TonyFlyingSquirrel

If in Northern California, or Seattle, Wa, you can check out www.tapplastics.com.

They can do lazer cutting and fire polishing.

Just bring in a scaled drawing of what you want cut out.

One of the benefits of doing it by hand with dowels wrapped with sandpaper is:

1: precision

2: less wood being removed at a a time, minimizing risk of accidentally slipping & causing undesired results or irrepairable damage, such as nicking/chipping a fret, wood tear-out, etc...

Unless you're going to place the neck into a fixed/clamped position & let a CNC machine do it, or the type of fixed scallop machine such as I saw while visiting Warmoth, slower & careful is a better method.

[quote name='mkat' post='365534' date='Jan 29 2008, 06:47 PM'][quote name='TonyFlyingSquirrel' post='365328' date='Jan 29 2008, 08:14 AM']I have the exact same trem, I was told by Stewmac that the Floyd template that they sell (both recessed & non-recessed) are a direct fit.[/quote]

Thanks Tony. I'm a bass player who started building basses recently. I also just completed one guitar and am about to start the next with this trem. Do guitar players and builders really utilise the recessed option (is it worth it)?
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I certainly do, in fact, I'm not comfortable playing the other. Main reason is, I do in fact pull up often, & also, this application is usually utilized on a guitar that has little or no neck angle, as is my preference. My picking hand is much closer to the body & is totally comfortable to me. My hand stays relaxed in this position eliminating fatique.

[quote name='mkat' post='363571' date='Jan 14 2008, 06:22 PM']I have a Gotoh GE1996T guitar trem. Is the route pattern for this the same as the floyd Rose original? I'll be installing this into a guitar that I'm preparing to build soon, rather than a guitar than has an existing trem route.[/quote]


I have the exact same trem, I was told by Stewmac that the Floyd template that they sell (both recessed & non-recessed) are a direct fit.

Ours (DGM) are still 100% handmade! Our website will be completed soon and I will post links. Currently we are building a Bass out of some Beautiful wenge with a wenge neck and black hardware, wow this is killer grain, and a semi-hollow 8 string guitar out of 35 year old ash which will have a natural to red burst. The bass is nearing the final finishing and the guitar is approaching final sanding. If interested I can send pics. Thanks Terry D.

I've seen your neck through blanks on Ebay & have you listed as one of my "favorite sellers". & I've been meaning to ask you a question.

When you provide a neck through blank with frets installed, are they complete, ready to play as in, frets crowned and polished, or are they just leveled & beveled?

Since I'm limited on the amount of images I can post here, I'll just post the link, so you can see it complete.

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/sevenstri...html#post523497

I used their Sandable Black Primer for my RG7620 re-finish, very nice, easy to sand, takes a few coats to fill the grain, but I didn't start out with heavy coats either. I sanded the body down to 800 grit, then primed.

That's quite a nice shade of blue, the finish is coming out awesome!

On a different note, what exactly is "the Rusty Cooley mod?" It's hard to tell from your pictures what exactly was done to the lower cutaway.

The lower cutaway has wood taken off from back towards the front, allowing further clearance in the upper registers. This is especially helpful if you play with your guitar slung up a little higher like I do, or RC, kinda like a lot of jazz or classical players do.

that's a nice colour. It looks like the neck hanger is screwed flat to the neck cavity, it is best to add something as packing to lift the support away from the body when spraying. There's two reasons for this:

Firstly, it's easier to spray the heel area. From the pictures it looks like it hasn't been covered fully although it might just be the pearlescent effect of the paint.

Secondly, you run the risk of adhering the hanger to the body & damaging the finish when removing it.

Sorry if I've missed something or sound patronizing, just wanted to point it out incase you hadn't thought about it.

Actually, the entire neck pocket is taped-off, then the hanger was applied. I did not want any finish in the neck pocket so when the neck is re-attached, it's wood to wood, no dampening, better coupling.

Great observation though, because I've seen people not tape anything off before. I taped off the pickup cavities because of the electronic shielding paint that is already applied their, I didn't want to have to go buy a can & re-apply it.

I was able to borrow a digital camera from a friend yesterday & snap these off.

This is with the MetalCast Blue paint from Duplicolor.

I had to re-apply it, because I didn't apply enough clear coats before wetsanding to level, & sanding through the MetalCast, so I had to start about 1/2 way over.

I'll start applying Clearcoats either tomorrow or Saturday, & will triple the amount of clear before wetsanding.

Anyway, here they are. You can see where I did the Rusty Cooley mod to the lower cutaway, & I also deepened it just a bit more.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/Tony...l/050907009.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/Tony...l/050907008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/Tony...l/050907007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/Tony...l/050907006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/Tony...l/050907005.jpg

here is the donation link http://www.projectguitar.com/arc/donate.htm

THANK YOU, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=2828

THANK YOU, ONE OF THE LINKS IS BROKEN AFTER THAT ONE IS OPENED UP THOUGH, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

I think you need to donate first

Explain please, I'm not sure I'm understanding.

G'day !

Thanks guys.

BTW, how do I get to the Downloads section.

I'm looking for 7 string Humbucker routing templates & 7 string Floyd Templates.

Any "actual size" .pdf pages ready to print with centerlines ala stewmac?

Hello, I'm new here.

Been playing for 34 years, doing mods for a little over 20. I've been without space or shop for about 10 years & am working on getting back into the building end of things. Thought I'd poke around here & find some additional resources, advice.

I'm a regular at sevenstring.org, mosercustomshop.com's forum, & the ESP forum. I dabble from time to time at the John Petrucci forum.

I'm almost 41, live in Modesto, Ca. Happily married with a 19 year old son.

Glad to be here, thanks for making this place available.