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Post by kcjewel on Mar 15, 2010 18:01:24 GMT -6
trees in the care package on its way along with an assortment of springs, screws, neck plate and screws, another switch(who knows you might need it someday) special pick, peavey strap and strap buttons with screws. If there is too much stuff then start on another one ;D John and the crew
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2010 20:11:31 GMT -6
Cool!!! Thanks Again!!!!
I am really liking this build! I have really like the challenge or stretching me to the next level of guitar building.
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Post by kcjewel on Mar 15, 2010 23:44:53 GMT -6
Did we mention that the guitar needs to be able to fold up and fit in a suitcase? ;D. Oh, no that is the next build. John and the crew
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2010 8:13:48 GMT -6
Did we mention that the guitar needs to be able to fold up and fit in a suitcase? ;D. Oh, no that is the next build. John and the crew OH man I knew I forgot something!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2010 15:33:06 GMT -6
Here you go... This is all I got done on this today. I had a lot of running around to do today so... I decided to go with the rear cavity. I tried to come up with a way to do it from the front but everything I tried took away form the body shape. When I do the rear routing I make the back plate first. Then I do an out line of it on the back of the guitar and If I am happy where it is, I then free had rout the shape in. I only go a little ways down into the wood, just enough for the thickness of the cover. After I am happy with that I go head and mark out where the lip for the cover will be and then I start routing out the depth of the cavity. Again it starts out free hand. It took be about 4 passes to get to the depth I wanted. I may sill go a little deeper, I just don't want to get the wood too thin. Oh I make the cover a little thicker than what I need, then once everything is done, I sand the cover down to match the body level. Here is a shot of the tummy cut. I did this with my new files I got for B-Day.
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Post by kcjewel on Mar 16, 2010 16:24:14 GMT -6
Looks great, coming along quite quickly. What kind of files did you get. John and the crew
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2010 16:44:32 GMT -6
I got 3 wood files from Grizzly. one is flat, one is flat on one side and 1/2 round on the other (that's my favorite) and the other is round. My daughter got them for me along with a spoke shave. I have a cool daughter!
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Post by donovan on Mar 16, 2010 16:51:29 GMT -6
Hey looks great eddie! That tummy cut job is really sweet! You totally stole my idea on that back control plate though haha!
I needed something more natural looking for my LP so I considered cutting a wooden one from the existing one as a template. But you beat me to the chase haha!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2010 17:14:41 GMT -6
Only thing is Don is, that this guitar is going to be in paint. So it will be covered up. But I am going down to the paint store this week and see if I can find a really nice yellow stain. If I can I'll stain it yellow then do the orange burst (in stain) This guitar will have a finish on it by next week. It's almost there. All I have left to do is drill for the wire channels and drill for the input jack and the ground wire hole for the bridge. After that it's COLOR TIME!!!
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Post by wirewrapper on Mar 16, 2010 22:34:20 GMT -6
It looks great as usual!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2010 12:42:34 GMT -6
Let see... I got the channels drilled for the wires and I also got the input jack hole drilled. This pictures shows the long drill bit I use to drill for the holes. I go through where the neck pocket is and drill all the way through to the bridge pickup rout. I also went to the paint store and bought some yellow stain. The pictures don't really show how yellow this is. But this is the first coat of stain. Plus there in nothing over the stain yet so it will yellow up as time goes by and clear coats go on. But anyway it's got color going on it. Can't wait to start the burst on it!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2010 12:47:03 GMT -6
OH I forgot to say I had this yellow custom made for me.
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Post by niels on Mar 17, 2010 13:45:26 GMT -6
WOW looks really good Eddie! The yellow turned out great I am curious what it will look like with all the coats on it.
Did they give your custom color a name? Paintshops over here almost always do that when they make a custom color.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2010 13:48:15 GMT -6
No they just called it a bright yellow. You need to see it the can! I wish I could get to look like it does in the can. But it will get more yellow. After the clear goes on it will look even more yellow.
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Post by kcjewel on Mar 17, 2010 16:00:05 GMT -6
for us older guys, since we have a Donovan here we could call it mellow yellow. John and the crew
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