Yeah, I'm in the process of drawing it out full size for a scratch build so I think I'll just do as you suggest. 2' long ought to be enough for the headstock right?Originally Posted by stan
Yeah, I'm in the process of drawing it out full size for a scratch build so I think I'll just do as you suggest. 2' long ought to be enough for the headstock right?
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Alrighty, back with some progess and a few boo boos.
Fret slots cut. 95% happy, a couple of pulls missed the mark, but got there in the end. This tassie oak is some hard stuff. Next time I will be purchasing a mitre box to guarantee a parallel cut.
Glued the scarf joint together, left overnight and then bandsawed into a rough shape. Forgot to take my phone with me, so no pics sorry.
The major boo boo happened when trimming the sides to a decent width on the table saw. Accidentally ran the blade through the headstock fouling up my plans of a nice larger style. Eh, make it even on both sides and push on.
Finally on to carving! I've been looking forward to/dreading this moment.
Sawdust ahoy.
Surprisingly, it went quite well. The Shinto rasp is a fantastic tool for this.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
Didn't want to 'Ear" up for the extra width?
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
it's good enough for PRS, it's how they get their shape...
great start Pabs
Stan's LP Build for my Sister: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3146
Benson Pickup Strat mod: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5229
Epiphone LP headstock fix: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3410
Martin Backpacker Repair: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=5038&page=3
'57 Harmony Jazz guitar project: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=2972
Unfortunately while carving, I found a bit of a void in the wood.
Which meant I needed to fill the gap.
Superglue and sawdust about 5 times over and it's level. Still needs a lot of sanding.
Then, side dots.
For these, I drilled small holes at the appropriate frets, and filled with some stained black Timbermate. Then stabalised with more superglue. Not bad for a bit of a ghetto solution.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
To be honest, I never thought of it!
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
necks looking good Pabs well done. How much fun are CBG's !
Current Builds and status
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
Completed builds
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
Always wanted to see how Cigar-Box Guitars were made, so I'm going to follow this thread with interest, looking good so far.
I'm really temped but first to quote Monty Python "More apparatus please nurse!"
Build 19 PSH-1 Kustom
Build 18 HB-4S Kustom
Build 17 WL-1 Kustom
Build 16 TL-1TB Kustom
Build 15 PBG-2-
Build 14 FTD-1
Build 13 RD-1 Kustom
Build 12 DM-1S
Build 11 MKA-2 -
Build 10 Basic strat
Build 9 JM Kustom
Build 8 FV-1G
Build 7 ES-2V
Build 6- Community prototype
Build 5 LP-1LQ
Build 4 ES-5V
Build 3 JR-1
Build 2 GD-1
Build 1 TLA-1
Over the weekend headstock got veneered, tuner holes drilled (wonky af, use a drill press next time), nut slot cut, nut made, abalone fret markers, got the frets in, did all the fret end work, the whole neck got fine sanded and first coat of oil.
This pic is from before the frets got beveled and rounded and before any finish.
Probably about time to start work on the box...
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
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