Members tremolostore Posted December 7, 2006 Members Share Posted December 7, 2006 Okay, been working since 6:AM this morning. Yesterday I took my birdseye to a buddies shop and planed it to 3/4". I also used my new cool ^$$ fret blade on the radial arm saw and made a fretboard. We had to hot glue it to another piece to run it through the planer safely. 1/4" is too thin to plane. You'll see the progression in the pics from gluing the board on last night to the neck on the guitar. I trimmed the fretboard this morning at 6:AM to start the day. I'm through with this for today and on to other projects. 5-5 1/2 hours for this neck so far. I'll fret it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members tremolostore Posted December 7, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2006 I couldn't keep my hands off. I went ahead and fretted it. Polished the stainless frets with Micro Mesh from StewMac. I'm diggin' it! I need 3 Schaller's like this. If anyone out there is stuck with 3 I'll buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tremolostore Posted December 11, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2006 I went ahead and did the Gibson logo on the headstock. I did it in PhotoShop and got it to the right scale. Printed a reverse and taped it down and then rubbed the ink into the wood. I'll let it soak in for a day or so and then shoot some satin nc lacquer to set and seal it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tremolostore Posted December 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 19, 2006 Well she's moving right along now. I guess my post has moved beyond the neck and I'm showing the completion. Still looking for the tuners and I haven't decided on a pickup yet either. It's a 1 piece swamp ash body if anyone has any suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vigor&kandor Posted December 19, 2006 Members Share Posted December 19, 2006 some likes floyds, i guess someone has to i personally dont. it looks great, whats the radius? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tremolostore Posted December 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 19, 2006 It's a 12" radius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tremolostore Posted December 29, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 29, 2006 Well I got another set of Schaller's and everything else I had ordered. She's a screamer!!! I'm going to try a few different pup's over the next month or so. I got one of StewMac's Golden Age Humbuckers in her right now and it sounds pretty good. It's the hot overwound model that reads 12k. They have another that reads 9k so I might give that a shot too. I got nothing but time on this. doing so adjusting to the neck so I can get my action the way I like it, but other then that she's done as far as I'm concerned. Broke a string last night so I gotta go get another set today. decided to let time relic this one. I think it'll be more realistic like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksears Posted December 29, 2006 Members Share Posted December 29, 2006 I'm thinking of going the DIY route on a design of my own.How did you center the the fretboard wood over the neck so the frets are correctly perpendicular to the center line down the neck? Looks awesome, this is inspiring!- Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tremolostore Posted December 29, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 29, 2006 I made that fretboard and just marked it the way I would mark one bought from StewMac or anyone else. I marked the centerline and marked the centerline of the neck wood and glued it up. Everything is right on the money. Thanks for the compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bmf5150 Posted December 29, 2006 Members Share Posted December 29, 2006 looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philbo Posted January 2, 2007 Members Share Posted January 2, 2007 Wow! Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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