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Rick500
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More contouring happening...
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Nightrain
Too Much Free Time
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SirFreakOfTheInk
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Looking Good.  |
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grayta
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Rick500
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Thanks. 
I have one more project queued up after this, then feel free.  |
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mick_mace
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Location: Florida
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Wow, not only going to look great, but the pictures are awesome to help those of us who would love to tackle a job like this ourselves! Great job!! |
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Rick500
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Thanks. I've been trying to remember to take lots of pics as I go along, hopefully enough to help anyone who's thinking about building one. |
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Rick500
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Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:10 pm |
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Body edges rounded to 1/4" radius. Not yet blended into contours, and still also have to manually round over the contour edges.
(Resizing made all the smooth lines look bumpy...click on pics to see full size.)
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SirFreakOfTheInk
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Rick500
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the control cavity...
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Rick500
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I didn't post any updates last week, doing mundane stuff such as making templates and sanding:
I made a template using "standard" humbucker route dimensions first, but didn't like the amount of space that would have been left around the pickups, so I made this one specific to the DiMarzio Mo'Joes that are going in this guitar. |
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Nightrain
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Rick500
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Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:03 pm |
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Yeah, look at the grain on that MDF template.  |
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SirFreakOfTheInk
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It looks good to me, I don't even have the tools/skills to make a template. It's a good thing Carvin has kits.
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Rick500
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That part's not difficult, but it is exacting--you do have to get things laid out exactly right before you start routing the template or else you're doomed from the start. I've very rarely made a template and had it come out perfect on the first attempt.
Once I get a template perfect, I generally make that the master template, and cut another one from it for general use. |
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SirFreakOfTheInk
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| That part's not difficult, but it is exacting--you do have to get things laid out exactly right before you start routing the template or else you're doomed from the start. |
Maybe I should start with something like a birdhouse or feeder before building a guitar/bass. |
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Nightrain
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| That part's not difficult, but it is exacting--you do have to get things laid out exactly right before you start routing the template or else you're doomed from the start. |
Maybe I should start with something like a birdhouse or feeder before building a guitar/bass. |
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bjt
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Joined: 21 Jan 2007
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| Maybe I should start with something like a birdhouse or feeder before building a guitar/bass. |
Oh yeah, a nice mahogony wren house with a flamed maple top, a rosewood perch and stainless nails. Throw a couple of abalone dots on it! The birds would love it.
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ElfDude
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:02 pm |
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| Maybe I should start with something like a birdhouse or feeder before building a guitar/bass. |
Oh yeah, a nice mahogony wren house with a flamed maple top, a rosewood perch and stainless nails. Throw a couple of abalone dots on it! The birds would love it.
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The perch sounds brighter if it's ebony. |
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SirFreakOfTheInk
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:23 pm |
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The perch sounds brighter if it's ebony. |
Until the birds leave a few droppings on it, then the tone is crappy.  |
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