FrankenWashie's Third, The Cliche Black LP

[FrankenWashie]

If you're after a DAW that won't cost you anything, check out Audacity, if you're after something a bit better, check out Reaper, the guys who make it offer a $60.00 License for it, if you need to get an Audio Interface for your computer, check out the Scarlett 2i2 USB Audio Interface, I have one and it's pretty good for the money you pay for it.

Thanks for that Doc, I have GarageBand on my Mac as default software so I'll start playing around with that and see what happens before I go trying to get fancy. I've never recorded anything before so I guess its a starting point. I've got I-Rig on my iPad as well which from memory will also record, so I might also play with that. With a bit of luck I shall start with the EXA-1 in a couple of weeks to see how it all works. (Then the SV-1, then the LP!)

[DrNomis_44]

Thanks for that Doc, I have GarageBand on my Mac as default software so I'll start playing around with that and see what happens before I go trying to get fancy. I've never recorded anything before so I guess its a starting point. I've got I-Rig on my iPad as well which from memory will also record, so I might also play with that. With a bit of luck I shall start with the EXA-1 in a couple of weeks to see how it all works. (Then the SV-1, then the LP!)

No worries mate, Garage Band is pretty cool, you can do quite a lot with it, I'm still learning how to record good demos with the DAW software I run on my Studio PC, I'm currently running FL Studio 12.4 Producer Edition, Reaper, and Ableton Live 9 Standard, it is a bit of a learning curve but don't let that discourage you, keep at it.

[FrankenWashie]

The process of imbuing the LP with the necessary evil has begun....



The LP is over 60% less Hol(e)y.

[Simon Barden]

Nice plugging!

The next time we see it, will it be back in black?

[FrankenWashie]

Nice plugging!

The next time we see it, will it be back in black?

It will probably be smeared in timbermate, or I will be punching holes though it's head.

[FrankenWashie]

As this building thing goes, i have been leaping about the place a bit, and waiting for hardware on this one has chewed up some build time.
so we are here:


I finally worked up the nerve to utilise the drilling jig i had made to install something important:



I also finally took delivery of the Machine heads for this one and was happy to find they are a really good colour match to the Schaller Signum bridge.


Once i work out how I am going to drill the headstock (It may be a take to work effort as I don't want to have to chock my drilling jig up) I'll do some final surface prep and lay some colour on. At this stage its going to be black, with overtones of Black and to change it up a bit a bit of Black.

[Simon Barden]

Just use a hand drill? Slightly undersize and then ream out until big enough? Tuner holes normally aren't that tight a fit. The tightest fit is on the rear of the headstock and the hole on the face of the headstock is normally quite a lot wider than the screwed barrel. As long as the centres are in the right place, it should all look fine. Whichever way you go in, just attach some flat scrap wood to the other side to prevent splintering when the drill goes through.

[Andy40]

Phoar, nice Gotohs FW

[FrankenWashie]

Phoar, nice Gotohs FW

Thanks Andy, I'm just happy that they are a good colour match for the bridge TBH. Now I can get on with the headstock drilling and throw some colour on this puppy.

[FrankenWashie]

Just use a hand drill? Slightly undersize and then ream out until big enough? Tuner holes normally aren't that tight a fit. The tightest fit is on the rear of the headstock and the hole on the face of the headstock is normally quite a lot wider than the screwed barrel. As long as the centres are in the right place, it should all look fine. Whichever way you go in, just attach some flat scrap wood to the other side to prevent splintering when the drill goes through.

Yeah good plan Simon, the trigger on my battery op hand drill is quite touchy, I may have to invest in a good solid hand cranked version for these kinds of jobs. It was very touchy on the bridge post drilling.