Well done Jeff your guitar looks magnificent - well done I am totally jealous and envious - I love it!!
Cheers,
Alan
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Well done Jeff your guitar looks magnificent - well done I am totally jealous and envious - I love it!!
Cheers,
Alan
Hi Guys,
Just wanted to thank everybody for their help again.
I had a ball building my SG guitar and I am wrapped with the result
I have posted a couple of pics just to show the finished...
Hey Jeff - you really know what you are doing - the guitar looks spectacular already!!!
I already don't understand anything you are doing with the guys but it sounds exciting
You are inspiring...
Ha! Sorry Gav - thank goodness you guys have got a great sense of humour!
Anyway I wouldn't have got to the other Gav's tutorial without the encouragement from you so all thanks and compliments...
Thanks Jeff - I really learned alot - its an incredibly rewarding process.
I looked for any posts but couldn't find any - I would like to follow your progress and help if I can
I am probably...
Thanks Guys,
I couldn't have done it without all your help
And thanks Stan I appreciate the offer
And good to know Andrew - I agree - it's got such a long neck the extra action height sort...
Great news Guys, I worked thru Gavin's set up Guide as pablopepper suggested and the buzzing and/or rattling has disappeared.
It sounds even better - there is a real resonance in the sound - the...
Here are the pics - I hope you can see them - I think the last one is the first fret and then they run down to the bridge from the first to the fourth pic (I think!)
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Hi Guys,
Sorry guys I'm not sure whats happening here
I didn't level the frets at all - I didn't think I could fix them if they were out anyway (that's the spirit- ha!)
I put a straight edge on...
Hi Ihasmario,
I tried this and it worked beautifully
I adjusted the G string and have now got a G harmonic note
My clip on tuner still says its a C for some reason
Anyway I think the...
Hi DrNomis,
Thanks so much for your feedback.
I am really working in the dark here - no knowledge of intonation at all!
I have tuned all the strings - only to the clip on tuner (I may have...
Hi Scott and Pablopepper,
The good news is - after playing around with the basic tuning today it seems like it is tuned!?
I think I might have been tuning to some of the notes to the # note ?...
Hi Guys,
I got the pickups earthed and strings are on
I tried to intonate it but it sounds awful.
I adjusted the action and it looks pretty good
I tuned it basically to a clip on tuner...
Thanks again Wokka and thanks ihasmario I really appreciate your comments.
I'm not sure that the eyes turned out the way I imagined - I was hoping they could look like knots in the wood as well as...
Thank you Wokkaboy - you are a God send!
I have viewed the video and it seems straight forward enough
I think the hole went to the bottom saddle post but I will check the way you suggested
...
Thanks heaps Wokka and dingobass
I didnt realise that the bone nut needed the slots filed into them - probably a bit exy at this stage to purchase the file set
I thought the slots themselves...
Hi Guys,
Another issue - I just received the bone nut but it doesn't seem to have any real slots for the strings.
It only has a very minor slot at the tip of the nut but I don't think the...
Hi Guys,
Thanks for putting a positive spin on my stuff up
Dave - that burn must have really hurt - it was bad enough just burning my fingers
Hey kimball that guitar is wild - I love the...
Hi Guys,
I have completed the electrics and unless I am missing something I think they work?!!!
I used the video guides to step me thru the process and they worked a treat - the guys who put...
Thanks Keloooe,
Sounds like I could handle that!
I will get onto the Pit Bull Guitar Store
Cheers - thanks mate
Alan
Thanks again guys,
I know I couldn't have got this far without you guys so please keep shouting from the sidelines - ha!
I am wrapped that I have played around with the bridge and saddle and...
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Hi Stan and Gav,
I have added a few more pics with pick up in place - I tested it before I did the final neck glueing and I had to shave some off the step up to the fret board...
No worries Stan - hopefully I can help someone somewhere
Thanks again to all also found the glue at Masters and got the Original brand!
I just glued the shim in and I have glued the neck.
It...
Thanks allot guys really appreciate your help again
Wish I could help you guys somehow - hopefully I can repay the favours some time
Cheers,
Alan
Hi Guys another question - is there a brand name Titebond glue that Wokkaboy suggested or is it just PVA Aquadhere glue?
Or is there Titebond PVA glue?
Have cut a few slithers of wood for the...