DMS-1 The King's 4th Pitbull build

[FrankenWashie]

I was pondering converting one of my guitars from 9.5" (more or less, haven't managed) to 12" since I never felt comfortable with the smaller radius boards. Getting my G&L with the 12" radius was a revelation.

I think the usual for most of the PBG range is 12” or 14” radius, I know that the ex Washburn Neck in my FrankenWashie is 19”, as is Experiment #2.
i think the Ibanez is also about 14”, the G style ones I have I think are 12”

Yet another tip I got perusing this forum. So many good ideas.

Dan: It certainly helps if you have unused donor parts laying around to practice on.
i.e. a useless neck to practice refretting on.

cheers, Mark.

Edit: When you think about it though, 12" necks would be common enough that you may be better off
just buying one off the ebay.

That’s a good thought Mark, there’d be a plethora on Alibaba.com as well

[jugglindan]

It's on a 45 year old acoustic so really I don't want to mess with it. Just dreaming out loud about ways to make it nicer to play.

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[king casey]

If you are lucky you may eventually see a 'blank' headstock one here on Pitbull...then you can carve a G&L headstock to suit.

Meanwhile....
Neck colouring.

Good ol' F&W Golden Teak.

F&W Mahogany to even out the 'engineered rosewood'



cheers, Mark.

[king casey]

Putting the frets back in.




cheers, Mark

[king casey]

There's something about being 'forewarned' and then marching straight into trouble...
Fitted the neck.


Measured up the scale and decided to use the pre-drilled screw holes.
But then (despite being warned by Oli's drama) decided to use the kit screws.
Drilled the holes again to make sure the screw would go in without issue.
First screw was going in quite easy when the top just came off like it was made of cheese.
Doh!!

Unlike Oli, I just drilled the remnants with the same size drill bit. Figuring the damned thing would dissolve...
Which it apparently has.

Anyway, in hindsight, these supplied screws don't even look like they're up to the task.
I used some other screws which are far more sturdy, and put just 4 of them in for a preliminary test.
I have another hard-tail strat style bridge which I'm using as it also has 'string through' holes.
Which will be the scene of further drama up the road no doubt.


Can't test for intonation as the electrics aren't in yet but so far so good.

cheers, Mark.

[Simon Barden]

9.5" to 12" is a minor change. It sounds a lot but in practice it really isn't that different. I've done it twice without any issues. In that instance you'd mark down the sides of the board, not the middle.

[colin2121]

Looking good, Mark.

[king casey]

Looking good, Mark.

Thankyou colin.

Simon: I can understand that because 7.25 isn't that great a difference to me.
I probably wouldn't notice any difference between 9 and 12.

Anyway, I guess the next step is to cut out the metal control plate.
Then I can get to the rest of the scratch plate.
Also I have the 2 3way switches arriving any day now.

cheers, Mark.

[OliSam]

Putting the frets back in.

cheers, Mark

Wow! “Just like a bought one” but better.


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[OliSam]

There's something about being 'forewarned' and then marching straight into trouble...
Fitted the neck.


Measured up the scale and decided to use the pre-drilled screw holes.
But then (despite being warned by Oli's drama) decided to use the kit screws.
Drilled the holes again to make sure the screw would go in without issue.
First screw was going in quite easy when the top just came off like it was made of cheese.
Doh!!

Unlike Oli, I just drilled the remnants with the same size drill bit. Figuring the damned thing would dissolve...
Which it apparently has.

Anyway, in hindsight, these supplied screws don't even look like they're up to the task.
I used some other screws which are far more sturdy, and put just 4 of them in for a preliminary test.
I have another hard-tail strat style bridge which I'm using as it also has 'string through' holes.
Which will be the scene of further drama up the road no doubt.


Can't test for intonation as the electrics aren't in yet but so far so good.

cheers, Mark.

Thats right mate. The screws just separated without even any pressure or a ping sound.
Glad you fixed it simply though!


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