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Post by Leftee on Apr 26, 2021 10:17:24 GMT -5
I’ve done gaudy. 😁
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 26, 2021 10:29:26 GMT -5
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Post by Leftee on Apr 26, 2021 11:35:17 GMT -5
I can't stop.
It sells, though.
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Post by mtracy on Apr 26, 2021 15:38:27 GMT -5
I only do gaudy. Looks good Senior Goo.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 26, 2021 15:47:51 GMT -5
I only do gaudy. Looks good Senior Goo. You do it the best!
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Post by Tinkerer on Apr 26, 2021 17:44:15 GMT -5
This is so impressive Peegoo. Ballpark, how much more time do you think has been involved for you doing this without power tools? It is gorgeous work!!!
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Post by Leftee on Apr 26, 2021 17:45:56 GMT -5
Oh man! mtracy & Tinkerer are back!
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 26, 2021 18:14:39 GMT -5
WOOT!
Thanks guys!
Tinkerer, probably somewhere in the area of 30 hours or so. I am retired, so I work for me and set my own hours. Like Leftee says, this building thing is a disease...and I would much prefer to be in the shop making something or fixing something than eating or sleeping. It's common for me to eat breakfast and then go play in the shop for 12 hours or more.
The finishing steps will be really easy because I'm not going for a perfectly flat glossy look; it will be satin/matte. I did rub some yellow stain into it today to give the wood less of a brown look and brighten it up a little. It looks a bit more golden than brown now. It has a nice glow.
I also made up a rear cover plate today from a small slab of bubinga to match the neck. It came out pretty good.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 26, 2021 18:39:07 GMT -5
I get a text when it’s dinner time. 😂
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 27, 2021 10:48:02 GMT -5
The yellow stain dried for several hours and I wiped on several coats of water-based satin poly...it dries in about an hour. I'll let it continue to dry for several hours today and then pop the hood and install the motor. Looks fairly Tele-like next to a couple of my other Tele creations. I don't name my guitars like many folks do, but the unofficial name of this one is Denny, after long-time Austin TX picker Denny Freeman who died of cancer a few days ago. He was a gentle soul and a hell of a player. Rest in peace.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 27, 2021 11:03:50 GMT -5
This is my favorite of your builds.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Apr 27, 2021 11:32:57 GMT -5
Yeah, that is a gorgeous piece of work.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 27, 2021 11:40:33 GMT -5
You guys are just traditionalists! I like this one.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 27, 2021 19:11:36 GMT -5
I got these gold foils at a guitar show in DC in the 90s, and never had the right project for 'em. The leads on them were clipped off short when they were removed from whatever guitar they were in before I got 'em, so I needed to extend the leads on both. I cracked one open and it was quite fragile inside; the fish paper insulation card was pretty crumbly, so instead of doing brain surgery (replacing the entire lead and risking breaking the coil), I chickened out and spliced a new shielded lead to the existing leads. A cool trick is to wrap the join with aluminum or copper foil and then seal it up with heat shrink to preserve the shielding properties. Gold foils are sort of like P90s, but instead of the alnico bars under the coil, there's one on each side of the coil. It makes for a very flat pickup that's designed to mount flat on a guitar without needing a rout under it. A dog-ear P90 requires a small rout for the magnets and pole screws. Next step was to wire up the guts for the control cavity. For jobs like this, I copy the dimensions of the cavity onto a piece of cardboard and mount the components on it. Much easier than working in a cavity. I dropped the module in and soldered the pickup leads to the switch and connected the string ground. I strung it up and did a quick setup. This guitar positively howls! It sounds ragged and rude when bashed on, but played softly it has a nice voice. It plays great. I do have a problem with high gain, though; the pickups are really microphonic since they're unpotted. The problem is greatly increased by the steel springs I used under the pickup screws for height adjustment. I'll swap those out for a block of foam in each pickup recess...that should greatly quiet things down. Other than that, this build is a success and it was huge fun. It came in at 6.7 lbs. I had some 1" rosewood dowel so I made two knobs shaped like Gibson bell knobs and put a white dot on each. They match the neck pretty well. It needs strap buttons, but no hurry on that. A few minor tweaks and this one will be ready to rock. Time for the next one...
