After I had struggled so long yesterday with the electronic-covers I decided today to focus on other tasks. I want to make the guitar playable as soon as possible. If it really turns out as a usable instrument (I am not totally sure about that) I can go back any time and spend additional time … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day seventeen
Not every building day ends successfully. But I think it might be also interesting to document the pitfalls of such a project. Today I had not much time, because I am back to normal life after my vacation. I spend an hour or two with the covers of the electronic boxes, but at the end … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day sixteen
Yesterday I could not continue the work, but today I could finish many tasks and experienced a very productive building day. Just the digital cam got low-bat again so I want to excuse in advance the varying quality of the photos, because I had to use my cellphone again. I started with the battery cavity … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day fifteen
Today I created the cavity for the Humbucker (an EMG 81X). But before I researched how I could place it best. There is an interesting article about fundamental overtones on the open strings, but every time, when you play other notes on the fretboard, the resulting overtones and the string-length are different. Therefore the location … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day fourteen
Thirteen is a bad omen, but the building day went over without any big mistakes. I started with the inspection of my neck-pocket, which I had modified with wood-filler yesterday. After some sanding everything worked fine and when I fixed the neck with a clamp it stayed save in the neck-pocket without moving or rattling. … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day thirteen
Today’s building day stood under the sign of the neck-pocket. First I measured a lot and compared the build with my Kortmann custom guitar. With the help of the middle-lines, which I had drawn on the neck and the body I located the (hopefully) right position for the neck-pocket. I marked the contour with the … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day twelve
Because I am still waiting for the missing fretwire I started with the body today. I had copied the body-template from my other guitar and transferred it to the body-blank. Then I sawwd the body-blank to get a rectangular matching the body-size. I used the circular saw together with my improvised stop and experienced, that … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day eleven
Day ten started with the inspection of the headstock-repair. The wood-filler had dried properly and I could sand the surface. I ended with an acceptable repair of the first headstock-crack. I will leave the second, because it’s not disturbing the tuning machines and second the mighty Fender-company can not sue me anymore for copying the … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day ten
Today I finished the transition between the headstock and the neck. I have removed much more wood, because the area was still too thick to allow a comfortable playing. I removed a bit more wood on the upper side, where the thump is resting, if I play in the first position and use the blues-grip … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day nine
Today’s working day started with the neck-joint, which I reduced from 36mm to 25mm. I used the router again and ended with a not totally flat surface, so I will sand it later. Though I had constructed two supports for the router it had slided a bit, because my clamps were not tight enough. I … Continue reading Building a guitar: Day eight
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