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Re: Got my work cut out for me....
<u>Disclaimer :</u>
The workt that is being done is by a noobie. I am not expecting anything out of this. If I am screwing up, please tell me. But, please don't laugh too hard [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
So, almost all the body work has been done. Drilled, cut, filled and lots of learning on the way.
First lesson learned. It is best to flange out what you are going to fill that way there is a progression between the wood and the filler. Score anything that you are going to fill to give it something to stick too.
So, first thing that I worked on was the body. I cut peices of wood glued them into the single coil pickup cavities. After that was done, it was time for major bondo job. after three fills, it turned out pretty good. The control cavity, I was debating on doing dowels. But, instead, I ended up taping the inside of the cavity and filling. There just wasn't enough bite for dowles. I was afraid of slitting and breaking the control cavity. After it dried, I went ahead and removed the tape and appied a very hard epoxy to the inside of the control cavity to make it more secure. The body and control cavity are shown below. Since I am not staining the guitar, I really dont care about anything other then it is smooth and will hold the primer properly. Pretty much turned out as smooth as a baby's ass.
inside of the cavity...
The second job was the neck... I went ahead and scored the frets (just to clean them up), filled the back, and the nasty ass chip in at the tip. It has been sanded and I think it is pretty good to go. The back is also going to be painted and also have a design put on the back of the headstock. I also gotta drill the holes for the new tuners. Gotta make a block pattern for that so that they end up being drilled straight. Fun times =) Along with that, I decided that I wanted to polish the neck just to see what I was dealing with. It actually isn't too bad at all. Lemon oil did the trick. Anyways, here are the pics.
Things left to do inorder to do mockup...
1 - Find a input jack.
2 - Order/investigate pickup.
3 - Drill
4 - Measure nut, order Floyd Rose.
I gotta admit one thing. I am completely confused on what to get from seymore duncan. I want to have a pickup with serious lynch attack and drive. but, I am mildly confused my their custom page. I might have to give them a call and ask a rep for some help.
But, it is coming along....
-Nate
<u>Disclaimer :</u>
The workt that is being done is by a noobie. I am not expecting anything out of this. If I am screwing up, please tell me. But, please don't laugh too hard [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
So, almost all the body work has been done. Drilled, cut, filled and lots of learning on the way.
First lesson learned. It is best to flange out what you are going to fill that way there is a progression between the wood and the filler. Score anything that you are going to fill to give it something to stick too.
So, first thing that I worked on was the body. I cut peices of wood glued them into the single coil pickup cavities. After that was done, it was time for major bondo job. after three fills, it turned out pretty good. The control cavity, I was debating on doing dowels. But, instead, I ended up taping the inside of the cavity and filling. There just wasn't enough bite for dowles. I was afraid of slitting and breaking the control cavity. After it dried, I went ahead and removed the tape and appied a very hard epoxy to the inside of the control cavity to make it more secure. The body and control cavity are shown below. Since I am not staining the guitar, I really dont care about anything other then it is smooth and will hold the primer properly. Pretty much turned out as smooth as a baby's ass.
inside of the cavity...
The second job was the neck... I went ahead and scored the frets (just to clean them up), filled the back, and the nasty ass chip in at the tip. It has been sanded and I think it is pretty good to go. The back is also going to be painted and also have a design put on the back of the headstock. I also gotta drill the holes for the new tuners. Gotta make a block pattern for that so that they end up being drilled straight. Fun times =) Along with that, I decided that I wanted to polish the neck just to see what I was dealing with. It actually isn't too bad at all. Lemon oil did the trick. Anyways, here are the pics.
Things left to do inorder to do mockup...
1 - Find a input jack.
2 - Order/investigate pickup.
3 - Drill
4 - Measure nut, order Floyd Rose.
I gotta admit one thing. I am completely confused on what to get from seymore duncan. I want to have a pickup with serious lynch attack and drive. but, I am mildly confused my their custom page. I might have to give them a call and ask a rep for some help.
But, it is coming along....
-Nate
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