kpnutz52

Hey all, sorry for the delay in the update but been a bit busy lately,

anyway, with out further-a-do

Neck Trim setup

Neck trim setup 2

Trimming Neck to width

Trimming Neck to width 2

BEFORE DISASTER

Trimming headstock

AFTER DISASTER

Disaster! doh, fixed now tho...

Body Contouring

Body Contouring 2

Headstock truss jig

Headstock truss jig 2

Drilling rod access

Drilled.

Pre glueing

Mid glueing

Clamping neck on

Clamping neck on 2

Filing fretboard down

Headstock shaping

Headstock shaping 2

marking fret markers out

Drilling fret markers out

Drilling markers 2

Markers drilled

Markers drilled 2

Installing side dots!

their ya go folks!

for all who noticed the disaster that we had, we were routing the headstock and the end just pinged off, luckily we had just received the order of Tightbond! we stuck the sucker back on and its stronger than ever!

cheers,

chris & malc

Hey guys, just a cpl of new pics as an update, we started on the arm contour and this is what we have so far.... were pretty pleased with it what do you guys think??

We begin...

And then...

We shall be starting on the body contour asap

Comments welcome,

Chris & Malc.

perfect !!

Why thankyou,

I'll be touching wood (bad pun! lol) all the way to the end of this project to hope all stages go as well as possible...

Hey all,

We got our new tabletop rotary sander... (the previous was used, broke and NOT what we ordered)... we quickly had it replaced...

Sanding 1

Sanding 2

Sanding 3

Sanding 4

Routing 1

Routing 2

Slight routing accident

Routing 3

Routing somewhat complete..

Routing + Pickguard! Noice Noice!

Comments welcome!

Chris & Malc!

Hey guy's,

Been a bit busy lately plus we had been awaiting the delivery of some equipment and other things etc...

anyway i'll cut the jabber, here's where were at...

Vol/Tone Pots (Bagged)

Vol/Tone Pots (Unbagged)

After receiving the vintage frets a cpl of weeks ago I decided that 2.3mm wasnt going to cut it, and were slightly too small, so i'll save them for another project and I bought some jumbo frets at 2.9mm

Jumbo Frets 2.9mm (Bagged)

Jumbo Frets 2.9mm (Unbagged)

Jumbo Frets 2.9mm (CLOSE UP)

0.22uf Drop Capacitors + Extra wire (Bagged)

0.22uf Drop Capacitors + Extra wire (Unbagged)

Drop Capacitor close up

Here's the thickness plainer we had on order...

Thickness Plainer 1

Thickness Plainer 2

Thickness Plainer 3

Thickness Plainer 4

Cutting wood to fit plainer

Cutting wood to fit plainer 2

Cutting wood to fit plainer 3

Wood going through plainer

Wood going through plainer 2

Last run through the plainer!

Marking out for routing the guitar body!

Routing jig

Routing jig 2

Routing pickup wire channel

Routing pickup cavities

Routing pickup cavities, slight error on neck pickup, but its ok

Body Rough Cutout..

Body close up shot of routes etc..

Just for giggles!

Well, hopefully this will keep people interested in my project till the next post....

We have a rotary table sander on order (we just sent one back as it was used/broke/parts missing)...

So yea...

Chris & Malc!

nice work!

that fretboard looks amazing!

Thankyou, we appreciate the kind comments!

Yea the fretboard is great, its even better in person than the photo's bring it across...

cheers,

Chris & Malc

Hey yo, Here's some more pics from the other day of what came in the posty! the pickups!! woop.

Fender Custom Shop - Texas Special Pickups! (FRONT)

Fender Custom Shop - Texas Special Pickups (BACK)

Pickups (UNBOXED)

Later that day the following item came in the mail that Was sent in a seprate bag from the previous Axes R Us order....

1 Sq ft of Copper Shielding

During that day we also drilled the holes for the machine heads...

machine head holes..

The next day saw the Neck get bandsawd... ohh its taking shape now...

Neck cut 2

Headstock cut

Headstock cut 2 showing trus adjuster route closeup

Headstock cut 3

Truss route

Truss route 2

Because we noticed that is the Truss channel that the drop to facilitate the screw end of the truss rod was slightly too deep by a couple of mm's we decided that if we took some of the top of the neck we could keep the same thickness underneath the neck to prevent any possible truss break through... here you can see in the following photo what we shall be doing...

Truss rod issue fix, level top of neck.

Here's the truss rod in all her glory, (which i forgot to post earlier)

Truss rod eye candy

Truss rod firmly in place

Truss rod in place 2: looking up the neck

Truss rod in place 3: looking down the neck

All these photo's are making we want to take up photography! haha...

I just made yet another order to axes r us, which i'll tell you all about when it gets here...

In the meantime, enjoy the piccys!

Regards,

Chris & Malc

Looks great so far! Those shots of the hardware look great too, what colour are you painting/staining this?

Thanks for the comments erm..... I think I would like to make it solid in colour.. White, well more Parchment White if posible, but not that extreme its blonde/yellow, if u get me.. Just a nice, slightly fading off white colour... yea something like that.. lol

As promised,

Look what came in the mail!...

Ordered from Axes R Us... fantastic service, great/friendly/quick email responses... ordered on a sunday, got a mail back within the hour saying the items will be packed and posted out monday morning, thus I received them tuesday! awesome, i recommend them to all!

You got mail!

Peekaboo!

Vintage Fret Wire 2.3mm (BAGGED)

Vintage Fret Wire 2.3mm (UNBAGGED)

Neck Plate + Screws (BAGGED)

Neck Plate + Screws (UNBAGGED)

Fender 5 way switch (Front)

Fender 5 way switch (Back)

Fixed Toploader Bridge + Screws (BAGGED)

Fixed Toploader Bridge + Screws (UNBAGGED).... Gorgeous!..

