Planning my neck through 7 string V build

[Ruins]

[homer simpson]hmmmmmmmm wood[/homer simpson]

 

[thedonutman]

Glued up part of the neck a few mins ago.

 

[Aled Smith]

sweet man, can you get rail humbuckers in 7 string?
ive been looking for ages and cant find one

 

[metalfiend666]

Looking good mate

 

[metalfiend666]

sweet man, can you get rail humbuckers in 7 string?
ive been looking for ages and cant find one

Only in a full size humbucker casing, and then only the Dimarzio X2N7 that I'm aware of.

 

[thedonutman]

I'm planning on ordering the fretboard today, but I've been offered a few fretboards:

1. Wenge slotted 25.5"
2. Ebony slotted 26.2"
3. Ebony slotted and radiused 25.5"

Does the extra .8" make that much difference to the low B? I am aware that a lot of Schecter 7s are 26.5", which I assume does make a difference. The reason I ask is because the 25.5" boards (both the wenge and ebony) are significantly cheaper than the extended scale one.

Also, anyone know what kind of ebony this is?

 

[thedonutman]

After hand sawing, the side I started on was not bad actually, just need to take it down a little with a sander and plane

Lets have a look at the other side:

DOH!!! I guess I overcompensated and went to the other side

Some belt sander and Orbital sander later :

I'm going to finish smoothing it out tomorrow, as well as carving out some of the back of the neck, so the FB is easier to glue on.

 

[Randy]

Are you using the piece you cut from the neck for the headstock, or are you cutting a separate piece? Just curious. Looking good, BTW.

 

[thedonutman]

Are you using the piece you cut from the neck for the headstock, or are you cutting a separate piece? Just curious. Looking good, BTW.

Do you mean if I'm doing a scarf joint or not?

If so, then no, I'm not. I'm not a real luthier, just a kid in his conservatory , and I don't feel confident that I can do one properly. I'm making another few cuts on the maple that that should allow most of the headstock with the 13 degree angle to fit on. The should be a bit at the end where it won't be thick enough, so I'll just glue another little block on.

 

[TemjinStrife]

Do you mean if I'm doing a scarf joint or not?

If so, then no, I'm not. I'm not a real luthier, just a kid in his conservatory , and I don't feel confident that I can do one properly. I'm making another few cuts on the maple that that should allow most of the headstock with the 13 degree angle to fit on. The should be a bit at the end where it won't be thick enough, so I'll just glue another little block on.

Dude. Scarf joints are VERY easy if well-planned out and are much stronger and more wood-friendly than trying to hack a back-angled headstock out of a whole block of wood.

 

[thedonutman]

I got an email back from Swineshead pickups about a 7 string stacked humbucker

Thanks for the email. We'd be happy to build a 7 string single coil sized humbucker. The design I was thinking would be to use a dual rail design but rather than having a "blade" we would use 14 individual stud pole pieces.

The design would have to be custom built and we would need to order in some custom made magnets. Because of this the pickup would cost £130. If you are interested in having the pickup built please let me know and I can add a custom page to our online store where it would be available for purchase.

F**K, £130! Maybe the SD custom shop could make a 7 string version of the hotrails/mini 59 for cheape?

 

[thedonutman]

You can see from the first picture that the fretboard is thinner than my RG's, thats because I'm having 2.3mm binding on both sides.

 

[sakeido]

I got an email back from Swineshead pickups about a 7 string stacked humbucker




F**K, £130! Maybe the SD custom shop could make a 7 string version of the hotrails/mini 59 for cheape?

SD's custom shop is really reasonably priced. Give them a phone call, they have very good service as well.

 

[thedonutman]

Progress:

It's looking very rough right now, but I learned my lesson from gluing the neck blanks and I wiped off the excess. There is still a blood stain on the back of it from when I cut my hand with a saw and bled all over the maple

 

[Groff]

I cut my hand with a saw and bled all over the maple

Adding a bit of a personal touch i'd say. I would have bled over the top and clear coated it. haha.

 

[sakeido]

Wow, its looking really good man, awesome stuff!

 

[FYP666]

Jackson reversed-headstock WIN

That will be shredtastic

It looks good already

 

[Ruins]

i like how its going

 

[NeVeR]

Looks great, man!

 

[blackout]

That axe is gonna be sick, i'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. If i could ever go custom, mine would be very similar.