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Cannot push that fearsome job any further...

 

measurings first

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12th fret is at 32.4 cm .... so saddles are at ....

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.... yes 64.8

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do not produce any errors here

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created a middle line and just followed both edges of the neck for symmetry

 

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here we will settle

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i do not have one of those handtools that just create marks with the sharp tip

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all somehow in the middle

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did work

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i cannot drill dead straight.... that guy maybe can

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so scary scary.... destroying what took so many hours

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not a lot of tearout...

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going bigger

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stuck (!)

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it didn´t get through all the way so far

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here we go.... phh... will i get symmetrical holes back there (pray pray pray)

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yay ... not too bad

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odd size

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can you spot the one place where i had to fix a tearout with superglue?

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way better than expected

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i want those metal thingies not standing out so much

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super happy

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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the quest goes on...

 

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some filing... needed diameter is 8.3 and the drill was a 8

dangerous work... slipping means scratching

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all looks ok on both sides

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still missing one hole....

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...the bridge ground of course

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i put thatr right in the middle for leaving the possibility to ever change the bridge

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a lil bit of oil on on all those holes

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shiny again

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here too

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Can that wax-finished be polished with normal polish?

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let´s just try it as long as repairing is doable

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i think ... yes!

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Ok... let´s start applying hardware, yay

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cool. Gold was the right choice!

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

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Wiring,,,

Actual have been soldering last time like 10 years ago i think, but thats something i have done before - so cakewalk i think (?)

 

So..... sooo..... soooooo  - i have a P90, practically a singlecoil - intelligence tells me that demands a 250K pot, and a humbucker - that clearly demands 500K, i shall go with 500 as compromise as i will not have 2 pots. (and of course no useless tone pot)

It must be logarithmic ones (A) for volume (!?)

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i will not need the green capacitor

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wy switch to be

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Coffee, tea... ready to go

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will need that later, yeah

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nothing beats a good setup

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i never solder... why do i have a knot of 4 irons?

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i´ll go with that one

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away with the cap

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ground connection, the rest of the cable is already in place

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here we go - switch

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up and kicking again

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now as i know which pin from the jack is hot and which is the ground soldering can be done.

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all is good

vol set to min directly connects to ground while pot at max directly connects to phase

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will solder the HB and P90 directly in the system after mounting

 

 

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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Let´s shield some!

i have no idea how intense and flawless that coat has to be.. for my understanding not too perfect as dry wood is not a good conductor .... humbuckers don´t need shielding, i am going for all cavities anyway, and if only for optical reasons.... plus the cable of the P90 is passing through, so is the bridge-groundcable and also to make sure it´s as good as possible

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that is sticky stuff.... i will make sure to keep it away from the finish

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thats better or at least safer

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black holes

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always protect your back cavity!

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i like that contrast

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... while drying is an ...

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...boy sets groundcable

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better safe than sorry:

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that shall be unremovable

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mount a bridge!

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yay. so much progress!

 

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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I have reached the point beyond failure 😶. . . i will end up with a good looking instrument, maybe horribly to play, idk, but at least least one for the wall for the rest of my life.

Time to take a step back and feel a moment of sadness... because the quest is aproaching the final world.... what will the last levels hold, what´s left?
Mounting and soldering the pickups, mounting the jack (waiting for a shiny golden one to be delivered atm) and soldering that, place the soldered electronics and test all that, create a nut, mount the machineheads, mount the saddles, string her up..... and very precise setup work.
Cannot wait 😄

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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15 hours ago, Rodman said:

First - thx! 2nd - You gotta go for it. Lack of time is relative, i bought the stuff in march for my bd early april... No rushing in no way. As with learning to play also here the way is the target completely. The tree is my friend here, yeah! I´m trying to honor it for good. You don´t need a lot of money or tools to start. Just try to grab some wood and start designing your guitar 😉

Rock! R.

It's on my list. I was gifted a Peavy Deuce VT 212 amp a little over 20 years ago that worked really well for some time but probably ~15 years ago the volume started cutting down about 50% every now and then. If I left it on for awhile it would work fine and then it started happening more and more so I figured the tubes were busted, replaced them and had no change in behaviour so it just sort of just moved around with me and I didn't play it. Probably about 5 years ago I seriously thought of refurbishing it because chances are over the 40 years it's been floating around some capacitor or whatnot probably popped so I can just do a rundown of everything and see what's burnt out, broken, etc. but life keeps getting in the way. 

Really it's showing its age and I would like to fully redo it, so polish up the hardware, re-tolex it or whatever (I've seen projects where they left it as wood and while those people were very happy with it I thought they looked really bad), and maybe even something bigger but since it's been 5 years with me getting as far as dragging it into my workshop we'll see what ends up happening on that front.

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Let´s kick it

 

i´m grounded - yay
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unluckywise the cable of the P90 (neckpickup) is a tad short... so... let´s start with that issue

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haven´t used these in ages... BUT WAIT!!!!!

