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Post by dnic on Sept 24, 2022 17:39:24 GMT -6
When I saw that you posted I was thinking "what! thought you were talking it easy." Good for you, hope you have some left overs.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2022 6:25:26 GMT -6
When I saw that you posted I was thinking "what! thought you were talking it easy." Good for you, hope you have some left overs. We did have some left over. We will be having that today. Been trying to cut down on my food intake. Been putting on the ponds of late. Don't know if it's drugs they have me on for my brain or what it is. So, I am trying to eat less. LOL! But that is hard to do when I cook so well. HA!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2022 14:11:25 GMT -6
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Post by antares on Sept 25, 2022 15:45:41 GMT -6
Wowser! As you said- a lot going on there Eddie. My Firebird's "wings" are "Vee'd" into the neck-through part. I wondered why they'd gone to that trouble given that one of the reasons why the Firebird was originally shortlived was its costly production, but then I saw how my two piece MightyMite Strat body had separated slightly behind the bridge back to the strap peg, manifesting as a crack in the paintwork, so the Gibson approach began to make sense. I'm pleased you decided to set the neck back. These little touches make all the difference in my view.
I could tell you're struggling Eddie, don't over stretch yourself Bud.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2022 4:59:31 GMT -6
Wowser! As you said- a lot going on there Eddie. My Firebird's "wings" are "Vee'd" into the neck-through part. I wondered why they'd gone to that trouble given that one of the reasons why the Firebird was originally shortlived was its costly production, but then I saw how my two piece MightyMite Strat body had separated slightly behind the bridge back to the strap peg, manifesting as a crack in the paintwork, so the Gibson approach began to make sense. I'm pleased you decided to set the neck back. These little touches make all the difference in my view. I could tell you're struggling Eddie, don't over stretch yourself Bud. でつ e&oe ...There are so many ways to do a neck through guitar. Like I said in one of the videos, there is no right or wrong way of doing them. I think that so many builders get so hung up in what is right or wrong and way overthink or second guess what they are doing. I have done neck thorough guitars is many ways. I remember a guitar body that I had bought offline once that had a glued up seam. I painted it, put the guitar together and a month later the guitar cracked down the seam. I wound up taking the guitar apart cutting down the seam and regluing it, Never cracked again, I have just seen a video where some manufactures use a watered down wood good on their guitars. I don't know if that makes for a good glue up, Hum...
Yes, I try and not push myself too hard. That last video was not all from one day. The beginning of the video was for the day before <i had my brain thing happen. The rest of the vide was 2 to 3 days later. A lot of time, it takes me days to get my speech back. Plus, it takes me some to think things through. So a lot of the video is a bunch of shorts put together. In between the videos, I am doing a lot of sitting around.
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Post by dnic on Sept 26, 2022 10:07:43 GMT -6
Super busy over this weekend. Didn't get to watch the vid yet.
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Post by dnic on Sept 26, 2022 18:00:12 GMT -6
You did do a lot in that video. I thought you mentioned before that the body was plenty thick to take material off the back to match the neck through block. Now you will be adding the wedge from the front to the back. It doesn't matter to me how you do it I just thought it was good to take some of the thickness off to help with weight relief.
Have you mentioned what pickups you plan to use. I've been using Johns' "Classic Buckers" which are styled after the Gibby PAFs. Really loving the sound I'm getting from those pups.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2022 6:13:29 GMT -6
You did do a lot in that video. I thought you mentioned before that the body was plenty thick to take material off the back to match the neck through block. Now you will be adding the wedge from the front to the back. It doesn't matter to me how you do it I just thought it was good to take some of the thickness off to help with weight relief. Have you mentioned what pickups you plan to use. I've been using Johns' "Classic Buckers" which are styled after the Gibby PAFs. Really loving the sound I'm getting from those pups. I have not really said as yet what pickups I will be using. John is making me a set of pickups, but I think I may end up using them on another up-and-coming build. Then again, I may end up using them this time around.
I did think long and hard on sanding off the back of the wings. Even after the fact, I am still thinking of it. I could make me a jig that I could attach to the body and then send the guitar through the thickness planer to take off the wood. I am working on another video that will show the added on wood. But I am not totally sold on it. Will do some more thinking on it today. If I thin the body down, I would have to reroute for the control covers.
I still have to rout the control opening deeper any ways. Hum... yep, need to do some more thinking on it.
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Post by dnic on Sept 27, 2022 8:34:07 GMT -6
I was thinking a router sled would be a good way to remove the extra wood from the back. And you could take your time setting it up perfectly where as the planner could go sideways real fast.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2022 16:04:10 GMT -6
Here you go Dane! Watch part 15. EB
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Post by dnic on Sept 27, 2022 18:36:08 GMT -6
Yep Eddie, that's why I was thinking router sled. I don't think you would have gotten that chip out and you surely wouldn't have chunked the peghead. But like you said, you can make the peghead any shape you like. I do like it thinner and without the wedge piece. All that spalted wood is going to pop bug time under finish!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2022 6:31:00 GMT -6
Yep Eddie, that's why I was thinking router sled. I don't think you would have gotten that chip out and you surely wouldn't have chunked the peghead. But like you said, you can make the peghead any shape you like. I do like it thinner and without the wedge piece. All that spalted wood is going to pop bug time under finish!! Most of the chip out has gone away after some more sanding with the hand sander. Lot more sanding to come before it's done.
As far as the chip on the peg head, that was totally my fault. So to me, it was not much more work sanding wise if I had made a sled.
I think the peg head thing will end up being a good thing. Although I should have not lifted on the guitar at the wrong time, it will still be alright.
I may show some pictures on here of how it looks after the video. Yep, did a little more on it after I said I was done for the day. It was so nice out yesterday that I didn't want to go in the house. In fact, my wife made me come in. She got worried about me over doing it.
If I had done the sled thing, It would have taken me a lot longer, and I would have had to still do a lot of sanding. I don't have the big router bits needed of the sled. But really I think what I did still worked out fine. Next time ( if there is one) I'll do what I should have done before I glued on the wings. Thicknesses them before glue up. Or go with a thicker neck blank, or both. LOL.
Yes, the spalted maple will look good as well as the bird's eye maple.
It's 7am here right now. I'll be going out to the shop In a little bit to start carving on the neck. This should be a lot of fun! My favorite part of making a guitar. So I'll be heading out to shop after I had some breakfast. LOL!
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Post by dnic on Sept 28, 2022 8:41:12 GMT -6
I'm with you on the neck carving. It's a very fun part of the build.
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Post by antares on Sept 28, 2022 16:17:24 GMT -6
It's looking better with each video Eddie. I commented on YouTube that I really like that round over. I reckon you should go with a gut cut on this one. Also, I believe this one is the prime candidate for Williams' pick ups.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2022 18:02:48 GMT -6
Here is part 16. The neck carve. EB
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