Guitar Attack parts build

[donovan]

Hey Eddie, just coming in on this.

What you have done looks great so far! I really like those blue pickup covers but it doesn't entirely fit with the theme!

As far as the pickguard goes, I am a little torn. I always like having a pickguard just for ease because everything is on top but I understand the dilemma with having that preamp but I know it can be done with a top-mount pickguard. It would be really difficult to come up with a strat/les paul pickguard blend! I have no idea how you would like utilize a bracket or anything!

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I'm a little torn on it too! I took a pick guard I had from one of my Strats and to me I just don't like it.
I always like the clean lines of the body without a guard. As you know most of by guitars don't have them. But with everything going in to this build as far as electronics go, it may just be best to go with the rear cavity and no guard. I really did try and come up with something as far as a guard but nothing I came up with looked all that good.
there will be 3 sets of pickups on this and so far, as I can tell at least 4 pots and maybe even some mini switches so there will be a lot on board.

Yes I like the blue on the pickups too. But I don't think they would look all that good on the yellow and orange.

But we are still a ways off from paint. I didn't do anything on it today. I had a lot of honey do things today.

[kcjewel]

When you have a great finish on a guitar, I hate to cover it up with a pickguard.
John and the crew

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Yes, I think this guitar is going to have a lot going on and a guard will take away form the lines on this build. So I'll go with the rear control cavity.
Thanks guys for the input!

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OK, here is what I got done on it today so far. I did the round over (1/2") on both sides and I got the neck pocket routed.





Like I have said before I always try something I haven't done before on every build. So on this one I knew from reading other posts that I would need to put some angle on the neck. So I placed the (or sat) the bridge on the top of the body, after I made a new jig for the neck pocket, then I took the jig and rested one end of it on the bridge and the other part on the body itself where the neck pocket would be. I then put some thin wood under the jig and clamped everything down, making sure everything was straight.
I had to cut the pocket 2 times to get it to where it would be deep enough.

I took a ruler after words to check the height form the top of the frets to the top of the saddles in the bridge, everything looks really good. I did take in a count for the bushing thickness for the bridge.

After the neck pocket was done I moved on to the round over.
Everything there went really good.

So that's all I get to do to this today. I had to stop because I have to go my granddaughters B-day party. You got keep the family happy... ;D

[donovan]

Hey it looks awesome Eddie, you have really been getting going with this build so fast! Looks great though and I am excited for some color on her.

[cknowles]

Hey I recognize that bridge!! It's going to be a killer guitar!

Keep going Eddie

Chris

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Mar 14, 2010 14:44:07 GMT -6 donovan said:

Hey it looks awesome Eddie, you have really been getting going with this build so fast! Looks great though and I am excited for some color on her.

Yeah the paint will change the whole look. I am hoping by next week end to have it at least in primer.
I should have all the routing and sanding done sometime this week.
I want to get this guitar in paint as soon as I can, before the weather here get humid. Once the paint and clear is on I'm going to let it hang for long while before I do the color sanding and buffing. But I have a long ways to go yet.

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Thanks Chris!

Yeah I though you might remember that bridge!

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OK here is what I have done so far today.
This pictures shows what I do before I do any routing. This is called hogging out. I recommend that everyone do this before you do your routing. It save the routing blade and it goes a whole lot smoother.



These pictures show before and after routing. The routing is done in 3 passes for each pickup rout. I use two sided carpet tape to hold the routing jig in place.

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OK now it's getting interesting... I am thinking of going with the 3 volumes and no tone. This is a picture of what I am thinking. The two outer pickups will be the P90 stile and the center pickup will be the stacked single coil.
The stacked single coil can be split so I was going to use the mini switches to split the coil.
As you can see the other pot is the on board over drive.
So let me know what you think. I'm not going to rout out the cavity for this stuff till I am sure about what to do with the electronics. There are so many ways to go with this build.
So I need everyone to give me some feed back on this. Thanks!

[donovan]

Hey eddie the routing and everything looks great man! Nice and clean, as you always do!

Don't you only need one mini-switch for splitting that middle pickup? What's the other one for?

And personally, I wouldn't like have the three volumes, I would want at least a master tone knob of some kind. Do you have a selector switch yet for it?

[kcjewel]

with 3 volumes you don't need a selector switch. Looks good.
John and the crew

[donovan]

Oh ok I didn't know I still personally like a tone knob for some color, especially with single coils in there, but thats just me!

[niels]

I don't use the tone knob that often so I don't think it's a bad idea to make the guitar without one.

As far as the 3 volumes go, I think it's a great idea you can probably make a great sound if you blend all the pickups nicely together!