Learning how to build an electric guitar - Page 43

lumberjim · 04-13-2019, 01:26 AM

That's retarded. That guy needs to go back to his job at Chipotle.

If you were ambidextrous and could play both right and left, you could do an electric and flip it back and forth to demonstrate your skills, but unless you have 3 or more arms, you can't do anything but clang open strings to augment what you're doing with the other guitar. It's more art than instrument.

lumberjim · 04-13-2019, 01:35 AM

They'll need another final pass, but the slots are mostly done on this one.

I'm waiting for the templates to arrive, so I might as well do a few of these fret boards while I've got the jig out and my skills are improving.

That's 4 necks and 4 finger boards. 2 more finger boards and one neck out in the shop. I need body blanks. I've only got 2

glatt · 04-15-2019, 06:02 PM

I just toured the Martin guitar factory this afternoon. Pretty thorough tour.

Gluing up the front and back panels by hand. They use this press that clamps multiple panels at once.

Stacking them as them come out of the clamps.

glatt · 04-15-2019, 06:05 PM

Candling the panels to check for knots before they lay out the front and back for the cnc machine.

Cnc machine cutting out the fronts and backs.

glatt · 04-15-2019, 06:10 PM

The neck is roughed out by cnc and finished up by hand.

I took a ton of pictures, but not of every step.

Here's a laser ingraving machine for the name and serial number.

glatt · 04-15-2019, 06:13 PM

This is a robot finish buffing machine

And a bunch of assembled bodies, unfinished. There were hundreds of these all over the place.

glatt · 04-15-2019, 06:14 PM

Racks full of necks.

glatt · 04-15-2019, 06:21 PM

When they cut out the front and back, they leave these tabs on them to help index all the other work they do each step of the way.

The index holes come in handy when gluing in the braces and clamping them to dry

glatt · 04-15-2019, 06:26 PM

Sorry to hijack the thread but thought this would be a good spot for these pics. It was a very cool tour, and I recommend it.

And they are hiring. They mentioned that several times.

Undertoad · 04-15-2019, 06:30 PM

Good one! I'm pretty sure I can't afford that tour

glatt · 04-15-2019, 06:32 PM

There's a hard sell at the end and we dropped almost $100 on just t-shirts.

glatt · 04-15-2019, 06:38 PM

They give you a piece of a Martin as a souvenir of the tour. They do a very fast print laser engraving of the sound hole cutout to each person who takes the tour.

Undertoad · 04-15-2019, 06:40 PM

I'm thinking my entry fee would be around $1200

Griff · 04-15-2019, 07:00 PM

Wow. That is damn cool. Hiring you say...

lumberjim · 04-15-2019, 07:17 PM

So cool. And thanks for dropping it here.

Did having seen what I did help you get a sense of what they were doing at all? I can't believe I've never gone there. But then I've never toured the Harley plant either.

Good stuff

04-13-2019, 01:26 AM	#631
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	That's retarded. That guy needs to go back to his job at Chipotle. If you were ambidextrous and could play both right and left, you could do an electric and flip it back and forth to demonstrate your skills, but unless you have 3 or more arms, you can't do anything but clang open strings to augment what you're doing with the other guitar. It's more art than instrument. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-13-2019, 01:35 AM	#632
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	They'll need another final pass, but the slots are mostly done on this one. I'm waiting for the templates to arrive, so I might as well do a few of these fret boards while I've got the jig out and my skills are improving. That's 4 necks and 4 finger boards. 2 more finger boards and one neck out in the shop. I need body blanks. I've only got 2 __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-15-2019, 07:00 PM	#644
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wow. That is damn cool. Hiring you say... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-15-2019, 07:17 PM	#645
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	So cool. And thanks for dropping it here. Did having seen what I did help you get a sense of what they were doing at all? I can't believe I've never gone there. But then I've never toured the Harley plant either. Good stuff __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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04-15-2019, 06:02 PM	#633
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just toured the Martin guitar factory this afternoon. Pretty thorough tour. Gluing up the front and back panels by hand. They use this press that clamps multiple panels at once. Stacking them as them come out of the clamps.

04-15-2019, 06:05 PM	#634
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Candling the panels to check for knots before they lay out the front and back for the cnc machine. Cnc machine cutting out the fronts and backs.

04-15-2019, 06:10 PM	#635
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The neck is roughed out by cnc and finished up by hand. I took a ton of pictures, but not of every step. Here's a laser ingraving machine for the name and serial number.

04-15-2019, 06:13 PM	#636
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This is a robot finish buffing machine And a bunch of assembled bodies, unfinished. There were hundreds of these all over the place.

04-15-2019, 06:14 PM	#637
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Racks full of necks.

04-15-2019, 06:21 PM	#638
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	When they cut out the front and back, they leave these tabs on them to help index all the other work they do each step of the way. The index holes come in handy when gluing in the braces and clamping them to dry

04-15-2019, 06:26 PM	#639
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sorry to hijack the thread but thought this would be a good spot for these pics. It was a very cool tour, and I recommend it. And they are hiring. They mentioned that several times.

04-15-2019, 06:30 PM	#640
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Good one! I'm pretty sure I can't afford that tour

04-15-2019, 06:32 PM	#641
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	There's a hard sell at the end and we dropped almost $100 on just t-shirts.

04-15-2019, 06:38 PM	#642
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They give you a piece of a Martin as a souvenir of the tour. They do a very fast print laser engraving of the sound hole cutout to each person who takes the tour.

04-15-2019, 06:40 PM	#643
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm thinking my entry fee would be around $1200

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