Hooooo Boy! thats is looking Schmick as all Funk. Nice work there HCT!
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Hooooo Boy! thats is looking Schmick as all Funk. Nice work there HCT!
Neck is glued, finally looks like a guitar. Now for the fun of wiring...
Looking great man
It is now safe from slugs. Put some strings on tonight and this baby is done!
Awesome work, looks fantastic
Your adopted baby is finally seeing the finish line 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by vh2580
To add to the 'stupid things I have done on this build' list. I worked out why I was getting no sound during initial testing stages, I managed to put a pickup ring screw straight through the bridge pickup wire severing 2 wires. Grrrrr! Back to the soldering iron.....
Not quite sure how you managed that, but 'ouch'!
Well the pickup ring screw hole goes directly over the passage to the pot cavity on the rear. Much swearing was involved, but at least I found the issue. All re joined and reinstalled now. Time for finishing touches and testing
Just checked on my EX-1 and I could very well have experienced the same thing. Short screw only for that corner! Thanks for the warning.
Well, after a year and a half, this axe is done and submitted for December GOTM. I'll some pics here to finalise the build diary.
Spec are as follow.
Artist bullbucker pickups, wired in split coil format with Bourne 500k push/pull pots, treble bleed and orange drop capacitor.
Custom ebony fretboard with bullet shell fret markers. UV stabilised vinyl wrap image covered with Barnes Epoxyglass.
Custom .50 cal volume and control knobs, .44 magnum pickup selector switch.
Rear and neck of body were stained with Keta wood dyes and sealed with wipe-on poly.
A few more pics
Looks unreal dude, well done pulling it all together.
Probably would have ended up as firewood if not for yourself, Waz and many others helpful advice along the way. This forum is a great place to learn new skills and extend yourselfQuote:
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
Yeah I agree, hands down one of the best communities on the internet. You should be really proud, going beyond the kit recipe is always a lot of problem solving, adapting and pushing through. Great result.
Nice. Great job.
Looks great Brendan.
How does it play and sound?
It plays very nicely, good low action. Still feeling all the sounds out as I've never had an electric before, but there are plenty of options there. I'm not much of a player, but my neighbour is fantastic, so maybe I can record him doing something to give you a listen of what it can sound like. I would not inflict my playing on anyone.
You don't need to be able to play well to demo a guitar's sounds. In fact, too many demos show people playing far too fast with a distorted tone that could be any guitar. Slow chord arpeggios and slow single note sounds on clean do it for me. Yes, dirty it up as well but I want to know what it's like clean.
Greta job Brendan, looks fantastic and the graphics and epoxy turned out exceptionally well.
Cheers Tony, I'm sure it's not what you envisaged when you got it 🤣