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I do have professional electricians clamps .... those will serve well and shield great.

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in the other hand that is way more decent

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yeah... i´ll go oldschool

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fits through the holes...

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all the cables are in place

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and measurements show my shielding is ok with no shorts

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Pickup polarity is next... gotta mount the pickups the same polarity.

That is tested by measuring the resistance - here 14kOhm, placing a piece of metal (screwdriver....) over the pickup, remove it either down or up and see in which direction the resistance jumps for a short time... and that shall  be the same direction for both pickups, otherwise one has to be turned around!!!

That does not tell me which direction is the right one... i will know when stringed by output levels i think, but i hope the placing of the cablesout un the lower end is the logical not only for me but also for those designers of the pickups (pray)

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If that´s not a cool thing

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then at least that is

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they kept falling out

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soldering

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done

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placement of cables optimized. That was easy.....

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.... ouch!!!! 😄

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switch is a tad high

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sollution... chisel there 3mm or so...

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found a switch placement=rotation with less height

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still 2mm ...

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just when you think woodworking is over... surprises make your days....

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... but time for bed now and fixing soon!

 

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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Reinforcements!

 

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i already have a winner here

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dangerous job here

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going bigger

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still a tiny tad offcenter, but thats fine. the shape there is asymetrically formed anyway. Will look perfect.

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a lot of filing

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getting there

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yes.... i had planned to sink it to match with the surface... but it looks very ok like that.

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still short

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more handwork

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not there yet

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it will be horror to fix that one

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decided to make it nice and clean. that shall do.

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also the switch can just be recached to fix from the front... a lil optimization here also shall help with the lid situation.

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done... and marking the lid for height reduction

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works perfectly

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let´s go

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one word... yes

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make it nice looking again... paper

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scraper (best tool for that)

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paper

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done

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some smoothing

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painting

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drying

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all is good

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

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UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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So.... all the dirty work might be in the past ... again?!

A tidy and clean place to work ... it only takes a minute and makes all so much better
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testing how that pot does work ....

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i thought those should really be connected.... nevermind

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those are... i think i got it

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soldering again

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it was such a pain getting that soldering stick on the oustide of the pot, just so little space

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so.... he´s got the Jack - why in hell is there never any description for the pinouts... i mean - they should know... you always are left in the dark and have to test it out

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luckywise that is the best testequipment for that situation

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and here we go. I gnow whats hot and whats ground

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absolute pain to fix that screw.... more space next time maybe

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soldered one side

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and the other

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YAY - i´m grounded - from the one side of the guitar way to the other side throug all the electronics (jack - bridge)

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also the pot

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that´s some tidy cable placement

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phhhhh.... finally

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🙂

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okokok let´s...

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assemble the bridge

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... mount some machineheads!

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D´addario locking tuners with auto trim

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i like those

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more fretboard oil as long as there is free access

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call me paranoid!

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gold on gold on gold-strained

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straight straight straight until 12, then fallaway with about 1mm at the end. perfect

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neck didn´t move over the last weeks

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wow.... that was cut by the aouto-trim of those tuners

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hah...

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no, i can put on strings the way it will look ok, that is just with a lot of safety space ... cause i will need to remove them again

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Here i first time ever plugged it in to test ... if my soldering was ok and both pickups do work - yes 

and to check for the polarity...

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... you play a few chords or notes and see if the middle position has lower output - then you gotta turn one of the pickups around 180degree (doesnt matter which)

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as i have to do...

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ARGH.... for short cable issues i gotta resolder that today ...

BUT HEY - IT´s officially A GUITAR!!!!

 

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

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UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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Wow, Respekt. Mir wär wahrscheinlich selbst so ein Bausatz zu fummelig.

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let´s go

 

Ok... new cable from P90 to the cavity

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resoldered, all tidy.

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Let´s mount some pickups... no idea how this is done... the p90 wont quite fit... just a liiiitle to small

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better

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ok ok ok ... thet pickup is stuck like superglued just by the perfectly fitting cavity.... that placement just cannot be optimized, not a chance that it will move. cool.

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now for the big boy

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frame is for mini screws... i hope they will not break on drilling

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better

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oh thats nice

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i don´t have that tool to make marks still... but the multimeter has

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no comment

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scary work is done... but will they fit?

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yes.

 

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argh....

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what i did not know and never realised before.... also those saddles have different sized cavities for the different strings... thats the right order here now...

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that is better

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to save me some time i already did measure exactly here for every string to and from 12th to keep the adjustments at final setup at a minimum

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wow

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ok... final coat of stuff for the fretboard as long as i can access it..
That time normal lemon oil (there are already 8 layers of restorative on it)

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let´s fix those...  i go the risky way by drilling when already in place... trying not to harm the hardware

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ultra-happy

 

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

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UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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Yay.... the nut... a nice piece of bone has been waiting so long to make its way on there

 

started by just marking the outer limits where it touches the fretboard..

