DIY Guitar Messing About (2 Viewers)

[magicbastarder]

Wasn't looking forward to this part but I got it done without too much disaster. Drilling the access to the truss rod - I made the access at the head, unlike the last time.

 

[ann post]

IT's 100% a race FYI

 

[JohnnyRaz]

IT's 100% a race FYI

He already has a body made iirc!

 

[ann post]

He already has a body made iirc!

This isn't the talk of champions

 

[magicbastarder]

i clearly prepared to win.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

i clearly prepared to win.

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Can I get bonus points for the guitar I made since you made the body?

 

[magicbastarder]

a couple too many* beers tonight to start routing out the neck pocket,



*three. need to be stone cold sober for this.

 

[magicbastarder]

i need to use something other than poplar for the neck pocket jig - you can see that for some reason the router bit got a bit chatty and bit into the jig.

it's fairly obvious on the template jig.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Neck made. Now just the minor issue of the body

 

[magicbastarder]

looks like you're nearly ready to do the frets? i have some useful fret dressing tools here should you need them?

 

[magicbastarder]

tonight was the wracking of nerves part with the neck pocket cutting. can't complain too much, i was within the width of one or two strips of masking tape from getting it perfect.

 

[magicbastarder]

one irritating thing i was reminded of - when you buy a scratchplate, they don't supply screws.
also, i forgot (again) to get the ferrules for the back of the body, for the string holes.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

one irritating thing i was reminded of - when you buy a scratchplate, they don't supply screws.
also, i forgot (again) to get the ferrules for the back of the body, for the string holes.

I might know someone who can help you in both depts.

 

[magicbastarder]

getting there with the body. need to test fit everything now; drilling all screw holes (plus the hole to the output jack) before sanding and finishing it; though the neck still needs a reasonable amount of finishing. this is just with a wet rag wiped over it to see what it might look like with a finish.

 

[magicbastarder]

not sure if i mentioned here - the body is made from bits of a cabinet that a former head of met eireann used to store his papers in. he was the chap who moved met eireann to washerwoman's hill in glasnevin, the pyramidal building.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Thanks to having two forms I might actually end up with an acoustic instrument that dosent have the classic ‘drawn by ai’ slight wonkiness of the other ones

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Thanks to having two forms I might actually end up with an acoustic instrument that dosent have the classic ‘drawn by ai’ slight wonkiness of the other ones

Meant to add a photo to this

 

[magicbastarder]

Latest hiccup - finding a useful material to use as fret markers. Last time I used 4mm thick plastic lollipop sticks I got in the local spar, but it seems the lollipop industry has gone woke and you can only get lollipops with paper sticks there now.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I ran out of clamps today

 

[magicbastarder]

I have a few you can borrow!