Build Thread: Stans 57 Harmony Jazz project

[stan]

just wait till all the cool stuff goes on.....

[wokkaboy]

coming along nicely Stan, clear coats on should bring out the grain more

[stan]

Thanks Wokka, they certainly do - first layer, acrylic clear, still wet, so looks glossy, dries a little flatter for the first layers. This is because the wood is stained, but not sealed as such:

[wokkaboy]

is that clear applied with a spray gun or can spray Stan ? looking very shiny !

[stan]

Spray can. Very shiney, but wet, first few coats will be a bit matte, then they will gloss up as they build, dry timber soaks up a bit

[gavinturner]

Looking great Stan! Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see her finished.

cheers,
Gav.

[kells80aus]

I am a bit towards looking after old stuff as it was, But sometimes you have to be bold in order to repair the ravages of time. The body looks georgeous with all it's clothes stripped off. I think you made the right decision to strip her back. I guess I know whoi will be the first to make use of my new slotted straight edge and fret rocker. Not to mention AJ's radius block.
I'm only a few pages into this diary. so I'll keep reading. Love what your doing.

PK

[kells80aus]

Ok Made it to the end. Looking pretty nice.

On the pickup if you cut those internals to fit a Humbucker I'd say the deck will warp.

As an alternative there are Graphtech piezo bridges, as well as Humbuckers that hang off the edge of the neck.
What I don't know about the graphteck piezo bridges is how the hell they are wired up. Each bridge saddle has a little piezo in it, so that has to be six wires, that must all join up some where. The down side of this idea is they cost a bucket load.

Hmmmm. Maybe P90's or mini Hums.

Then you have to put all the wiring in. it's all got to be a headache.

I'm keen to see which way you go with it.

PK

[stan]

Thanks Paul, believe me , I didn't treat it lightly sanding away an original finish, and some will disagree. That's fine, but I like it.
Looking back, A bridge mount would have been a good idea, or one of those pickgaurd mount ones.
The internals are a simple pair of parallel rails down the body, same as this:



My plan is to make a small box shape that will go through the pickup hole an glue to the inside of the top plate, to mount the pickup in. Hopefully no having to cut the rails at all and therefore not decreasing any strength...

And yes mate, at a later date, might hit you up to borrow some tools and AJs block...

[kells80aus]

Hi Stan

so those rails are only about 60mm apart(Neck block width) and looks to taper a bit to the end block.
Also looks like they are shaped to the arch of the top as well.
Humbuckers may be too wide and deep, p90's are about 82mm wide.
I'm sure you'll work out something.

PK

PK