angry_jeremy

westhemann,

I think saw a pic of your little setup and that's what inspired me to look for cheaper alternatives.

Another question came to mind the other night while puttering away in the shop...I want to do a 45 degree bevel around the top edge of the v but I'm worried about blasting a chunk off at the points cause they're quite sharp. I want the sharp points but don't wanna screw it up with the router.

Yeah, I checked that out but was wondering if there was a less expensive way with shipping and exchange and such

The piece is pretty close to quarter-sawn actually. It came from the same board as the body pieces. I wonder if it would be easier to sandwhich some harder wood (the same width as a trussrod) instead of trying to rout the right width. I'm still working on making a straight channel without a fence and a round-ish router base...

How do people cut their frets? Use a mitre box and saw? A saw with a depth guide? Just a chunk of wood to keep the saw in alignment? Man, the questions just keep rollin...

yeah, it was a little wordy

Another thing, my neck wood is mahoghany and pretty close to quarter-sawn. Do I need to rip it and flip the middle section? Someone was going on about that I think. I would think that the original piece of wood would be the best option.

Howdy,

I've got 2 projects on the go at the moment and some questions have come up from reading various posts as of late. Here's basic descriptions of both:

1)PRS McCarty wanna-be: Carved top solid mahoghany body, set mahoghany neck, rosewood fingerboard, 25" scale, 3/side locking grover tuners, either 2-piece tune-o-matic or one-piece bridge (consistent with original). Questions: My wood for making the neck is thick enough to cut out the angle in the headstock, would it be better to make a joint for the angle or just cut 'er out? Should I use a volute (i think that's what they're called, the wonky thing opposite the nut)? Should the stump of the neck extend into the neck pickup cavity under the pickup? Should I angle the neck pocket or the neck stump itself?

2)Jackson Randy Roads V wanna-be (not intended, but had a case of the stupids when I went to buy the wood for the McCarty and only bought a 2' length when I needed 3', curse and swear. Besides being sweet, the V is the only shape I could think of that would fit on the board I had. An unexpected turn of events, but not unwelcomed ): Mostly the same questions as above I guess pertaining to neck stuff 'cause I've never made one before. I think I might make it just a bridge pickup metal monster! In this case how would I hide the neck joint? Under the fingerboard?

Anyways, I've got some (crappy) pics at home that I'll post soon. I keep forgetting to bring them to my parent's house to a scanner. Thanks.

Man, anything in the PRS custom shop photo section makes me have to wipe the drool from the keyboard

especially this bad boy

http://www.prsguitars.com/showcase/private/ps10.html

I'm planning on installing the 2-way hot rod from StewMac, and will probably get the router bit from them just so that everything fits nice and snug. Thanks for the ideas guys

It seems that common sense isn't all that common anymore...

hyunsu,

That my friend, if I'm not mistaken, is a cowbell. It came from an episode of Saturday Night Live. Man that sketch was hilarious!

Cool idea for the dragon head man!

thanks

Is the NAMM show in the same place every year? I don't really know anything about it except that it's a huge show where guitar companies show new models. Is there a NAMM site?

Hotrock,

Whoops, that was kinda incoherant, sorry. Yeah, there is no edge guide for my router, at least I don't have one and can't see anywhere where one could be attached. I don't know how I'm going to get a nice straight truss rod channel...

I'm looking into making a neck for the first time too, although it might take a while to get the $$ to order the right tools to make them but once I have the tools, I'll always have 'em right? I'm stuck at the moment on how to do the truss rod channel. I have left one edge of my neck planks parallel to the line for the truss rod, but I don't have anywhere to attach an edge guide to it. Any ideas/suggestions?

Cool, I especially like the little swirl on the headstock. It kinda reminds me of that wierd little symbol on the head of the jazzmasters.

Don't the tune-o-matic bridges need to go on a bit of an angle?

Yep, that be the one. Thanks

Uh, I read a post about a week ago and somebody was spurting out the parts sites like they were going out of style. I tried the search thing but no use. I know the usuals (StewMac, WD, Warmoth, Allparts) but these were new to me.

I was given a kind of junky little acoustic guitar with "La Costa" on the head. Has anyone ever heard of these. I don't think it's valuable, just wondering.

wylde 1919,

Yeah, i think so

Hey, I was looking into that too and being from New Brunswick I didn't particularly want to move to Phoenix or BC for like 8 months. There is one in Calgary called Fretworks.

www.fretwork.com

It looked pretty good and the longest is 3 months. It doesn't have the same business training as Roberto-Venn but looks to be enough if you wanted to do repair work and with practise, custom building. Happy hunting buddy

I did the duct tape finish on a Squier strat about a year ago. I was taking off the paint to refinish it but I didn't have the patience to sand the finish off in the cutaways by hand. The only problem I had was getting a smooth cover on the rounded areas so it didn't pucker. Looks cool though. Good luck.

I've gotta say that is the craziest shape I've ever seen, nice job!

renablistic, I think those bridge muter things are for surf style stuff. The old Jaguars and Jazzmasters had them but most people ripped them off.

Yeeks!

No, I didn't start the thread and don's know what rsera is talking about but

I don't cut inlays (something to work on for the next project...). I just thought that it was quite useless for that hotrod/hotrock/whatever guy/girl to post that without telling people what it was. I guess he just doesn't get that this place is about helping each other out.

Sorry if I pissed some people off