Silent Guitar Scratch build ideas

[Zandit75]

congrats on 1000 posts - get a life , haha

as for lube - what about one of the bicycle dry gear lubes - i'm pretty sure you don't want to go putting oil in there

Haha, says the guy with almost 5 times my comments!!

It's quite possible, that's what's in there. I agree that I wouldn't want anything too runny in there, that's the quickest way to a big mess!

[Hobastard]

Maybe a silicone spray. Check out the Schaller website and others and see if they have a product.
Edit. Just did a quick google and this was the first thing that came up.


https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&s...7DS4aidkxgpLnQ

[Simon Barden]

StewMac recommends Vaseline. http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online...ar_tuners.html

[Hobastard]

A nice Silicone Grease would probably work well too, you can get it in Tubes at Fishing Tackle Stores.....
Whatever you use, use it sparingly.....

[Simon Barden]

Nooooo! As the StewMac article says, avoid any silicone product on guitars at it's almost impossible to get the silicone off the finish.

It's a great grease, but it's too easy to get it on your guitar.

[Hobastard]

Nooooo! As the StewMac article says, avoid any silicone product on guitars at it's almost impossible to get the silicone off the finish.

It's a great grease, but it's too easy to get it on your guitar.

Fair Call...
It's not like they're high speed precision gears.....
My Schallers are dry as far as I can tell, and have been for thirty years, and still in perfect condition.....

[Simon Barden]

It's not like they actually get a lot of use and are constantly turning where some lubricant would be required. It can help make stiff old gears run a bit smoother, but as long as they are working smoothly to start with, probably best left as is.

[Zandit75]

Fair points guys, thanks for the input.

[Zandit75]

Finally!!!
The neck has arrived.
Surprisingly, the neck is primarily soft pine, so I'll have to treat it with kid gloves. I don't think it's maple, but I don't know how to check.
The fret board has some grain through it, and looking at it from underneath at the neck join, it doesn't look to have been dyed, but it may have some form of finish over it on top.
Fret markers are nice and straight, but they are not staying.
Head stock thickness is slightly thicker than the one supplied with my PBG LP-1S @ 16mm. That's a good start, but will still need some veneers for my plans.
The frets will need dressing, and on a quick inspection, there doesn't seem to be any low or high frets to worry about. They are a little sharp at the corners, so that should be taken care of with the dressing.
Plastic nut will be replaced. I'm thinking a Graphtec one.










Now I can finally get to doing something!

[dave.king1]

I was up in Brisbane last weekend and a mate up there has a Yamaha Silent Guitar, didn't get to have a strum but it looked very well put together