[quote]/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from barrylicious on May 6, 2014, 14:39
Neck redone.
It looks unreal mate! Nice job.
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[quote]/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from barrylicious on May 6, 2014, 14:39
Neck redone.
It looks unreal mate! Nice job.
Still might shave a little off the headstock
I'll be using a very thinned coat or 2 of clear enamel on the neck, unless you guys can come up with a better solution for me. Almost everything else I've played with leaves a yellow taint behind and id really like to keep the crisp white on the guitar.
As for buying a tub, well I'm kind of a tightArsedmutha(thankyou auto predict for that phrase). If I swirl again I'll knock up a timber frame for my box and double bin bag the inside .
Also for anyone trying a swirl. USE tank water . Thevpaint behaved much nicer.
Can't wait to hang this one up on the wall
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Wow Barry the mock build looks amazing, can't wait to see it strung up and belting out some tunes !
Some nice curves on the top of the headstock maybe in similar shape of the body would be the icing on the cake
that's pretty dam cool Barry
the back of the neck is amazing - looks great
Fret leveling and polishing done. Still a little paint to take off. 2 only clear Coates on fretboard done. Still a buff and polish to go. Looking better then I expected.
Plz note. Same blue paint used on neck as body. I dipped the body fast and the neck slow. Makes huge difference.
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Don't know what possessed you to do this but it looks amazing.
A series of unfortunate events led me here.
Figured I just roll with it
A series of unfortunate events led me here.
Figured I just roll with it
I was about ready to order another neck before I did this.
Accidentally (drunkenly) grabbed the neck with paint soaked hands without realizing it. Couldn't remove the colour no matter what I tried... So I just went over it.
So a bit of serendipity, then.
Wow Barry, that looks so stunning!
yes Barry the neck looks excellent, looks like the whole axe has been swirled as one piece !
Looks utterly amazing!
cheers,
Gav.
Been a while. Finally got a day off to make some progress. Wiring almost complete. Headstock shaped.
Replaced tone capacitors with some upgraded bits
These came highly recommended from a sparky friend
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Love the Swirl finish. I've thought about doing a swirl, but haven't had the guts to give it a go.
Looking forward to seeing this finished.
Cheers
Darren
This is an incredible build, Barry.
You should be super stoked with what you have achieved. I want to hear it in action once it is all strung up. ;)
Great work Dan. Will be great to see her strung up and hear how she sounds!!
cheers,
Gav.
Finally finished. Well. Almost. A small wiring problem. Volume for. The neck pickup won't turn off. It'll go quiet but still has signal coming through when turned off?? Any ideas guys? Could it be the pot? Or my bad soldering skills?
Any way some pics.
Still needs final buff and polish
Intonation set well
High e string seems to buzz a little fretted and unfretted. Think it might be the screw mount on the tom bridge that adjust length .
Apart from that she plays like a dream.
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A few more in the pipeline...
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Shit Baz, just a few. :P
Yeah. I suffer from really bad gas
She's come up beautifully Dan. Your stack looks like mine. Never sees to get any smaller :).
cheers,
Gav.
Turned out sweet, excellent work with the paint job!!
How does the fingerboard play with the swirl on it? Is it nice and smooth. I'd be too scared that bent strings would "catch" where the different colours were.
From the cardboard layout photo you posted earlier it looks like you've using standard LP style wiring with the pickups on the outer pot lug (with the tone link) and the switch connection on the centre lug, right? So you're saying with the toggle switch in the neck or neck + bridge positions the neck pickup signal still comes through when its volume turned all the way down? Does the volume work correctly other than that? It could be that the pot wiper isn't 'shorting to ground' completely when in the full clockwise position, meaning that some signal is still getting through. If you have a multimeter just turn the neck volume pot fully clockwise (off) and measure the resistance between the centre lug and the case-soldered ground lug (should be zero). Or, sans multimeter, just wrap a bare wire around the centre lug and short it to the ground lug (or any ground) and check the signal, if that stops the signal coming through then you'll know it's an issue with the pot.Quote:
Quote from barrylicious on June 25, 2014, 19:17
[...] The neck pickup won't turn off. It'll go quiet but still has signal coming through when turned off? [...]
If that doesn't locate the problem post some pics of your completed wiring and we can take a closer look.
Fretworn: I built up a few thin layers of clear over the fretboard and carefully sanded it back smooth. No edges have cAught strings yet. Fingers crossed.
I imagine the fretboard will eventually wear in the favorite spots like they all do. Guess ill just keep some yellow paint handy to patch it up were necessary. Only trouble I have is getting lost whilst looking at the frets. It's a little distracting .
Scott. Cheers for the info. Found the culprit. Applied more heat to the soldered lug on the volume pot. Mustn't have had a solid join. Problem fixed.
Another problem has appeared though. When the pickup selector is in the middle position, it seems that only the neck pickup is working. When I tap on the bridge pickup, no signal comes through. ( Both volumes are turned up).
In the forwArd or backward position both pickups/ volumes/ tones All work independAntly as you would expect. Could this be the switch? Or is it once again my dodgy wiring job?
It could just be a dodgy contact in the switch for the bridge when in the middle position (I assume you're using the stock toggle switch). To check, get yourself a paperclip or a piece of stiff bare wire, put the switch into the middle position (make sure you can hear the neck pup) and then use the wire to short the switch's bridge lug to its output lug. If that gets you sound from the bridge pup as well then you'll know it's the switch at fault.
Standard LP wiring means that the volumes are linked in the middle position, so make sure neither volume is at zero when doing any tests.
Ok Scott. Did what you suggested and have signal.
Next step I imagine is to pull apart the switch and find wich peice of metal isn't touching the other piece of metal in the middle position? Out of time ATM but I'll crack open that switch over the next couple days and have a looksy. Could just swap out the switch, but I'm a tight arse and I wanna know how it all works
Thanks once again for the info.
Yep. Definitely the king of the axe-wirers. Good advice, Scott.
All righty then. I'm ready to close the book on this one now!
Big thanks to all who put in ideas and advice
Finally got around to opening tge 3wsy switch to repair it. I thought there might be a little more to them. But I was wrong. Simple yet effective(when working) switch. I just had to bend a metal contact a little to make sure signal got through properly. Took a lot longer to put back together then it did to take it apart , but I got there.
Guitar intonates well. Plays solid and harmonically , well, squeals like a banshee. Artificial harmonics come off off every note with ease. Will upload video shortly
Very happy with finished product.
Thankyou pitbull guitars for deepening my addiction.
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Really Nice...looking forward to the audio.
Been a bit of journey, this one, Barry and it's great to see it come to fruition. Like the Gavmeister says, I'm looking forward to hearing the audio too.
Congratulations on an 'interesting' build.
Finally got round to plugging it in
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Check it out
Kick ass! You weren't kidding about the pinch harmonics. That thing wails! Tight playing.
swirl is perfect for the mockingbird style, well done.
sounds really good! stock pups?
sounds great Barry, trying to pick the riff you are playing or is it original ?
Part of an old pan terra. Dimebag was a god!
And yeah. All stock hardware. Only thing I changed was lots of shielding through the cavities and I reversed the bridge pickup to face the other way. Oh. And replaced the cap on the bridge tone pot with a Russian Polly oil paper job
ah that's the riff, thought I recognised it. You got the pinch harmonics worked out !