Fred, the force is strong in this build. Great work man, I can't wait to see it buttoned up and running!
Fred, the force is strong in this build. Great work man, I can't wait to see it buttoned up and running!
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
And here we go with the shielding.
Before:
And after:
Another guitar that should stay free of snails and slugs with all that copper tape!
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
So you've got your shields up. Time to fit the tractor beam?
Not sure the teactor beam will fit! And I'm still looking for the Death Star plans!!!
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
And here we go, all the bits are together now and strings are on:
I've plugged it in and it all seems to work as expected.
I haven't set the bone nut height yet, and no intonation is done, so sounds pretty average, but I'm going to let the strings stretch a bit and the neck find it's shape before I get onto that.
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
Looks great! Any chance of some pics with the LEDs on?
Looking really cool now FredA, you should do a demo once it is all up and running.
Thanks guys!
@Simon: The lights are not wired in yet, but cabling is ready:
@Doc: I'll try and do a sound demo once set up. First impression is that the chinese pickups don't sound as nice as the Toneriders or Entwistle I used on my other builds... I've never used the stock pickups so can't really compare to these.
Anyway, I need to do a proper set up before I can gauge
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
Great theme and well executed!
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Hey guys, hope you all had a Merry Christmas!
I need help. I am setting up the Star Wars guitar and I got the nut pretty low by sanding the bottom of it, which is great, but it looks like the slot for the B string is too deep.
It's a bone nut I got from PBG and I didn't make the string slots deeper.
Anyway, do you reckon the nut is dead, and I need to get another one, or is there a way to fill the slot a bit with something?
Thanks in advance!
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
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