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a bonesaw

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a lot of sanding... starting at 60gr

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chacking for the spacing at my fav fretboard - the one from the strat ultra

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final oiling of the fretboard

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and one last go to polish the frets... it only takes a minute and pays a lot

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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Soooo expensive tools there hanging on the wall ... to be used for the first time

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.009 to .046 slots will be needed

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let´s see

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works well

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some sanding with leveling beam, starting at 120gr

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Eco tip ... you can perfectly combine 2 nutslotfiles to generate widths... so .36 + .10 is .46 and .16 + .10 is .26 .... i only had to buy 4 files instead of 6 saving 40€ or so

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let´s string her up

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yay... .that is a cool moment

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now .... step by step on those nutslots

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i got such sweet helping hands here

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you file the slot down so far, that pressing down the string in 3rd fret there is just a minimal gap over the 1st!!!

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as told before 10+16 is 26

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so... let´s make that pretty
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already fits ok

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on to 320

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finally 1000-2000-3000

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perfect, no hard edges, perfect fit

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a lil superglue

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way better than expected

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pencil

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now setup setup setup, i love to do that - cause that is 100% for playability and absolutely makes the guitar a loved or bad one...
Every guitar needs to get that every other year or two, and also after newly purchasing a guitar you have to set it up in almost every case. My Fender was set-up right, Schecters sometimes are also.

 

 

 

 

pickup height..... i want ~3.5mm (E) to ~2.5(e) for the HB and like 2 mm more on the singlecoily P90

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for the action - most important step of all guitar work

starting with a capo in 1st

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creditcard-alike in 12-13 mounted with tape so that it does follow the radius perfectly

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set the saddles that played with a pick the string is as low that it just does not buzz!!!!!

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check for every string 2 times!

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nutslotfiles can also be used on the saddles of the according string

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done that where needed

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finally more work on the nut (shall be the last thing that you do when setting-up)

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done that 🙂 one nice low action

Now making that slot glidy for the strings - use a pencil!

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Ah..... a (nearly) complete guitar 😄

Btw.... how do you like my volume-skull ?

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strap needs some to hook on

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the second last scary part

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and on the other side

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leather between metal and wood

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pffff.... tight tight tight, but works

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and also that is done

I DID IT!!!!! Plug in test....

Tuning up breaks ,my golden e string grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
that pack of string cost 20€ and i have no replacement.... at least it was only the thinnest one - will be ok to go with a silver one down there...

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and i broke the next one.... grrrrrr
.... and the next one ..... i cannot believe i did that just now....
.... before checking what´s wrong... and ..... the e slot was too narrow in the deeper part facing the head and thus the string was stuck there a bit and when tuning up only the part of the string from the tuner to nut was streched and naturally couldn´t take the tension.......

 

....easy fix.... sanding paper (120 and then 1200) un both sides... of course i did on all the slots, pencil again after that

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after that all is good... and soundtest sounded amazing, handling is sensational and

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DAMMIT I DID IT - I PLAYED ON MY OWN GUITAR he shouted, ran upstairs and showed the thing to his wife who had no idea of anything going on here 😄

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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Thx for dropping by for that insanity!


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I could have buffed it to a very glossy state (like at the back) but i think the medium gloss supports the wood best.

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Grab some wood, build a guitar!
Rock!

Rod.

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I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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Memo to anyone and myself.
After finishing and stringing the instrument - do measure the neck after ~2 weeks and ~2 months i´d say... the string tension will have effect. it was about 1mm bent in my case which was easily corrected with the trussrod today!!!

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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Lil update.

After 1 Month of use and super-proper setup (that´s what new guitars are lacking, all of them) i must say it´s among my top 3 best playable guitars (of about 12), maybe best.

 

Two more memos regarding spots i had to put a lil more work in after finishing:

- create enough space in the back cavity to make tight fixing the jack possible. It´s unseen area and it makes life easier

- don´t fit the cover of the back cavity ultra tight. Wood moves and back covers are cooler if they float in and out

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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well.... eventually i made another one?

 

i was given that wonderful piece of wood...
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...my project up there was just finished and i already had in mind a special guitar for a special guy ...
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... so no time to waste?

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maybe for the only time ever in my life i didn´t have to create a unique shape there.

 

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I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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neck.... and on to the bandsaw!

 


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I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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more sawdust

 

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headstock planning

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It´s a guitar

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UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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trussrod position

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i want carbon fiber there for a supersolid, still thin neck

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sanding

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sanding

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oh yes

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beginning to shape the neck

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UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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when you cut the neck - you use the guiding edge for the center - not  a major problem.
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routing

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...is a clean thing

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yep

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that´s coming together straight forward

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chisel

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saw

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good.

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way better than expected so far

 

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UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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trussrod access - first drill from the top...

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then flat

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here we go

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On 11/8/2016 at 8:32 PM, Vodka said:

I hated Royal Republic prev. time. I hate it this time too.

UPD: OK. I hate every song. I guess I need to stop.

 

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