Andronico

I think that if you use different colours you don´t need the letters. Is more easy to recognize colours than letters on a fingerboard. Just my 2 cents.

Ok, now I know who can send me by mail a paper with the real Kelly shape when I need it... Che, si la necesitas, me decis que yo te la envio a Argentina ( pero no envio valijas llenas de dólares!! jajaja ) Why not ? It´s a pity !

Ok, now I know who can send me by mail a paper with the real Kelly shape when I need it...

Hi friend, I like your guitars ! Will both guitars be painted in solid colours ? Where you find the sizes of the kelly, I love this guitar shape.

I was working in the GT2 cover : The small black dots are to indicate the start point of the pots. I tested the cover with the knobs and switches to see if all fits well (before glued all the parts) : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...RearCover05.jpg Step by step pics : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...RearCover01.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...RearCover02.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...RearCover03.jpg

Good looking pedals ! Congratulations.

Well done, it´s beautiful !

Beautiful baby man ! You have to be proud of your son !

Yes, these batteries works well. It cost four times than an alkaline battery and has one third of the power but I´m a green guy (or want to be one)...

Little more progress to report : I was working in the battery charger circuit, it´s based in the following article but adapted for 9V bateries instead of 12V ones. http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~elec201/Book/batteries.html This charger is very simple and cut off the current to the battery when it´s charged. That´s good ! Then I need a AC-DC adapter to use with the charger and with the portable amp. For the charger I need about 12V and 9V (regulated is better) for the amp. I thought that the more simple and cheapest idea was to buy a normal 220VAC to 12VDC adapter (yes the bargain ones) and improve it. For this I open the plastic envelope and put a small board with a diode bridge, 7809 regulator, filter capacitors and a switch to select between 12V DC filtered output (bypassing the 7809 regulator) and 9V DC filtered and regulared output. The result is : Outside pic : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...werSupply02.jpg Now, during I wait for the chromium plate of the tuners hardware (they are late), I´ll begin with the cover of the GT2. I think that make it of wood is not the easyest way but the result will be better.

rob_tart, LPboco & Blackdog : thank you for your kind words ! No, the metal frame is iron, 1.5mm thick. Yes, when I turn the GT2 on it´s all gain and saturation. But I can turn it off and use the pickups without modelling... I was working in the battery charger and the power supply for the charger and the portable amp, I think that tomorrow I´ll have a new update.

Reporting about the GT2 board : The GT2 is completed and tested with my regular amp. It works well. This implementation has a reduced number of options because I don´t use all of them : The pots are the same of the original GT2 : High, Low, Gain and Level. The AMPs selections are : California (Mesa) and British (Marshall). It hasn´t the Twid (Fender) option. The MODE selections are : High Gain and Hot Wire. It hasn´t the Clean option. The MIC selection is fixed in Center option. I choose this configuration because I´ve been using a GT2 with my practice guitar for almost a year and these are the selections that I use. Now I have to make the battery charger circuit, more updates coming...

Not perfect ? I think that looks very well ! Your fretting will be right as usual, you have the skills to do it well. But in case you need it, good luck !

The saddles will be black like the tuners or just brass color ? Controls ?

Wow, that child is a beauty ! You are right we need sunglasses to see the fingerboard, but it´s cool ! What colour/type of hardware are you thinking about ?

During the last Saturday I was working in the GT2 board : Following are the usual step by step pics : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...itar/GT2_01.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...itar/GT2_02.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...itar/GT2_03.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...itar/GT2_04.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...itar/GT2_05.jpg Now I have to populate the board and test it out of the guitar.

No, regular strings. The ball end pass through the tuner jaw and the other end pass through the headpice and it´s fixed using a screw like a locking nut.

Thank you Kiki, about the tuner : First I put the tuner jaw in the place nearest the hardtail (remember that the tuners are placed under the hardtail). Then I pass the string through the jaw. If you look in detail next pic you can see a hole in the jaw (the bigger one) to hold the ball end of the string. Then the string pass through the hardtail directly to the nut and then to the headpiece. The headpiece has screws to hold the strings. Now I have to use the tuner pegs to intonate the strings. That´s all ! Yesterday I left the tuners for the chromium plate, they will be ready in the middle of next week.

I have to decide the material for the GT2´s cover... but I made a little progress in the body : When I tested the neck, the action was too high, so I put a little slice of wenge into the neck pocket and now it´s ok. http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...itar/Body14.jpg The GT2´s compartment has the stands for the cover installed and drilled for the neo magnets : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...itar/Body16.jpg Inside the hollow for the tuner pegs I made a support for the allen tool that I need to fix the strings in the headpiece. The tool is inserted in the little hole and a small magnet keeps it in place. http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...itar/Body17.jpg

Reporting the tuner´s progress : The tuners are completed. I tested it and works well. More pics with the cover : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner16.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner17.jpg More pics showing each part of the tuner : Tuner Jaws : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner01.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner02.jpg Tuner Pegs (my friend made them with his lathe, really well made !) http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner03.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner04.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner05.jpg Jaw Screws : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner06.jpg Tuner Base : (made with a piece of iron) http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner07.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner08.jpg Tuner Cover : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner09.jpg Tuner Fixation : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner10.jpg Assembling the tuners : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner11.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner12.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner13.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner15.jpg The headpiece and tuners are ready for the chromium plate and I have to begin with the GT2 board and the portable amp ! But first I have to decide which material use for the GT2 cover... The following diagram explains the way the GT2´s controls will be : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...CoverSketch.jpg The left part of the cavity will be used for the GT2 board, battery and front switches. The right part for the GT2 controls, front pots and output jack. The right part have to be recessed Of course. The idea is fix the cover using small neo magnets. You can see that the cover can´t be straight. What material you suggest to use for the cover : metal, plastic, wood, other ? Any idea is welcome friends.

Good job !

Looks fantastic ! Congratulations !

Wow, the step by step pics are excellents ! Great job MK, congrats !

Beautiful !! Which colour you´ll use for stain ?

This is the GT2 that I made a year ago : I haven´t tried with BYOC but I´ll keep in mind for the future, thanks.