Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 29, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 29, 2009 Originally Posted by GreaserMatt Cool thread as well... thanks Originally Posted by ihavenofish so i assume the template overhang on the cutaway side is the amount the body was made too narrow by? tis a pretty good chunk. hmmm. Originally Posted by igge It looks bigger because of the shadows on the wall. Don't think it's more than a few millimeters at most. Neck template looks good. I like the headstock, it's identical to my main axe, a J&D LC3 LP Custom "copy". Which needs more shielding in the control cavity, it didn't come with any. I glued alu-foil in there. But it weighs less than an Epi LP and that's a big plus in my book. Hope Guitarnoobie don't mess up the fretting. igge is correct. the overhang is 3/32" or 2.69mm. the shadow does make if look bigger. of course i will have to compensate when making the neck and sand off a little more wood than the template calls for. i seem to be pretty good at that and igge, i think the fretting should go fairly smooth. not nearly as concerned about that as i was the inlays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 update: fretting went along nicely, sort of like i anticipated... chamfered and ready hammered in trimmed and pressed now i have a question. i am about to take a flat file to the sides and get all fret ends perfectly even with the edge of the fretboard. my question is about beveling the fret ends. how much of a bevel to i really need if i am adding binding and nibs... my guess is not really that much, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mdintx Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Nice work so far my man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rakester Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Love your build threads GN I wanna try a LP build one day, just started by first build in the past couple days to warm me up before attempting something like this (http://acapella.harmony-central.com/....php?t=2434903) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihavenofish Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by GuitarNoobie update: now i have a question. i am about to take a flat file to the sides and get all fret ends perfectly even with the edge of the fretboard. my question is about beveling the fret ends. how much of a bevel to i really need if i am adding binding and nibs... my guess is not really that much, correct? if your putting bound fret ends, you want no bevel at al. it should be dead straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by mdintx Nice work so far my man! thanks mark... Originally Posted by rakester Love your build threads GN I wanna try a LP build one day, just started by first build in the past couple days to warm me up before attempting something like this (http://acapella.harmony-central.com/....php?t=2434903) thanks, i appreciate it... just sub'd to your thread. very cool build you have going on there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by ihavenofish if your putting bound fret ends, you want no bevel at al. it should be dead straight. that's kinda what made sense. with a bevel i would have had to melt the binding to create the nibs... very cool, i will have the binding on here in a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nevermind Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 have you got a neck blank yet, or are you using the mahogany for this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by nevermind have you got a neck blank yet, or are you using the mahogany for this one? i am using mahogany from Grizzly, remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 bound !!! working on the nibs... still got a ways to go, but getting there... another getting ahead of myself photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nevermind Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 yeah, i knew you had it, just didn't know you were planning on using it for this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by nevermind yeah, i knew you had it, just didn't know you were planning on using it for this one why not, i've become much more confident in my abilities to do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members igge Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 That's a very nice looking fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by igge That's a very nice looking fretboard. thanks igge, it's getting there. i will have some clean up to do on it once the binding is all taken care of, but it's almost there. next is the neck !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihavenofish Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 this is gonna be the highest quality home depot guitar ever! the irony i think is that the top is kinda pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by ihavenofish this is gonna be the highest quality home depot guitar ever! the irony i think is that the top is kinda pretty. lol, yup this is the finest my Home Depot has to offer actually i was reading a thread last night on MLP and a Lowes in Vermont carries maple, figured maple at that... for $22 no less but i do think the aspen top with it's grain is gonna make a sweet plain top for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihavenofish Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by GuitarNoobie lol, yup this is the finest my Home Depot has to offer actually i was reading a thread last night on MLP and a Lowes in Vermont carries maple, figured maple at that... for $22 no less but i do think the aspen top with it's grain is gonna make a sweet plain top for sure my wood supplier has informed me they have some 14" wide khaya, and 100 "339" sized book matched quilt tops in stock and a stack of rosewood fretboard blanks that are drying out. they are gonna quote me on all that crap next week. then i will cry. hahahahah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by ihavenofish my wood supplier has informed me they have some 14" wide khaya, and 100 "339" sized book matched quilt tops in stock and a stack of rosewood fretboard blanks that are drying out. they are gonna quote me on all that crap next week. then i will cry. hahahahah. well that's enough to get the business up and runnin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 my spindle/belt sander is bad-ass. i use it for almost everything... it's just barely big enough to handle the neck blank, but it is.. take a look back at the neck blank before sanding and compare the roughness... me some Rigid Sander necks drawn and ready for cutting... ok, i used my chop saw for the tops of the headstock angle, but that won't work for the rest of it. my table saw blade won't quite cut through it, plus it's not really an option for any inside (between neck drawing) cuts. that really only leaves me my bandsaw, which just barely has enough clearance. you can see a cut i have started. but with the speed it runs at, it's gonna be a long, slow process... is a bandsaw the correct tool for this job? i do have a reciprocating saw, how would that work...? btw, work continues on the neck binding and nibs. getting closer all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nevermind Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 bandsaw is the correct tool, yes. Be sure your saw is cutting square if you are going to get close to the lines. If you aren't sure leave some room and then take it to size with your sander or router table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihavenofish Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by GuitarNoobie ok, i used my chop saw for the tops of the headstock angle, but that won't work for the rest of it. my table saw blade won't quite cut through it, plus it's not really an option for any inside (between neck drawing) cuts. that really only leaves me my bandsaw, which just barely has enough clearance. you can see a cut i have started. but with the speed it runs at, it's gonna be a long, slow process... is a bandsaw the correct tool for this job? i do have a reciprocating saw, how would that work...? btw, work continues on the neck binding and nibs. getting closer all the time bandsaw set up corectly with a good blate will do that easily. bandsaw with a {censored} blade and bd tracking will leave you ordering another block of wood. if the saw doesnt look like its cutting vertical, stop and find another method or get some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by nevermind bandsaw is the correct tool, yes. Be sure your saw is cutting square if you are going to get lose to the lines. If you aren't sure leave some room and then take it to size with your sander or router table. Originally Posted by ihavenofish bandsaw set up corectly with a good blate will do that easily. bandsaw with a {censored} blade and bd tracking will leave you ordering another block of wood. if the saw doesnt look like its cutting vertical, stop and find another method or get some help. well my bandsaw is cheap... with a stock blade and the cut is never perfect. i will just go slow and leave myself some sanding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 You can get a decent large throught bandsaw for about $300.00 at Sears. My Jet spindle sander and Jet bandsaw have made my guitar building experience much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted December 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 Originally Posted by BG76 You can get a decent large throught bandsaw for about $300.00 at Sears. My Jet spindle sander and Jet bandsaw have made my guitar building experience much easier. someday, have to make do with my current bandsaw for now... i was able to cut one of them out and the cut line is not straight, but it will work... pics later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members atrox Posted December 30, 2009 Members Share Posted December 30, 2009 I got my 14" bandsaw for $280 from Harbor Freight. All you need is a good blade and it's awesome. I have even resawed with it. Meandi uses the same one as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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