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Started coloring this one yesterday and today. Going green on this one. At least the back and the sides. Black stain on the headstock. A very light, almost white, stain for the spalted top.
Tomorrow, I'll check the neck angle before gluing. Cheers folks! [emoji482]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...392db7526e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3c0d86f642.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5d63f56cad.jpg
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That's a little better. Gotta hand it to keda powder dyes. Mixing some blue in the morning for another guitar. [emoji41]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5216320330.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...08a0ffe854.jpg
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I really like that green
The neck didn't take the dye like the body, which was expected, but this came out blotchier than I would like. There's some very interesting wood grain in this neck. I could cut it back, but I kinda dig it. The upside: the back of the neck is ooohhhh sooo smooth, so I'm going to leave it like that. Held up next to the body, it looks pretty decent. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...42acace0e8.jpg
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I cut the color back on the back of the neck. Couldn't take it. I'll post a pic in the morning.
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I'll fix it up later today. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4bb26af3ce.jpg
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Much better. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...8a5fb171cc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...309e16c4db.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b16f3e4c7e.jpg
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Looks great!
For some reason looking at the pics make me feel compelled to reach for long bow and a green felt hat.......
Glued up.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...46a70d92eb.jpg
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All glued up. Gotta mix a touch of green dye for some touch-ups. Pretty good otherwise. Then scrape the binding. Clearcoat after that. Lets see how it goes. Dorks me out how light this thing is. Lol
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So, I'm messing with the bridge, and have a couple questions.
1) Floating Bridge, or no?
2) Did other people slot the pieces of fretwire that carry the strings over the bridge? I see a little (VERY little) plastic mallet to seat the fretwire going on here as well. Attachment 42372
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Yeh, the bridge just sits on the top. In other threads Simon Bardon had suggested once intonated , pinning it in place. It's a pain in the arse to intonate. I didn't slot the saddles, but I did find I had to move the saddle for the E string forward a slot and have the whole bridge angled slightly to get intonation right. Your mileage may vary I suspect.Quote:
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You can also use double sided tape to hold the bridge on. You just want something to either keep the bridge in place when you take all the strings off (sticky tape), or an easy way to replace it in the intonated position. I always recommend tape first until you are happy with the string make, gauge and type, and then think about pinning it.
Don't glue it on as you won't be able to adjust the intonation if you change anything about the strings. You can reseat the saddles in their slots, but its not as good as being able to move the bridge and move the saddles if necessary.
I vaugly remember seeing a youtube video where someone had jack of the bridge on a Hoffner and made a replacement for the upper part that had moving saddles.
I just realized that is an HB-4S........not 6S. [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji2957][emoji2957]
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I thought that there might be a floating tune-o-matic for bass like there is for guitars, but I didn't see any on a quick check of ebay. What you might be able to do is adapt the bridge's base plate to a tune-o-matic top?
All the 4-string TOMs I’ve seen have the large post holes in the bridge. You’ll need one with the thin Gibson screw posts of the type that are fixed in the guitar (on in this case, in the base of the floating bridge). It’s the rotating ring alone that adjust the bridge height. That’s what the kit bridge has Just not enough depth in the base to adapt it for a fully rotating bridge post.
That, and the outer saddles are 2.25" apart. Too wide for the Hof......
Scraping binding......slooowwwly.....
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Don't know if this link will work, but this was the vid I was thinking about , by Fanblade Instraments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbcGcPWlQXI
So, I found a zero fret for this in the dungeon of the internet. We'll see if it shows up. Lol
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Is it one of those combined nuts and zero frets like this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunut75
https://goldtonemusicgroup.com/zeroglide/
Just looking at pictures them and the zero fret doesn't seem well supported on the headstock side of the fret. They would look to need a lot of fine tuning to get everything to fit the fret in the same way a real zero fret would fit.
I've seen reports of them not working very well. I think someone on here tried one recently and wasn't impressed and went back to a standard nut.
Also an old thread here: https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ight=zeroglide
So, check this out. I bought one of these nuts for a china tele (non-PB......I know!...[emoji849]). Looking at the fretboard, and it's already slotted for a zero fret! Attachment 42498
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I don't think that other zero glide is coming in. Sketchy-azz website. Maybe it'll show up in a week or two. Lol. In the mean time, going with the stock nut. Tired of waiting.
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Maybe this is something some factories are doing. My daughter dot a Jazzmaster neck that is cut exactly that wayQuote:
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I like the idea of the zero glide. Did yours arrive in the end? Would like to try this for my own build.Quote:
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Peter
FWIW, I tried to order one their zeroglides but failed. I even tried shipping to my son in NY, but all I got was an error saying "something went wrong". No account or card issues, but I suspect their authorisation checker rejects non-US payments. I've had that from several US-based sites.Quote:
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Peter