DIY Guitar Messing About (2 Viewers)

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

String tree

 

[JohnnyRaz]

stupid question - what do you call these doohickeys? for when ordering online.

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i'm starting to price up my options for my tele build. running at a shade over €200 on thomann, were i to go for that option.

note, this doesn't include a nut or scratchplate.

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I can give you a (bone) nut.. also a string tree(I think)

If you’re willing to spend region of 100€ on pickups I’d recommend hitting this guy up for his hot Alnico 3 set

TELECASTER – Q Pickups – Handwound guitar pickups

qpickups.com

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Pain in the neck with these angles

 

[ann post]

I was watching this the other night because thats more or less how i fall asleep these days and the scarf joints reminded me of your projects

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[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Pain in the neck with these angles
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I see what you did there

 

[magicbastarder]

my thomann order arrived today. next comes the hard part, making the neck..

 

[JohnnyRaz]

my thomann order arrived today. next comes the hard part, making the neck..

It’s easier than you think.. cutting the fret slots is the hard part

 

[magicbastarder]

so much for practicing on a piece of softwood first.

 

[magicbastarder]

in my haste, i bought medium fret wire - the one below, and it looks visibly narrower than the frets on the squier i'm using as a template, and on my wife's les paul. should i hold out for something bigger?
they only listed narrow and medium on the thomann site in HB parts.

Harley Benton Parts Fret Wire Medium SS23

Fret Wire for Electric Guitar and Acoustic Guitar Material: Stainless steel, Set of 24 pieces Dimensions (see sketch): A: 2.3 mm, B: 2.8 mm, C. 1.00 mm, D: 1.80 mm, E: 0.60/0.56 (A035S), F: 1.0 mm

www.thomann.de

 

[JohnnyRaz]

in my haste, i bought medium fret wire - the one below, and it looks visibly narrower than the frets on the squier i'm using as a template, and on my wife's les paul. should i hold out for something bigger?
they only listed narrow and medium on the thomann site in HB parts.

Harley Benton Parts Fret Wire Medium SS23

Fret Wire for Electric Guitar and Acoustic Guitar Material: Stainless steel, Set of 24 pieces Dimensions (see sketch): A: 2.3 mm, B: 2.8 mm, C. 1.00 mm, D: 1.80 mm, E: 0.60/0.56 (A035S), F: 1.0 mm

www.thomann.de

Wouldn’t fret about it.
Probably medium jumbo on the squier

 

[magicbastarder]

was out in the shed, trying to figure out how to mark the cuts for the fret slots and doing a dry run. i'd eyeballed them off the original fretboard onto the strip of oak on the right, and then onto the scrap piece you can see here. but i was thinking - probably much easier to just print it out onto paper and spray adhesive/double sided tape it onto the fretboard sothere are fewer steps which can introduce inaccuracy.



to be fair, eyeballing it onto that oak was reasonably accurate.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

was out in the shed, trying to figure out how to mark the cuts for the fret slots and doing a dry run. i'd eyeballed them off the original fretboard onto the strip of oak on the right, and then onto the scrap piece you can see here. but i was thinking - probably much easier to just print it out onto paper and spray adhesive/double sided tape it onto the fretboard sothere are fewer steps which can introduce inaccuracy.

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to be fair, eyeballing it onto that oak was reasonably accurate.

Round up to the nearest 1/4- 1/2mm and measure distance from the nut. That’s what I did for the mandola

Fret position calculator - StewMac

www.stewmac.com

Or register directly from the existing neck onto the mahogany - less intermediaries, less sources of error,

Will the fret wire fit the grooves from the Japanese saw ok?

 

[magicbastarder]

not when the japanese saw blade proves a little too flexible! not sure how visible this is here, but the two slots i've cut near middle of photo are curved. the ones on the left are just scored with a stanley knife.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Go microfret

 

[magicbastarder]

I figured out I was almost certainly sawing too aggressively. So I was putting too much pressure on the blade, causing it to flex.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I figured out I was almost certainly sawing too aggressively. So I was putting too much pressure on the blade, causing it to flex.

Eek!
Welcome to borrow my dovetail saw- not likely to be using it till next weekend (at the absolute earliest), and it did the job well for me.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Refinishing a neck with shellac. I love how maple looks with shellac

 

[magicbastarder]

speaking of finish, i reckon i might use melamine lacquer on the body. which i've not used before, but which i've seen used on bowls and it has a nice low gloss finish.

 

[magicbastarder]

Refinishing a neck with shellac. I love how maple looks with shellac
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how much did you cut back the previous finish? just some wire wool, or did you go at it harder?

 

[JohnnyRaz]

how much did you cut back the previous finish? just some wire wool, or did you go at it harder?

Went back to the wood, but there was only the thinnest of finishes(not the dipped in plastic level on some necks) - a lot of older squier affinity necks I’ve seen had a very light Matt finish.