Thread: BluesTone guitars- semihollow neck through telecaster

Some lovely figure in that neck

ummm stu.....

umm... you seem to have.... umm... made a BOO BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it back to front!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




lol looks sexy, the figure in that neck blank is really nice....

i like your trussrod slot routing setup too...

good stuff

wow.

nice one Stu

the hollow T with centre core is one of me projects comin up though not neck through like this one

looking great so far this build is...

Now we're just starting to get to the good bits !!!!

Looking good Stu ... I'll look forward to watching this unfold, it's a build that's on my wish list.

And can you post a couple more pics of the truss rod in situ ... it might help clarify Floody's questions.

Cheers

Dadovfor

I'll see what pics. I have of the truss setup, Floody.

Anyway onwards and upwards.....................

question,
whats going on in the second last picture....


that f hole is real nice...

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

question,
whats going on in the second last picture....

that f hole is real nice...

As this is a hollowed out build, I wanted to use Qld walnut mounted on the inside of the back as a screw plate for the control cover and also to add strength around the
routed out cavity to negate movement and possibility of stress cracking.
This could have been alot slimmer but as this body had so much weight removed already, I had the option of beefing this up a little bit more so I could make a slightly fatter set of covers for it. Note the Qld walnut backing plate has its grain orientation going opposite of the back.

Hot Hot Hot

And a tele too






I need a router stat....

Originally Posted by Slashbot_427

Hot Hot Hot

And a tele too


I need a router stat....

Bent sides is how I'd build these from now on. Too much waste timber routing out solid billets.

Here's the drawings I'd prepared for this one. This may make the whole build direction a little clearer. Any questions are welcome .

Anyway onwards and upwards.....................



Hi Oz, in this image (with the half-bound f-hole) it looks like you've sealed the walnut with something. Is that the case? And if so, what's that about?

And what glue do you use for your plastic binding?

Cheers,

Shane

Nothing but metholated spirits there, Shane. An indication of colour only, no other reason for it.

I use this stuff for plastics http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Glues,_a..._adhesive.html

Normal superglue doesn't penetrate the plastic enough to give a substantial enough bond.
The weld-on #16 actually melts the plastic and forms it to the timber, to an extent.
When joining plastic to plastic, I use acetone to melt each piece and then join together.
This leaves less of a join and melts together a little better in my experience.

In the background is a tube of #16 weld-on and acetone.



More........