Yep, just the bolt on maple/ebony PBG neck. I think its going to come together pretty well, but its a bit of a slow burn at the moment.
Still need my bridge and tail piece, I think the black Gotoh's will do the trick.
Yep, just the bolt on maple/ebony PBG neck. I think its going to come together pretty well, but its a bit of a slow burn at the moment.
Still need my bridge and tail piece, I think the black Gotoh's will do the trick.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
Bit more mucking around. I decided to try and mod the tuners using the PBG tuners (which I'm starting to get a bit of a collection of) I pulled them apart and, what do you know, but the threads etc are the same, and the dimensions close enough that some parts are interchangeable. I quite like this.
Some doodling of mods on the headstock - I'm going to make a long odd shaped truss rod cover - a little like the Rickenbacker headstock I suppose.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
looks good Sonic. Are they 3 +3 tuners ? Headstock shape looking good and will look cool with Ricky style TRC
Last edited by wokkaboy; 08-12-2017 at 02:34 PM.
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
The grovers are 3+3, the ones I borrowed bits from are all just in a container together - mostly the inline 6. I kept the most important bits of the grovers for the 3+3 arrangement.
So otherwise I've been looking around for wood sources. Most of the solid body pieces I have found aren't quite big enough for the V. Any recommendations?
There is a pretty good site for a guy in Maleny - which is fairly close to me. It may be I have to modify my design a bit to suit the wood sizes. I don't want to go too crazy with the price either....
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
*Blows dust off thread*
cough
Well this one basically stalled.
There were a few things - I decided I didn't like the head stock shape. Then the fret board started cracking, I thought lemon oil might help but instead I got it all over the maple as well, so I made a nice mess thereI also don't really enjoy playing on the Gibson scale necks.
Then the pickups and other hardware ended up on the black cherry and I just got side tracked with other builds.
This year I really want to do a full scratch build as my main project. I'm collecting bits and pieces and equipment to do it including a router table set-up. I have't really used routers much so I thought reviving this project would be a good way to christen the new gear and get comfortable before I try and wreck some more expensive wood.
So the plan is rough and cheap, hopefully it'll be a fun guitar for the kids to mess around on or something. Expect a fair bit of bodge in this thread.
First job is gluing together some cheap pine. Longer clamps are definitely needed and I actually meant to buy some at the big green shed and forgot. A bit of redneck engineering to the rescue....
Probably still going to be slow on this. 3/5 of my family went to Bali a week before Christmas and brought back Denge Fever - Christmas day culminated with a trip to hospital and they've basically been poleaxed ever since. So, fun holiday this end so far....
Last edited by Sonic Mountain; 01-01-2019 at 11:47 AM.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
Wow, thats not good Sonic, Dengue fever, I understand really knocks the tripe out of people. Hope they recover well and soon!
Build #1 - ST-1 - Completed
Build #2 - LP-1SS - Completed
Build #3 - TLA-1R - Completed
Build #4 - SGD-612 - Completed
Build #5 - ES-1G - Completed
Build #6 - STA-1HT | Completed
Build #7 - ST1JR - Completed
Current Build #8 - JBA-4
Build #9 - Semi-scratch build Tele x 2 - Completed
Current Build #10 - PRS-1H
Current Build #11 - AGJR-1 - Completed
Current Build #12 - ATL-1SB
Current Build #13 - GST-1
Current Build #14 - FBM-1
Damn, that’s some bad luck with 3/5 down. Best wishes for their recovery.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Guys... I think I'm in love. Family is on the mend today and while I'm pretty dusty from jamming in the new year, I finally got to play with my new router table. This is just crappy pine, but on half speed it goes thru it like butter. Few boo boos where I caught the end grain, but as this whole project is a bit of a practice run I don't care. Considering I have the templates I can always knock up a better body down the line if I decide I like this one.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
I had assumed that your join line would have been down the center line of the body?Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
Did you run the whole body width in the one pass?
Was that the standard Diablo/BGS follow bit?
How was the stability of the Ozito table?
Inquiring minds need to know!
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
I had assumed that your join line would have been down the center line of the body?
Yeah that would be the way to do it normally (properly) but the two pieces together are not quite wide enough so I just tipped it on it's side. I think this will be a bit stronger for the neck join as well, but I'm mostly doing this one to practice using the new machine.
Did you run the whole body width in the one pass?
Yep, it was very easy. I trimmed down to within about 10mm with the circular saw first, but yeah, it just buzzed through it no worries.
Was that the standard Diablo/BGS follow bit?
Yeah it is, I think it's 50mm tall flush trim with the bearing at the 'top'. I'll be interested to see how it goes with a harder wood. I have budget for a few more so I may upgrade. The router is the best bang for buck I could find and so far I'm pretty impressed (its a bit scary at full boar).
How was the stability of the Ozito table?
Yeah fine, I've just screwed it onto a short school desk I have here so I can take it outside, there was a phenomenal amount of shavings and dust generated. Given all my computers and guitars are in this same room.. not ideal lol.
For the price the table is great IMO, I mean it's typical Ozito, but does what I need. One day when I have a bit more room I'll drop that into a nice big 1800 x 900 bench and it'll be unreal. It comes with a whole lot of other useful stuff and extensions that I haven't fully explored. It's going to be very handy I think.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
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