DIY Guitar Messing About (2 Viewers)

[magicbastarder]

i should go for a 48" scale.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I thinking of getting my strat fixed up, nothing major.
Any recommendations?

 

[JohnnyRaz]

i should go for a 48" scale.

or you could make more than one neck!

was thinking more in terms of bodies.

44mm plank jointed in the middle.

also bear in mind I've a 23" scale fingerboard currently without a destination project wise..

 

[magicbastarder]

I thinking of getting my strat fixed up, nothing major.
Any recommendations?

@Anthony had some work done on his guitar recently, i think he said it wasn't cheap?

 

[Anthony]

Yea I had a guy out Ballivor way look at my Strat. If I was in Dublin I'd probably go to Eugene at Guitar Workshop off South Circular Road or ask Moose.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Bridge positioned and neck bolted on. Will fit pickups and fully string up to test it out properly over next few days.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Passing it’s ‘will this be a playable instrument’ tests - bar a bit of fretwork.
Have wired the neck pickup in - will plug it in tomorrow!

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Fitting the position markers marks the end of the hard core carpentry. On to the easy stuff now (not really)

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Onto the fun stuff

 

[magicbastarder]

i picked up a can of ebonising spray the other day. have yet to use it in anger.

 

[magicbastarder]

scored a chunk of maple earlier, raw material for a neck. plenty for one neck anyway, but i'm not sure if that spalting might mean i'd struggle to get two more from it.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Coming along nicely

 

[magicbastarder]

i never knew creamy veg soup was so colourful.

 

[magicbastarder]

i need to decide whether to laminate the neck with a stripe down the centre; it'd allow me to use that maple with much less wastage i think, and might mirror the body stripes too.
however, i think a stripe running through the headstock could look very naff.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

i need to decide whether to laminate the neck with a stripe down the centre; it'd allow me to use that maple with much less wastage i think, and might mirror the body stripes too.
however, i think a stripe running through the headstock could look very naff.

wouldn't look great if you were going for a fender style headstock alright.
if your wife hasn't snaffled all the marquetry bits you could put a veneer on the front of the headstock - which would look nice.

 

[magicbastarder]

i hadn't thought of that!

 

[JohnnyRaz]

i hadn't thought of that!

sure I'm full of good ideas...

 

[magicbastarder]

i was thinking i could make the stripe the same width as the channel required for the truss rod. make routing that a bit easier. plus, it's an easy way of maintaining what the centre line is.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

i was thinking i could make the stripe the same width as the channel required for the truss rod. make routing that a bit easier. plus, it's an easy way of maintaining what the centre line is.

no reason why not - the only issue with that that I can see is the truss rod channel doesn't run the whole length of the neck, so you'd have to put another piece in at the heel end.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Sparkly shellac? Why not..