bygde

    Great work! I'm considering building an extended scale neck for my black LTD EXP-200 although i'll probably go for either 27.5" or 26.73" (30" minus first two frets). I like the modified KL headstock - it suits the seven nicely! I see you've marked in a volute already....can't wait to see this one develop. Are you sticking with just the one pickup?

    Thanks! Will be a seven- or a six-stringer? Yeah I think the headstock turned out pretty good, but I ran into a problem. The guys who supplied me with the hardware sent the tuners in 3+4 when I requested 4+3. I didn't think it was necessery to complain though, so I just reversed the headstock.

    Haha no volute B) Just the way I'm going to carve the thing :D I don't think that there is enough material for a volute, otherwise I would have tried. Regarding the pickup; yes, I will only use one. I rarely use the neck pup anyways, so why bother? I have another 7-string guitar planned in CAD which will be more versatile, with a doublelocking trem and a neck pickup as well.

    I've actually got a little more done. The top is sanded down, a hair from final thickness, and the bridge is drilled, and the ferrules at the back as well. Will be posting pics when I've rounded the edges, and gotten more work done around the electronics cavity. Also I need to fill in the neckpocket a bit as well, since it was a little bigger gap than I wanted. But with an opaque black over it, one wouldn't be able to tell it was ever routed too big :D

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