mankymusic
Active Member
Its easter weekend, I had planned to be out camping but instead I'm stuck in the house with a cold, its horrible out there anyway.
I decided to but the time to good use and assemble the parts I've been collecting for the past 6 months
bare wood a few weeks back, got the body last year from Area51
a lot of sanding
then a lot of rubbing
about 8 coats of TruOil
Neck and bridge from a RGA8
The body is an RG2228 so the neck isn't an exact fit, I glued a piece of laminate to the body to pad it out by 1mm, I then had to drill new holes on the neck, scary!
Copper in the cavities
Two switched pots, tone coil tap and volume kill switch
I made the cavity covers out of cd cases
I think the wooden knobs really finish it off![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
inspired by pondman - thanks, maybe one day I'll get a nice neck like yours to go with it.
I decided to but the time to good use and assemble the parts I've been collecting for the past 6 months
![25768777300_24d07d16d1.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1603/25768777300_24d07d16d1.jpg)
bare wood a few weeks back, got the body last year from Area51
![25439090973_e2066667ae.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1709/25439090973_e2066667ae.jpg)
a lot of sanding
![26015696076_8769b8e91b.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1687/26015696076_8769b8e91b.jpg)
then a lot of rubbing
![25949096922_7e566e7158.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1671/25949096922_7e566e7158.jpg)
about 8 coats of TruOil
![25436874824_d9097fb49f.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1620/25436874824_d9097fb49f.jpg)
![26041636135_0fa92d6714.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1605/26041636135_0fa92d6714.jpg)
Neck and bridge from a RGA8
![25768796370_ae91c7f91a.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1569/25768796370_ae91c7f91a.jpg)
The body is an RG2228 so the neck isn't an exact fit, I glued a piece of laminate to the body to pad it out by 1mm, I then had to drill new holes on the neck, scary!
![25436896724_7ba601ea04.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1718/25436896724_7ba601ea04.jpg)
Copper in the cavities
![25949125102_2fa506b508.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1508/25949125102_2fa506b508.jpg)
Two switched pots, tone coil tap and volume kill switch
![26041660665_42e72615c8.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1642/26041660665_42e72615c8.jpg)
I made the cavity covers out of cd cases
![25975246631_0a94196aac.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1499/25975246631_0a94196aac.jpg)
![25949081142_17f4730831.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1520/25949081142_17f4730831.jpg)
![25436887774_548c642d2f.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1672/25436887774_548c642d2f.jpg)
I think the wooden knobs really finish it off
inspired by pondman - thanks, maybe one day I'll get a nice neck like yours to go with it.