This axe is gonna need a pretty cool bridge to match it's big bro./<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from ultpanzi on June 12, 2014, 12:19
Due to the neck angle, Im guessing thats gonna have a tuneomatic bridge??
This axe is gonna need a pretty cool bridge to match it's big bro./<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from ultpanzi on June 12, 2014, 12:19
Due to the neck angle, Im guessing thats gonna have a tuneomatic bridge??
Hurrah! I get it at last. Old and slow, that's me.
So DB, if this is going to be a mega-shredda are you going to scallop any of the fretboard?
OK...
I am thinking along two lines re bridge.
1: A really nice Babicz Full Contact TOM
2: I get Über anal and build the same style of bridge as the Bass....
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
got to go option 2 DB if its going to be the bass's true little bro !
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scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
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scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
I'm with Wokka. You've gotta keep the family resemblance.
OK, back to the neck break angle..
the first pic shows the break angle with the routing template in place (clamped down on the body to show angle)
Next up is routing for truss rod. (Two routs required , one short rout with a 1/2" bit to accomodate the turny bitz and the rest is a 1/4" to take the body of the truss rod).
Set the router and guide up, attack the neck with great gusto and hey presto, truss rod rout!
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Here is the finished rout and truss rod installed.
Once the truss is in I then rough out the neck shape on the trusty Bando saurus, then off to the Jointer/Planer to square up the edges for the body wings.
Then I place all the chunks of tree together to see how it all fits.. Perfect!
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
@wokka - agreed
@lawry - agreed
In a word, No..../<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from lawry on June 12, 2014, 17:54
Hurrah! I get it at last. Old and slow, that's me.
So DB, if this is going to be a mega-shredda are you going to scallop any of the fretboard?
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
God, I hate how you make this all look so easy, DB. But I really appreciate you showing how it's done.
Thanks!
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