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...only if you don't mind the hammer bouncing off the frets and whacking you in the face...a proper fret hammer absorbs the shock and prevents this!
Oh! And when you get your new fret hammer it is a good thing to sand off any sharp edges! You don't want sharp edges imprinted on your frets.
An easy neck support can be made from a cut off leg from an old pair of jeans, some sand and two zip ties.
Zip tie one end, fill with sand and zip tie the the end.
This will conform to the shape of the neck and act as a shock absorber.
Hey there, my tl-1 arrived today and is mostly perfect.
I noticed the neck fit isn't quite perfect and just wanted to check what your opinions are
on how to deal with it.
The pickguard doesn't hide the gaps unfortunately.
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Too easy :)
Grab your trusty file and simply round the heel of the neck a touch.
Do it a little at a time and you should get rid of most of that gap.
Thanks DB, that's what I was planning on doing, just wanted to check before making any adjustments to the neck, as once you've taken away wood, it's a bit hard to put back :)
One more question, am I able to use the yellow wudtone neck finish on the fretboard?
You can use any of the appropriate finishes but i'm not sure why you'd want to paint the fretboard? Best to use an oil like Dr ducks AXE wax or similar on a fretboard....
Just to clarify, we're talking about a maple board.
You'll often see a tinted lacquer on all of a maple boarded teles neck, including the fretboard.
Quick update, I've managed to largely get rid of the gap at the end of the heel by rounding the neck heel ever so slightly. But, the neck fit is still is very loose, and the gaps on the side of the neck remain, the pocket is too large for the neck. I just checked the fit on my flying v, which is so tight you could almost lift the thing by the neck without bolting it on.
Argh! My stupidity seems to know no bounds. The top coats are done and I was going to begin wiring tomorrow, but I hadn't wudtoned enough of the neck heel. Thus another base coat was applied to that part of the neck and I'll have to wait for that before I can continue. It's a very, very small area on the base of the neck, should I bother with applying more top coats or am I ok to continue? Only positive today is the pb-4 I just got on ebay, I'm thinking azure lagoon.
Hi again, I've finished shielding the guard and cavities and I've noticed I can't find the tailpiece or jackplate. Is there any way that I could organize replacements?
Just hit Adam or DB (dingobass@pitbullguitars.com) an email and they will sort you out!
Hey there, I'm up to wiring now and can't find a diagram anywhere for a two conductor flying v.
If anyone knows of one I'd appreciate their help.
You can use the Gibson les Paul wiring schematics....
Hey Gav, the Les Paul schematics are actually different only slightly, master tone vs individual tone.
It's wired up successfully using a modified diagram from seymour duncan. I just used the little bit of guitar wiring knowledge I have to convert it to two conductor.
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Body's almost done, only have to finish polishing the binding and then it's on to fretting the neck and making a new nut
(Thanks for the blanks DB). The wiring worked fine, just had to adapt the above Seymour Duncan diagram, which involved ignoring
the two wires from each pickup that were meant to be connected. It turns out that I'm very good at ignoring diagrams, as I managed to wife the
tone back to front :)
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That's a nice looking guitar right there. The flame has come up a treat.
Wow Tristan, that FV-1 is great!
Thanks, it's been a fun process making it, and the support I've received so far has been excellent, especially when I've done something stupid to the guitar. I'll be sad to see it finished, but there's a tl-1 and pb-4 in my work room that need my attention.
Yes Tristan, I feel the same way about my LP, so far this journey has been the best experience of my life, I've had so much help from you guys here on the forums throughout my journey, I've had all of you involved, helping me, giving me advice, and answering the random questions I had :P :D . This will be a sad but very happy time for me when It's done, sad because I don't have much to do for a while to keep me occupied, but very happy because I achieved something that people my age don't normally have the chance to do!
So to all of you who have been here for my epic adventure, I thank you all so much, even before I started I got help from Adam and the other guys who have been there since January this year! I WILL be staying here at Pit Bull Guitars, and the pestiness won't end for a long time, next project is a pup winder!!!
That looks awesome! Man those Flying V kits are damn good value with al that hardware and that top! Definitely be making myself one in the future..
Yeah, the kit was great quality and on mine I only found one small glue spot.
The wudtone has brought the grain really nicely and given it a depth that is really
cool in person. Only thing upgraded on mine was the jack, as I accidentally put a switchcraft
one on that I was going to use on a speaker cabinet.
Hi Tristan,
Man, your finish looks awesome!
Did you need to do anything special with the Wudtone application to pop the grain like that? Is it a specific base coat / colour coat combination?
Would love to use your Wudtone choice on my next project.
Fantastic job!
Cheers,
Gavin.
The Colour's Carmine Gypsy.
It's brilliant for bringing out the grain and the application's no different to any other wudtone colours
apart from the added coat (or two) of deep colour before the base coats.
Neck bolted on and binding clean.
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looking good Tristan, looks pretty similar to Gav's FV (his was carmine as well) but he made a few mods and leaving the truss rod cover cost him GOTM couple of months ago !
Arrggh, my Ipad keeps rotating pictures. I'm not leaving the truss rod cover. Actually
bought a custom one from the states, which I'm putting on tomorrow. But I
broke my 1/16 drill bit, so I'll have to grab a new one when I head to bunnings for a
belt sander tomorrow
Tristan, you better not use the hardware store name starting with 'B' around Dingobass ! He's not a fan !
I know, but don't worry, all of my router bits, sandpaper, glue, etc come from stewmac :)
I'm afraid at times a trip to bunnings is a necessary evil, especially when you need to quickly
sand a rough cut headstock to a useful shape!
did you have to remind me!!!! ;)Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from wokkaboy on July 24, 2013, 13:14
looking good Tristan, looks pretty similar to Gav's FV (his was carmine as well) but he made a few mods and leaving the truss rod cover cost him GOTM couple of months ago !