Learning how to build an electric guitar

[xoxoxoBruce]

Nice stuff.
What always surprised me is that stuff isn't that hard to get. I mean Home Depot won't have it, and it's a little spendy but it's available. When I first got into woodworking I thought those patterns came from diseased, or traumatized trees. Took awhile to grasp there are trees that will do that pretty reliably, especially if it's quarter-sawn.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

What always surprised me is that stuff isn't that hard to get.

Like your mother?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Oh, I should have known, you're just being an asshole.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh, I should have known, you're just being an asshole.

Following your lead.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Nice stuff.
What always surprised me is that stuff isn't that hard to get. I mean Home Depot won't have it, and it's a little spendy but it's available. When I first got into woodworking I thought those patterns came from diseased, or traumatized trees. Took awhile to grasp there are trees that will do that pretty reliably, especially if it's quarter-sawn.

There is a demand for 'spalted' wood. If you recall, the blue one I bought has a spalted Maple top. The spalting is a result of bacteria corroding the wood. Some guys go as far as submerging logs or burying them to create it. It's those black jagged lines. You have to kill the bacteria before you work with it. It's Ok but I like quilting and flame better.






Spalting looks like a map to me.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Yes, Maples with a big canker on the trunk are usually spalted, often all the way to the roots. Pretty, so is the Oak, but both can be weak.

[lumberjim]

You guys done?

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

You guys done?

Yes, ma'am.

[lumberjim]

The SG.

What if it were just a little hornier?



While you're mulling it over, it's gonna need a neck.

Remember this part? Truss rod trench.



Rough cut the neck on the band saw, and glue the template on.... Then the dreaded router table.



Came away with no damage this time. W00t



I stayed clear of scary areas, and finished the corners with a file and rasp.

[lumberjim]

I'm using Potvin templates for these guitars. He includes a fret board template, so I gave the fret board the same treatment as the neck, and again, did not ruin the piece.


I'll leave the carving of the shape to much later in the process this time. I need to discuss inlay with Dad soon.



So, with both cut to shape, all that's left is to glue the sonsabitches together and call it a day.

Truss rod fits perfectly. I used a diamond grinder tip on the dremel to clean up the corners of the trench.

Let's get these two together.



Then tape over it to keep the glue off of it. I also put 2 tiny rolls of the orange tape in there to prevent rattling. The stew Mac tape dispenser I got has the perfect width tape for this job.



How many clamps should I use?


Maybe a couple more...


Oh, there's two more.... They'll fit.



I used the caul I made, too. I feel like I got some shit done today.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I'm using Potvin templates for these guitars. He includes a fret board template, so I gave the fret board the same treatment as the neck, and again, did not ruin the piece.

You friended that dude Potvin on Facebook, and so did my friend old Brad, I've mentioned before, who is a custom builder in FL building mostly basses.

It's funny when FB gives friend suggestions and you look at your mutual friends and there are friends from different universes

Brad has a booth at Summer NAMM (Nat'l Ass'n of Music Merchants) in Nashville in two weeks. So he's like pretty serious going at it, at this point

[lumberjim]

so, what about the horns? I'm digging the longer ones. I saw a guitar like it, and was impressed by that subtle change. cha think, pop?

[PhatPix]

Horny’s good.

[lumberjim]

Well, since you're the only vote, and I agree, let that be an end to it.

Neck came out of the clamps looking proper.


But on closer inspection, there's glue in the fret slots! I guess it seeped in there while I was clamping and wiping excess away.



Zoom in, you can see along the top edge.

I guess a thin strip of tape will go on the edges of the next one. About 15 minutes with the saw, and it's fine.



I have the whole day off tomorrow.... Time to get busily.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

Since when? And that's not thread drift. It's a spat. It's across a few threads apparently. Why you wanna be a dick to ME now?

Talkin bout I don't permit .... Get the fuccowda hea.

I'm trying to get it out of your thread.

I'm not being a dick to you, I'm being a dick back to Bruce.

And like I said, trying to get it out of your thread.