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Apr 27, 2021 19:39:32 GMT -5
That thing is a winner. Wow.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 27, 2021 21:11:09 GMT -5
Fantastic!!!
Gold star effort.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 27, 2021 22:47:14 GMT -5
Cheers! Already thinking about the next one. I have plenty of wood and more time than I'll ever need.
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Post by Tinkerer on Apr 27, 2021 23:08:01 GMT -5
Spectacular!!!
Is wax potting pickups like that doable and worth doing?
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Post by Riff Twang on Apr 28, 2021 0:29:01 GMT -5
Looks great.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 28, 2021 5:56:16 GMT -5
Spectacular!!! Is wax potting pickups like that doable and worth doing? Thanks! Yeah, it's really simple; I use surfboard wax for potting because it stays softer than paraffin (Gulfwax, etc). Potting a pickup immobilizes the coil wires and metal cover and base plate and prevents them vibrating or oscillating in relation to each other. It does work reliably; a microphonic pickup that goes TINK or even PING when you tap it with a fingertip does get substantially quieter after potting. However...oftentimes there are good tonal qualities of a pickup like liveliness or 'presence' (it's difficult to describe in words) that are the result of being unpotted. So potting a pickup can eradicate those desirable qualities as well. Unpotting a pickup usually does not work if the results are not what you want. The only way to revert back is to rewind it, and that usually will change its voice. Sometimes it's better; most times it's not. This is why a measured approach is usually the best way to go--such as my decision to remove the metal suspension springs and replace 'em with foam blocks as a first step. You have to decide how much undesireable noise you can tolerate, and proceed that way.
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Post by woody on Apr 28, 2021 7:07:17 GMT -5
Cheers! Already thinking about the next one. I have plenty of wood and more time than I'll ever need. Have you ever done a German carve?
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 28, 2021 7:36:35 GMT -5
I've done carved tops (archtop) and Les Paul styles, but nothing like a Roger carve. That extreme style makes a hard corner where the forearm crosses the body.
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Post by woody on Apr 28, 2021 13:17:10 GMT -5
Could a modified version of the Roger carve be done? Maybe the carve being faded in and out at the forearm area? Kind of swooped? Easy! Right? I’ve always dug the look of the Rickbacker 381V69.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 28, 2021 13:25:44 GMT -5
Sure. Anything is possible.
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Post by Sharkie on Apr 28, 2021 13:51:47 GMT -5
I got these gold foils at a guitar show in DC in the 90s, and never had the right project for 'em. The leads on them were clipped off short when they were removed from whatever guitar they were in before I got 'em, so I needed to extend the leads on both. I cracked one open and it was quite fragile inside; the fish paper insulation card was pretty crumbly, so instead of doing brain surgery (replacing the entire lead and risking breaking the coil), I chickened out and spliced a new shielded lead to the existing leads. A cool trick is to wrap the join with aluminum or copper foil and then seal it up with heat shrink to preserve the shielding properties. Gold foils are sort of like P90s, but instead of the alnico bars under the coil, there's one on each side of the coil. It makes for a very flat pickup that's designed to mount flat on a guitar without needing a rout under it. A dog-ear P90 requires a small rout for the magnets and pole screws. Next step was to wire up the guts for the control cavity. For jobs like this, I copy the dimensions of the cavity onto a piece of cardboard and mount the components on it. Much easier than working in a cavity. I dropped the module in and soldered the pickup leads to the switch and connected the string ground. I strung it up and did a quick setup. This guitar positively howls! It sounds ragged and rude when bashed on, but played softly it has a nice voice. It plays great. I do have a problem with high gain, though; the pickups are really microphonic since they're unpotted. The problem is greatly increased by the steel springs I used under the pickup screws for height adjustment. I'll swap those out for a block of foam in each pickup recess...that should greatly quiet things down. Other than that, this build is a success and it was huge fun. It came in at 6.7 lbs. I had some 1" rosewood dowel so I made two knobs shaped like Gibson bell knobs and put a white dot on each. They match the neck pretty well. It needs strap buttons, but no hurry on that. A few minor tweaks and this one will be ready to rock. Time for the next one... If she plays half as good as it looks, you have a winner there.
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