jaycee

Am I the only one to do this freehand?

Nope!

Nope again. I use Diamond grit sharpening files

how do you rout straight cornered pockets? (as a router bit has a radius)

chisel?

I did neck pocket like that

Yes, I used a Chisel. Get it nice and sharp take a little off at a time and it won't take long.

I really like this guitar. I am most interested in the original designs over re-makes. Very cool.

Thanks, man. You are very much in the minority especially if you base it on results of polling in the GOTM where I rarely get a single vote because voters consistently note that they do not like my body shapes. Traditionalists rule in the guitar world. It won't stop me from making comfortable, great playing and sounding guitars though. I'll be very happy just to fill a niche... Boggs

Don't change the shapes Boggs, as soon as I see your guitar I know it's one of yours and the quality will be excellent. Oh and sorry I don't like the shape either but I would rather it that way around than have a gorgeous loooking guitar that sounds pants. Keep these quirky builds coming

Neck pocket and pickup routes done

Very pleased with the look of it

Haven't got a drum sander, or made a jig for the router for thicknessing / flattening the top so heres how I do it

Mark the top with a pencil .....

Put face down onto sanding bed.....

After a few cans of elbow grease....

Quite happy with the result and a nice tight joint. I used 60 grit and will tidy it up using an orbital sander to 220 and then go through to 320 before the finish goes on.

The small scratch at the bottom has been sanded out, I noticed it after the pic was taken.

Quick update, the route is just underneath the bridge for earthing purposes, and the top is rough cut just before gluing onto the body.

Thanks guys.

I'm working on a chambered bass right now myself... .... Love the drilled relief holes for the body cut out too. Thanks for sharing. Even if I don't use it on a whole body, the inner horn radii and other tight turns will definitely benefit from this.

The relief holes were great especially as I used a jigsaw to cut the body out with as it stopped the blade from wandering off the vertical axis for to long.

I used a 14 and 10mm bit for the holes and a jigsaw with a new bosch blade, quite a narrow blade to allow for corners. Very pleased with the result. Cleaned it up with sandpaper and a drum sander attatchment in the cordless drill.

I am putting 10mm tigers eye dots in the fretboard which is Birds eye maple as is the veneer on the headstock.

5) Bond it in place after it is seated, with "thin" superglue.

Hadn't thought of that one.

Great thread guys can't stop laughing, and I even picked up some excellent tips

the UK guys all vote for UK builders thats how it goes.

Giver John.

one thing ive noticed from this thread is that people may have been using multiple accounts to vote for themselves in gotm,

EG http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...mp;#entry474471

Check this thread here and click on the youtube link by Woodenspoke

These came today. If they sound as good as they look and the presentation, then they should be good.

I am going to use the neck/middle pup only and keep the bridge for a future build. I now have to get a soapbar type for the bridge.

ืnice job

Thank you.

Rough cutting out of the shape. I drilled lots of relief holes to comensate for the jigsaw blade wandering to close to the body outline

OK. I will check the voltage output with a meter and report back.

Cheers guys

i wouldn't change a thing NG, it looks good as it is, lovely warm colour on the body, and the heel area is well done.

Found the problem, it's the power supply unit, for some reason it causes interference with the pedal

Was it a "switching" type power supply? Those use an IC chip which can inject a whining noise into your audio system via the power supply.

It's one where you can select the voltages from 1 to 12

This is going to have a Spalted beech top

I'm going with a router with a straight bit of some sort.

Yup, I used a template bit.

First of all I chisled away all the remaining wood, then put the template on and routed the sides. As the base of my template wasn't wide enough to reach the middle of the "chambers", I removed template, used the same thickness mdf to bridge the gap and removed the middle section with the same bit ( I don't normally use a template bit for hogging out but it needed to be replaced) and the router marks were cleaned up with sandpaper.

I have made an extra wide base for my router but in this case I couldn't use it as I don't have a 1/4 shank bit which would have reached the bottom. I can find 1/2 shanks 2" long but nothing in 1/4

Bit more done today. chambered body and half a bin bag of shavings

There is still more to come off the center piece but I don't know what style pups my brother wants, so I haven't drawn those or the bridge onto the plans either.

A few more progress pics.

Body blank

Clamped the one half of the body to the work bench with a piece of mdf underneath to get it off the work surface and planed the same way you would if it were a shooting board. this way I got the sides nice and square

122 holes drilled for the chambers

Found the problem, it's the power supply unit, for some reason it causes interference with the pedal

He gave the pedal to me to try before he used it. When we tried it on his gear it was fine, even my guitar was fine with it.

So it's not really a problem but I would like to find out what caused the noise. I will go through a process of elimination to find out.

I'm no expert in pedals but this one does sound very nice.

A mate of mine has just got one of these

http://www.biyang.com.cn/Products.php?id=68

When plugged in, it emits a high pitched noise which increases as the volume on the pedal is turned up but is drowned out when the guitar is played.....very annoying, any suggestions?

Neck lams joined and scarf joint done

I bought some digital calipers from Lidl's the other week, thought they may come in handy, now I find myself checking the thicknesses on everything i.e. both sides of the headstock, I think they will br a great asset to the builds.

Here I go again. This will be my 4th build but this time a Bass for my brother.

34" scale length

5 piece neck Sapele/Ash/Sapele/Ash/Sapele.

Not sure of the rest of the woods for the body yet but they may be the same. I am thinking of a Maple fretboard with Wenge inlays, he really liked the Roman numerals on my last build so I may put those on this one.