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Author: | Edward Taylor [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:40 am ] |
Post subject: | Latest solidbody: T-style fanned fret. |
This guitar has been "done" for a while now, finally got some pics. It is my second solid body build. I was in a big time crunch to get it ready for a display so I just got enough done on it to look like its finished. Still needs more coats of tung oil finish, wiring, proper set up, etc. I realized afterwards I maybe should of put more thought into how I placed the pickup, I just had the angled theme in mind and did not consider how the pole pieces would line up. I will have to wait till after the exhibit is over (at my local library) to see how it sounds, but I have a few unique solutions in mind if it does not work. Thanks to Howard Klepper for giving me one tip that was very crucial for the dovetails; the height or depth of the router bit is crucial to the fitting of the dovetails. Having never cut dovetails before this I was unaware of this factor, but its importance quickly became obvious. I have probably over 250 hours in the instrument, a very large portion of which was spent on the dovetails. If anyone is interested I can post the method and jig I made. Specs: Shape- Modified Tele shape, to correspond with fanned frets Top woods- Indian rosewood and figured maple (very unique "speckle" figure) Back woods- African mahogany and plain maple Neck woods- African mahogany, rosewood and maple Fretboard- Indian rosewood (12" radius) Scale- 26.25" top and 24.75" bottom (25.5" at the center), "perp" at the 7th Pickups- SD Jazz model Bridge- Homemade base out of 14 gauge cold rolled steel Saddles- Graph tech tele Nut- Tusq, 1 11/16" spacing Tuners- Gotoh 510 chrome Truss rod- Stew mac hotrod Electronics- One volume and one tone, 500k pots Knobs- Indian rosewood turned from offcuts Cant wait to get it back and wire it up. Thanks for looking. Attachment: DSC05561.JPG Attachment: DSC05579.JPG Attachment: DSC05580.JPG Attachment: DSC05582.JPG
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Author: | Edward Taylor [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Latest solidbody: T-style fanned fret. |
More pics... Attachment: DSC05583.JPG Attachment: DSC05585.JPG Attachment: DSC05587.JPG
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Author: | Edward Taylor [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:54 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Latest solidbody: T-style fanned fret. |
More pics again... Attachment: DSC05589.JPG Attachment: DSC05590.JPG Attachment: DSC05592.JPG
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Author: | Darrel Friesen [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Latest solidbody: T-style fanned fret. |
Looks great Edward! I'm seeing a new use for my dovetail jig. |
Author: | Howard Klepper [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Latest solidbody: T-style fanned fret. |
You done good, Ed. Very clean dovetails. |
Author: | Edward Taylor [ Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:45 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Latest solidbody: T-style fanned fret. |
Thanks very much for the kind words Darrel and Howard. |
Author: | Mark A Thorpe [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:18 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Latest solidbody: T-style fanned fret. |
Very cool |
Author: | Brett L Faust [ Sun Jul 04, 2010 3:38 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Latest solidbody: T-style fanned fret. |
I like a good sense of humor, dovetails everywhere but the neck joint. Well done. |
Author: | Edward Taylor [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:56 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Latest solidbody: T-style fanned fret. |
Thanks Fillipo, Mark, and Brett! |
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