What's on your workbench?

[Randy]

Just a fanned 8 string but I cut it oversized, expecting to cut it flush when I get the neck shaped.

Like I said, this is my first time cutting one on the CNC. Up until now, I have a radial arm saw with a slotting blade on it that I'll use to cut the fretboard blank full width, then taper it with a flush trim saw when I get it attached. This is my first fanned fret build and I'm weary of cutting the slots with no taper on the board, then having the geometry not perfect when I go to glue it up.

Current plan is for this to be ~1/8" oversized with the centerline marked, flush trim and then take it to the vertical belt sander.

 

[Randy]

Oh and as far as the fan itself, its 26.5" to 25.5" and the straight fret is at the 6th. I've never like the straight fret ~12 because chords get weird on the low frets. I'd have gone like Strandberg does on the 6ers (straight at the zero) but the high frets lean way too much for my taste. Seemed like the best of both worlds.

As far as the scale, I had a Schecter at 26.5" and the low strings felt fine for F# with an 80. Im a low tension guy, and I'd have preferred 24.75" for the treble side but the fan starts to get too much for me at that range.... Maybe in the future depending on how this goes.

 

[Soya]

Majorly fucked up a build on my last shop day, so I needed a pick me up. Got a deal on some off cuts and decided to do a quick and dirty for myself.

First swing at slotting a fretboard on the machine and I'm super happy with the results.
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That's my dream there, cnc slotted and cut board so everything is perfect everytime. I always get nervous slotting by hand, have had 2 slots drift on me already.

 

[KR250]

New build thread coming imminently. Worked out most of the kinks with the Brite Tone finish on this one. Spraying with the right CFM was the key. Next time 20 coats minimum and more sanding with the 800 grit. Still not perfect in other spots, this is the nicest section of it which I'm happy with.

 

[LiveOVErdrive]

New build thread coming imminently. Worked out most of the kinks with the Brite Tone finish on this one. Spraying with the right CFM was the key. Next time 20 coats minimum and more sanding with the 800 grit. Still not perfect in other spots, this is the nicest section of it which I'm happy with.

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Oh wow that's nice.

 

[FwLineberry]

Working on my Fat-o-Catster

 

[LiveOVErdrive]

Finally hooked up my cheap hvlp sprayer to my cheap pancake compressor and shot a few coats of shellac. This works better than literally any finish or finishing system I've used before. Plus it's basically totally nontoxic, which is neat.

 

[Lemonbaby]

Finally had time to dye and paint my headless 7. As I mainly have blue and clear/natural builds sitting around, I decided to give red/purple a go...

https://picload.org/view/dcoidrca/img_20181118_170130.jpg.html

https://imgur.com/a/jDbfmvC

https://ibb.co/fo4rS0

Edit: MAAAAAN, am I annoyed by the "images issue" on this forum. Tried three sites and nothing works...

 

[jwade]

Finally had time to dye and paint my headless 7. As I mainly have blue and clear/natural builds sitting around, I decided to give red/purple a go...

https://picload.org/view/dcoidrca/img_20181118_170130.jpg.html

https://imgur.com/a/jDbfmvC

https://ibb.co/fo4rS0

Edit: MAAAAAN, am I annoyed by the "images issue" on this forum. Tried three sites and nothing works...

Got you, homie: https://postimages.org

Also, that color^ is fucking rad.

 

[Lemonbaby]

Sorry for the double post on the same thing, couldn't edit the old one anymore...

@jwade: thanks for the tip.

 

[FwLineberry]

New project: Replacing stock neck with scalloped MM neck on my '83 strat..

Was hoping for a little more fingerboard thickness on he MM neck, but it's coming along nicely.

 

[Soya]

Very nice. I've always wanted to try scalloping a neck but it looks supremely tedious.

 

[FwLineberry]

...but it looks supremely tedious.

It is. I forgot just how tedious it is. I haven't done one in a very long time. I tried using a Dremel tool to rough it out, but between the mess and the lack of control, I just went back to using files and sandpaper.

 

[GraemeH]

Every time I get 5 or 6 frets into a full scallop I'm reminded that the last time I swore that next time I'd just pay someone to do it for me. On the plus side once you've done it to 40 year old maple you appreciate how butter-soft rosewood is by comparison which makes it easier.

 

[FwLineberry]

I tried to justify buying a warmoth pre-scalloped, but once the price hit $400, I just couldn't do it.

This will be good warmup for my next project which will be to convert my 7 string maple fingerboard into a scalloped rosewood board.

 

[MoonJelly]

An rg8 with a fabric top and back.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

picked up some more maple tops

 

[Taylor]

Have an old Jackson that I never play, so I thought I'd mess around with it and turn it into a guitar that I actually want to play. So I decided I wanted to strip all the paint off, change some things on the body, swap the hardware (I hate tune-o-matics), and swirl it.





I added some more aggressive bevels and a cutout for easier higher fret access like on the ESP Alexi V's. It's interesting, they put a (maple?) veneer over the alder body before they painted it at the factory.




I also added a "tummy bevel" as it was very uncomfortable for me to play before without one. I also doweled up the hardware holes and drilled for a Hipshot.




The Humbrol paints that I'm going to use to do the swirl.




The body as it stands, with a coat of primer. There's some gaps around the dowels that I need to do a better job of filling in.

 

[LiveOVErdrive]

Just ordered some headless hardware, so I guess I'm building a headless guitar next. Finally.

 

[Defyantly]

Just ordered some headless hardware, so I guess I'm building a headless guitar next. Finally.

Where do you find your headless hardware? All I can find are either the stupid expensive stuff or the cheap Chinese parts for bass not really any middle ground for 6 or 7 stringers.