Looks great, and a great colour too
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Looks great, and a great colour too
Looks great man. Fully sympathise with the brain issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grubsta
Thanks for the positive comments guys.
I'll be starting the next project soon which will be a 50th birthday present for my father in law and will be one of the hollow body kits. I'm going to keep that one under wraps for now though don't want to give away too much at the moment.
Sounds Cool Grubsta, look forward to seeing how that rolls out. Will Madam Harper be doing a Performance demo of her new weapon?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grubsta
I'd like to say yes but probably not she's not a huge fan of cameras. I'm trying to convince her to have some lessons but she will only do it if it's one on one with a teacher. And I'm not much of a guitarist myself so I can't teach her a whole lot either.Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
Good idea to get others to start the teaching process as once she gains some skills and confidence that is when she may look towards having a jam with mum or dad, or both.
Parents teaching their kids anything is difficult at the best of times and it can easily take all the fun out of something that should be enjoyable.
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Very nice indeed.
I agree Waz, I reckon you've just got to keep it low pressure. I'm not much of a guitarist either, but I know enough to get them started.
I began by just teaching them a few simple melodies/bass lines from songs that they already know. Being able to play something you recognise is a good motivator. Then I don't harp on about practice, but rather when they are bored or being forced to have non-screen time I just suggest picking up the guitar for a bit. My middle daughter now knows how to read tabs and has been teaching herself what she wants to learn - which at the moment is the harry potter theme music and Rip Tide.
It's got to be fun and relate-able. When I had been playing for a couple of years as a kid I decided to try lessons again. I really wanted to learn blues and rock, but my father told the teacher I wanted to learn classical. So I spent a miserable year and half with that teacher slogging away at stuff I had zero interest in. Very nearly turned me off completely.
Yeah, that is the key, finding something they are interested in as that is a good enough motivator in itself. Force feeding knowledge never works.
As they become adolescents it gets harder as they start to challenge what they think they know vs what their parents might know. Driving lessons being a classic example where early on it is best to get professional lessons before too many bad habits have been learned and therefore harder to change later. Same csn be said for learning anything, oncluding a musical instrument.
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I'm having a little trouble with intonation and string buzz at the moment but more so the string buzz.The bridge saddles are quite high and I don't have much adjustment left in them also i have loosened the truss rod to the point where there is almost no tension on the neck and still have a very slight upward bow in the neck.
If anyone could give me some pointers on how I can correct this is be grateful.
Cheers
Russ
How does the neck pocket look? A bit of paint in there can affect the angle and how it sits. By upward bow do you mean the 5th-7th frets are sitting higher than the 1st and 12th? Most of these kits have two way adjustment on the truss rod, so after its loose you can keep turning to adjust the other way. If you have a convex bend (high 5th) you can keep turning the rod anti-clockwise (looking from the head stock towards the body) and it will adjust towards being concave. If its too concave (5th-7th frets low compared to 1st and 12th) then tighten clock wise. Do you have a neck straightness gauge? Like a steel ruler or notched bit of aluminium?
I did get a thin layer of paint in the neck pocket because i forgot to mask it up when I first started spraying it.
And yes the 5th-7th frets are slightly higher I was a bit apprehensive about adjusting the truss rod any further but i didn't realise it was a 2 way adjustment I turned it anti clockwise and it got very loose at which point I stopped so I could seek some advice.
I have a 600mm steel ruler and also a notched Straightness gauge.
My guess is it is sitting too high in the neck pocket. I had that situation on both Teles and had to sand down between 5mm to 7mm to arrive at suitable height to allow for a decent low action.
Cheers,Waz
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Yes possible, but I would play with the adjustment a bit more before taking to it with any sand paper. If you keep turning it anti clock wise it should grab again and start adjusting.
Ok thanks guys ill have a look at it and see how I go.
Thanks for the advice fellas I made a truss rod adjustment and got the neck right and in turn was able to lower the action significantly and do proper intonation it sounds pretty good and plays better than my 2 previous builds. I'll see how she goes with it for a bit but ill most likely change out the pickups and tuners in time for better quality. Oh and the unicorn sticker is still yet to go on but i thought I'd share some pics of the finished product first.
If I'm lucky I might be able to get a shot of her seeing it finished for the first time.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5d5b4811f9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0b36a21244.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5d613151bc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ab573456a7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e9d721346f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...60971889d6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a13f4cd9e7.jpg