Jackplate + Mono jack plug (BAGGED)

Jackplate + Mono jack plug (UNBAGGED)

String trees (BAGGED)

String trees (UNBAGGED)

Mother Of Pearl inlay dots (BAGGED)

Mother Of Pearl inlay dots (UNBAGGED)

Pickguard screws (BAGGED)

Pickguard screws (UNBAGGED)

Graphite Compound Nut (BAGGED)

Graphite Compound Nut (UNBAGGED)

Pickup screws + Springs (BAGGED)

Pickup Screws + Springs (UNBAGGED)

Vol/Tone Knobs in Parchment White

Pickguard in Parchment White (Gorgeous colour!)

Schaller Style 6 In line 'mini' tuners (BAGGED)

Schaller Style 6 In line 'mini' tuners... Nice...

Some more parcels came which i will have to take pics of and then i'll be able to up soon...

Thanks,

Chris & Malc

Well, once again more photo's

I would have got these up sooner, but Ive had some problems with the server and upping the new pics etc... but anyway here we go..

We started on routing the truss rod channel as you can see in the following photos..

Router setup along a DIY Jig aka Spirit levelset along a straight line..

First pass of the route completed..

During the second pass as it happened..

Finishing the route for the rod's adjuster..

Result as the neck end where the adjuster will be..

Thanks again,

Chris & Malc

P.S

Just recieved some goodies in the post so I will itemise and take photo's of everything asap...

I'd strongly suggest using a center line.

Yea we did, That was the next thing we did just after that photo...

Well I actually have loads more pics and im eager to post if thats alright with everyone?

Taking the the Strat plans we decided to cut out a nice neck template out of some crummy old conti/fibre board? for quick marking on future projects... anyway here we go...

Template 1

Template 2

Template 3: Nice and straight!

Template 4: Headstock translation

Template 5: Ready to roll

Template 6: You got rolled

Template 7: Meet your maker!

Translation complete 1

Translation complete 2

More to follow

Chris & Malc

Whereabouts are you then? I'm in Sheffield so Craft Supplies is only about 20 mins drive away. They looked like they were running low on body and neck blanks last time I went though.

Rotherham, So looks like were Neighbours! I spose they were, when we went the guy that deals with all the guitar related stuff had just left from what i recall, and a new guy who didnt seem to know much was attempting to re-stock and re-itemize everything... I had to tell them what the body wood was that I was buying and ho wmuch it was... its a good think im an honest person.. haha

**PRE WARNING - THIS THREAD SHALL CONTAIN MANY PHOTOS**

Hey all,

Well, although Ive browsed to this forum many a time in the past, and had always had the intent to actually get creative and do something, I finally dug out some Stratocaster plans which i must have bought over 5 years ago...

Since ive just graduated uni and got my BA, with the summer here (and rain there) I finally felt compelled to get to work and start building my very own (good ol' british DIY) Stratocaster... with help from my father that is...

This will be our first ever build, and Im looking forward to all parts of the construction including the pitfalls (nothing better than learning curves i spose)... I shall also post picture of the process and update as often as possible.. anyway...

The plan for the strat is to in some way resemble a 62 Strat (kind of)...

The body wood I have chosen to make out of Swamp Ash

The Neck wood I have chosen to use AA Birdseye Maple (starting with a lowish grade, incase of errors)

The Finger Board blank is pre slotted, pre-radiused and is Indian Rosewood (a gorgeous red/browny/purpelish colour, kinda pao-ferro 'like')

(all woods provided by Craft-Supplies, which isnt far to drive to so we chose the woods in person rather than online)

All the woods together..

More 'family' photos...

Price in all honesty..

Nice legs.. Nice Grain!

Powered by Duracell?

Side shot of Swamp-Ash closeup

This is all for now folks,

Cheers,

Chris & Malc

All i can really say is try some of the links above, these guys no what their talking bout, ... wanted to also post to say im from Rotherham, so not that far away from you at all....

i alway's thought they were propellor inlay's as one of his favourite hobbies where flying planes?

my dad and myself made two 4x12 Cabs and they each came to about £230-£250 mark........

I have an epiphone zakk wylde sig guitar, and sometimes when i switch to the rhythm position it doesnt make a sound at all or is quiet, any idea's?

Hey all,

well i was looking at a tutorial ( a not so helpful one ) of doing a cracked mirror finish on a guitar ( the iceman ones etc ) but as i said it didnt really explain allot to me..... i was just wondering how this is actually done? is it as simple as breaking a mirror and sticking on the guitar?? i also think this would look cool on a les paul custom

I would build my own guitar if i had the money........ and How come no'one's ever said anything about anyone who's put ibanez and fender logo's on their own guitars?.... ( and thats happened allot here! )

Well to the guy askin 'why?' ..........i guess other people have already answered that, and you could say 'Why?' to everything........

im not too bothered bout the shape, i just would like to have the inlay read Gibson, cos at the moment i have a gibson sticker on and want something more permanent and better looking

Hey all,

well i have the Zakk Wyld Custom Eppy Guitar and would like to know if i could chang ethe headstock logo from Epiphone to Gibson? ( is it legal? ) and how easy would it be to do? and how much do you reckon it would cost someone to do for me? ( i live in the Uk )

I voted the Relic, simply cos Rory rules, so does his music and i want that guitar!

Hey all,

im not sure if this is in the right forum or whatever ( move it if it aint ) but i just wanted to know if any of you know if warmoth ships over seas because i think their prices are great compared to the british prices which are way too much if you ask me.