Thank you!
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Thank you!
Thank you!
Thanks wazkelly, I have the action down where I want it, and it does play very nicely. I left it for 6 months to see if the neck would move at all. As far as I can tell it hasn't budged. I learned a...
Almost complete and by now quite playable. Although I could quite happily just sit and look at the Spalted Maple top.
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Note we were still waiting for some knobs!!
And finally...
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It's amazing what can be done with a file, a drill and a small hammer...
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I think this was 1.5mm ali, cut out of an old computer front panel! I used the same material for the bottom half...
Finally got these in place...
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Decided to work in aluminium as it is a soft easy to work metal. I am very pleased with the neck pickup surround, it looks right. The bridge pickup...
Here there be Daemons...
It was very hard to know how thick the Spalted maple top was, so carefully recessing the controls was trial and error.
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If you look carefully you can see that...
Some test placing of the aluminium pickup surrounds and the steel bridge.
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I could measure the angle of the strings and was pleased to find that the strings lined up with the bridge and...
Being an engineer, I wanted access to my soldering (or collecting of dry joints if you prefer!), consequently I departed from the original plan and put a cover over the control cavity for easy and...
I used the shape of the body to provide a guide for routing the top. The more deliacte areas around the neck I shaped by hand with sand paper. I also used a router to get a rough cut on the relief...
I used a laser to work out the various levels so I could be sure I had the neck positioned how I wanted it. I used the laser to check the level of my bench. Then checked that the guitar body was set...
I changed to a Gotoh bridge, I wanted something heavier, in the hope it would get me closer to that rick-o-sound. I tried the bridge without recess into the body, remember also that I added a top,...
I did more work on the back of the body... sanding... sanding I gave up sanding sorry!
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Then I did some shaping with the help of an angle grinder. Absolutely terrifying, but it was quick...
The neck was a dream to finish, a careful rub down and a few coats of oil and it was good to go....
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The fretwork was excellent. The guitar, when finally assembled, played immediately...
Here is the trial assembly on the bench...
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It all went together nicely, Adam provided exactly what I'd asked for and the quality was indeed superb.
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The neck pocket was nice and...
This is what came out of the box.
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The top is "spalted Maple". It has an almost psychedelic pattern, it's only got a few coats of Crimson Guitar finishing oil.
Well it took a little longer than I thought, but it has worked out splendidly. It tunes, it is intonated almost perfectly, the action still needs minor work, but I have bought new name guitars in a...
That looks really, really nice. I am tempted to go with a similar colour. I appreciate the issue with the neck pickup too. Still thinking that one through.
Hi Simon, yeah changeable, hot and sunny or wet and humid or sunny and wet or sunny and humid. Hoping tomorrow will be a good day for sanding. :)
Knowing it was going to be 6-8 weeks before my Ric-5 turned up, I decided to figure out where I could work. Most of the dusty stuff could be done in the garden. I realised I would need a work area,...
Thanks for the encouragement everyone! I spent most of the day trying to not sand the veneer. It is definitely very thin. I think I can see an area where the glue that hods it on is thicker than the...
Wow, I like your ES5V! If the Ric5 comes out OK I might try another one, might go for one of those...
The story goes like this. Always wanted a Ric, but every time I looked at one in a shop, I wasn't convinced they were worth the premium being charged. I also wanted a 5 string. They don't make those...
Yes, the veneer is really really thin, I don't think it will take much sanding.