First stage, no assembly , prep work, sanding and staining, stain colours : Golden teak, Mahogany, Black.
Printable View
First stage, no assembly , prep work, sanding and staining, stain colours : Golden teak, Mahogany, Black.
Drilled holes for pick up wiring and through to sound holes.
Nice work Mr Frog, how did you get into bore the through holes for the sound screens? I really like the burst effort, looks fantastic.
Well done with the sound holes, I've been considering doing similar, the jury's still out.
You took a different approach than my plan with finishing the parts early. I've set my neck and intend getting it playing before I disassemble and then finish.
Looking forward to your ongoing story :)
Just used a battery drill and 14mm spade bit, drilled from both sides, happy with the stain effect should look good when varnished.
I thought it would be easier to work on (sanding, staining , varnishing) before any assembly, sound holes,not sure it will make much difference to the sound as it's an electric guitar but may make a difference if just playing the guitar without an amp.
I don't think adding the connecting holes will hurt anything, it would be interesting to hear the difference between yours and an un-modified one being played acoustically. Potential for a Reso owners jamboree?Quote:
Originally Posted by Singing Frog
Got to love that Reso sound, and steel on steel, I have a full brass body resonator I got from the US, I tried to electrify it but didn't have much success, totally different set up to this one, without the spider. I used the same sort of under bridge pick up but couldn't work out how top get the cable off of the cone without touching any other part which would make it buzz. Ended up taking the pick up out and putting it in another acoustic guitar, I didn't want to cut the body of the brass resonator to fit hum-buckers so it's purely acoustic now, sounds great though..Hope this one works out so I can use it at shows..
second coat
Gluing the neck, fitting machine heads, checking neck alignment. fitting tail piece
Laser alignment
Coming along nicely Froggy.
Yes, she's looking good.
Mine hasn't advanced in a week, short on time, hopefully later today.
Yes was going to finish last night but the power went out, just the electrics to finishQuote:
Originally Posted by cork sniffer
Lookin' good!
Nice work Mr. Frog, I must get back to mine but it is on hiatus a bit while I clear the decks of a couple of other builds. And pull apart a Fishman to see if I can make it fit the way I want it to.
The finished article, plays very well. I had to raise the bridge about 1.5mm, action is good, intonation spot on. As soon as I strung it I played for about 3 hours, couldn't put it down. Sounds fantastic! and that's without an amp, probably need to drop the neck pickup to balance the difference between the humbucker and the bridge pickup. But all in all , very satisfied.
I started the build on the 22nd April, 18 days to complete, next is the RC-12.
Nice work Froggy! Looks really nice and 18 days turnaround is a great effort.
18 days. 18 Days? 18 DAYS?!? I'm lucky if i get one done in 18 MONTHS! Well done Sir! Lovely execution and a beautiful result.
Looks great. Normally takes more than 18 days for my finishes to cure so you are doing well.
Yeah got lucky with some nice warm days to dry the finish and had the first coat on within 3 days of starting, learned a few things like I should have masked the binding, there's a lot of small cracks that no amount of sanding is going to remove the stain from but I guess it gives it that vintage look, very happy with the way it plays though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
Very well done, she looks sweet!
Interesting you had to raise the bridge, I'm thinking I'll have to cut my body lower to get the cone lower and in turn lower the bridge. Seriously lower it big time!
Note the height of your fingerboard compared with mine.
Attachment 26409
Attachment 26410
Hi SingingFrog, great work , looks very nice, hows the sound? 18 Days - At that speed, one could squeeze in around 20 builds a year.
Sounds very nice with or without an amp. The bridge pick up works well but as with my other resonators it's hard to get the true sound of the resonator through a pick up but playing with the balance between the neck pickup and the bridge pickup gives you plenty of options.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guvna19
When I set it up initially I thought the action was fine but then I screwed down the resonator cone and found the strings were touching the fret board, only just so I place a thin strip of wood under the bridge pickup, about 1.5mm and this worked perfectly. Your fret board does look a little lower. you don't seem to have much room between the resonator top plate and the end of the fret board (to fit the pickup), with mine I glued the neck in position with the pickup in place, there was about 1-1.5mm gap between the end of the neck and the back of the body socket and being a wedge shape the neck pulled in tight with the socket. This put the measurements out slightly (nut to 12 fret to bridge) but the intonation seems spot on. Remember when you screw down the resonator cone it has to be slightly angled so the lighter strings are slightly shorter.Quote:
Originally Posted by cork sniffer
I'll have to Google setting up a resonator (cone), you never know the strings may be the correct height once adjusted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Singing Frog
"Room between the resonator top plate and the end of the fret board" is fine. Just happened to be hanging and nothing screwed down when the photo was take. To prove the wiring and pickups worked I roughly assembled and got it making approximate noises .
Now time to disassemble and paint or Tru-Oil or whatever I decide to do :-)