Thread: Yet another first build

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

LMAO!!
iv also never seen mitre clamps used like that... haha very inventive

Yeh those funny little Chinese clamps werent much chop for mitres, im glad they came to good for use after 15 years of storage. I almost though them out numerous times.
Walked around the shed a couple of arvos looking around for clamps. Still a few hidden somewhere. I may have to invest in some. I just scraped home.

Originally Posted by Groundhangers

Yeh those funny little Chinese clamps werent much chop for mitres, im glad they came to good for use after 15 years of storage. I almost though them out numerous times.
Walked around the shed a couple of arvos looking around for clamps. Still a few hidden somewhere. I may have to invest in some. I just scraped home.

haha they are pretty crap
iv had to re-peen the flared ends a few times after i have (over)tightened them
i have a neat woven clamp system for mitres now


on another note, is there enough room there for that truss rod nut to move freely?

Put some nitro on Tele thing.
I masked up the rout holes to get maximum tone out of the wood directly. I reckon it makes a difference to how woody the tone gets bouncing around behind the pickups.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...s/DSC00093.jpg

I went to the timber yard on Monday and stocked up on Rock Maple and Mahogany, prices were good so ive ended up with enough wood for 5 necks and 4 bodies. Just on the search for tops now.
Still waiting for parts and theres not much more i can do. So, may as well get some more carving practice. This one Rock Maple and Blackwood.

Found another use for the mitre clamps. snapped them in half, now i have double.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...DSC00135-1.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...s/DSC00137.jpg
The router thing makes a nice flat surface.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...s/DSC00138.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11.../DSC001431.jpg

Thats all!
Greg

good stuff man

i made up a router thingo too recently... might post a few pics now lol

That is looking great!
I must admit that I rather liked the joins and woodgrain though.
Congrats!
Rob

Yeh post up some pics Andrew, my inspiration for making stuff comes because i see others posting pictures. My next side project is going to be a fret saw box. Its probably going to be a Stew Mac based type one. Ive been looking around but its a little hard to find anything decent. Do you know of any links or pictures? Ive got a basic idea of what i want but you can never have too much info.

Thanks Ckngumbo, the sides i was going to stain a dark brown so the end grains were a little hard to see but after putting the binding on i think im just going to clear it. Ive come attached to its appearance.

I put some 1.4mm Rock Maple binding on the guitar this evening, gee, wasnt that a pain in the butt. I dont really want to work with stuff that thin again. Bent the maple with a heat gun and with the heavy corners i applied water first, worked out fine, to my amazement. The first couple i tried snapped without the water.
Tuners and bridge turned up today so that means a quick setup so i can find out the real depth for the neck pocket. I was a bit worried about routing it out without the bridge just in case i took too much out but at a quick assessment it looks like i only have to rout out another 5mm, choice!
More soon.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...s/DSC00065.jpg

Glued the Mahogany together on Sunday and drew up a new shape. I was going to go for the double cutaway but this shape sort of has it in there with a little extra. What do you think?
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...s/DSC00079.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...s/DSC00083.jpg

Greg

Originally Posted by Groundhangers

Did a but more this weekend, may as well post it up now.

Glued the top on. The bricks done a great job on the lams.


It was always going to have a hole in it, but gee's its hard to come up with something that either hasnt been done before or is tasteful. After doodling all week, i came up with this one.


Been busting to get the neck on, now its time!




Pickup routs!



Because i changed my mind from bolting the neck on to gluing it, i ended up very undesired hole to cover up. I had to make up this pissy little piece to fit in the slot, took ages! Actually, the original bit i was working on flung out of the grinder through the window and over the back fence. In the end it fit great.




Thats about it.


Hopefully back to the Tele next week.
Greg

Thats gonna look beaut Greg. Awesome work so far.

Very informative, thanks for posting.
cheers
Steve

I really like this design. The sound holes are perfect with the body!
Congrats

Taken me a while to post up the pics.98% finished, been too busy playing it.

Totally inspired by Old Pickers Lucky







It surprisingly plays really well. A nice weight also. Skimped out on the paint, about 5 coats nitro, but its fine.
Got some more of my other build,ill just sort it out.

Greg

Good job greg. That turned out awesome mate.

Originally Posted by Groundhangers

Taken me a while to post up the pics.98% finished, been too busy playing it.

Totally inspired by Old Pickers Lucky







It surprisingly plays really well. A nice weight also. Skimped out on the paint, about 5 coats nitro, but its fine.
Got some more of my other build,ill just sort it out.

Greg

Greg, now THAT is a beauty. Awesome work.

Thanks Floody, it was a bit of a neglected build, but still managed to get things pretty much right.
I spent most of my time on this thing.
I changed my mind 100 times on this one from the neck, top, pickups, bridge and color. It was supposed to be tobacco and got talked into blue, oh well.
It has a nice feel, plays and sounds unreal. Didnt like the warmth of the pickups (unknown) with the covers on so i took them off, gained a stack of volume and some nice crispness.
Ive never owned a guitar with gold hardware so it had to be.












Only a few coats on this one, i was only after some building experience basicly so ill concentrate a bit more on the #3 build.
3.5k in weight and more work than what i bargained for, had heaps of fun.

Greg