Pinball Wizard

[keloooe]

Wow... Just wow... If ya can pull this off, it will be the best PBG build I've ever seen!

[maxaxe]

Big thanks for the warm reception everyone . . . your encouragement does help enormously.

Still lots of thinking, planning, drafting & work to do - but we're all used to that!

? GGP: there WILL now be a TILT warning light (which I'd overlooked!)
? Fretworn: not sure what a 3 x 3 neck is but I really only like slimlines.
? Andy: ta for suggesting a smashed mirror. I have safety acrylic mirror on hand.

Now it's off to the drawing board . . . again.

[DanMade]

The 3x3 refers to there being 3 machine heads a side on the headstock as opposed to 6 inline like you have on the headstock from the ST-1 kit.

[maxaxe]

/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from DanMade on November 1, 2013, 20:10
The 3x3 refers to there being 3 machine heads a side on the headstock as opposed to 6 inline like you have on the headstock from the ST-1 kit.

Ah, of course - I'm a scatterbrain at times.
Yeah, the plan is to enlarge/modify the headstock as a wide 3 x 3 proportioned as per an old pinball backbox/headbox (see rough drawing).

Modicum of progress: drafted up 1:1 plans for the build . . .

[maxaxe]

The old drawing board . . .

Pic is the 1:1 scale plan with a couple of bits & pieces placed on it for consideration.
There'll be a lot of the old "put & look" method to decide what goes where and how etc. etc.

I have collected most of the non-kit materials and begun cutting them to size using this plan for reference (no one plans to fail - they fail to plan) jeepers, I hope that's right?

Still lots of things to finalise and sort out but at least I'm starting to have some fun . . .

[Bass Guy]

This build diary promises to be (wait for it)... An Amazing Journey....

Certainly we can expect Sparks to fly...

I think it's alright, yes I think it's alright...

I'll stop now...

[Fretworn]

http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/...-wizard/150920

Time to start practicing, so you will be ready for when it is finished.

[GlennGP]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Fretworn on November 14, 2013, 10:11
http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/...-wizard/150920

Ooh, thanks for that!

[maxaxe]

Time to start practicing, so you will be ready for when it is finished.

Thanks for the link guys - I have printed off the chart for my own edification.

I had already started learning this piece in anticipation of the inevitable requests which will crop up when the guitar is completed.

I will say in all humility that I DO play a Mean Pinball . . . B-A-D-E (and all that sus4 jazz)
I will also say that I DON'T play a mean guitar . . . more like B-A-D.

I've been learning from You-tube Guitar Lessons 365 which also seems correct to me?

By the time the project is finished I should be able to play a fair semblance of it (I hope)

[maxaxe]

Quick update:

More drafting work to ascertain fit of the various components etc (see pic)
Much better to f--- up on paper than on the real deal.
So far I've spent more time brainstorming and nutting things out than making any tangible progress.

This will change soon (he said)