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Hector

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  1. oh crap. here we go. lol! nice neck! could you post a pic of the back of the neck? and more pics of the guitar and parts too.
  2. I always shape the neck and then fret. never had a problem.
  3. could you make a little drawing? I`m a bit stupid, and can`t understand what`s in your mind. sorry
  4. stubborn little fella huh? read the book! listen to what these people are telling you.
  5. i think you should remove the gibson logo and put your name on it. be proud of your work. just because, this guitar might be cooler than any gibson. nice one!!
  6. they`re the same. the specs I gave you were measured from an actual 81. so they will fit. make sure that they are centered. and make it a little bigger.
  7. fret the string at the 3rd fret. and tap right over the first fret. it should make a high pitch sound. you should set the action as low as possible, but still having a very minimal gap between the 1st fret and the string (when fretting the 3rd fret) by minimal I mean, invisible! but you can still hear the high pitch sound when tapping over the fret. if you cant hear it anymore, then you`ve gone too deep, and should start over. go slow. that`s how I do it.
  8. i would love to try that wood, but i`m way too far. thanks anyway. hopefully someone else will make good use of it. thanks!
  9. make your own template. it`s a rectangle! (70.5mm X 38.2mm is the pup size, make it a little bigger.) or you could make one using a mounting ring. pretty simple.
  10. whenever I`m making a one off guitar I saw very close the line on the band saw, and then finish shaping with the robosander (with the advantage of avoiding tearouts). As a matter of fact, I just realized that I haven`t used my router for shaping bodies in a long time. lol.
  11. exactly. most likely to crack and have some signs of decay. and the piece you`ve got is almost the center. quartersawn on both sides, but with the center of the tree on the inside. if you could split that in the middle, and glue the outer edges together, that would work just fine. you`ll end up with a 1/4sawn body blank.
  12. you should`ve sliced the block at an angle. that way, you would`ve ended up with two wedges. the way archtop (cello, violins, etc) top and back woods are supposed to be. the wood would be thicker where you need it to be, and thinner on the edges.
  13. some backbow is expected, the string tension should compensate for that. and that`s why you have a truss rod. classical guitar builders always count on some backbow from fretting.
  14. no! you trashed it? the body was perfectly fine! my 2nd build was never done because the headstock was to thin and I accidently routed the neck pocket misaligned. I left that aside, and continued with other projects, I know someday I`ll have the patience to look at that mistake and really make the most out of it. maybe making a new neck (probably) and re-routing a new neck pocket (gluing some piece of wood in the existing one), or find a way to re-use some of the parts. truss rod, fb, body... don`t give up man. and don`t sell everything you own. leave it alone for a few days, maybe with time you`ll start again in this crazy world we call lutherie.
  15. hey daniel, I think you could`ve gonne smaller on the block for the jack. maybe half that thickness. or even thinner if you laminated some 2 or 3mm pieces with the grain going in different directions. lots of people are laminating pieces for the end block and even the neck block to avoid cracking. nice build so far! keep up the great work. Hector.
  16. could it be that the string is only touching the slot in one spot and vibrates freely where it doesn`t touch the slot? maybe the angle that the slot was cut is causing the string to act like on a sitar. where this is supposed to happen.
  17. I would say make a new neck, and save the old one for later, I'm sure you´ll find a way to use it later on.
  18. never heard of that. also, why do you need it? are your ears that good?
  19. oh, I see. this is kind of a neck thru, that`s why you`re using the same wood for the body and neck. if that`s the case, I wouldn`t do it. I`d make a neck using maple. or something else. but not basswood.
  20. I never heard of anyone using basswood for a neck. too soft. you should do a maple one.
  21. not the last, the FIRST! if you cut the last one you will end up with nothing more than a 23 or 21 fret, 30" scale fretboard.
  22. i`d say, make her a mandolin, a ukelele seems ideal, since it has nylon strings, and that would be better for her little fingers. then when she`s older, she can migrate to different instruments. now that I think about it, I strongly suggest that you build a ukulele lol. I`m gonna build one for me! starting now!
  23. nice one! looks very good. what is that inside the bridge pup cavity on the 2nd photo? looks like a piece of metal... odd. lol. great work
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