Building my first body.

[line6man]

I was thinking about experimenting with passive filters, but I'm too lazy to try to calculate frequencies from a complex impedance source, when I don't even know what frequencies need to be fixed half the time to begin with. I guess the best way to do that is to put a breadboard on top of the guitar and play around with L C and R components until the guitar sounds good. :blob7:

You don't need to go through all that rigmarole. A 250K or 500K pot in series with a .022uf cap to ground is all the filter you need, and it's adjustable. That's what 99% of all guitar filters are, give or take a bit on the cap size.

Rigmarole?

Obviously I'm going to have a tone control. I don't use it much on bass, but I use it a lot on guitar. Actually, I think the only reason I use the neck and middle position on my Strat, is because it kicks in the second tone control parallel to both pickups, so I can leave it rolled way down and go between bright neck pickup and dark neck pickup at the flick of a switch.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

What are you gonna do for the neck, more particularly the locking nut?  Is the MIM neck going on this?  If so, are you gonna have a Floyd nut shelf put on it?  Are you gonna use it w/out a locking nut?

 

[line6man]

What are you gonna do for the neck, more particularly the locking nut?  Is the MIM neck going on this?  If so, are you gonna have a Floyd nut shelf put on it?  Are you gonna use it w/out a locking nut?

The MiM neck will be temporary, until I can afford a Warmoth neck. Maybe one day I'll try my hand at building a neck, but it won't be any time soon.

I'm undecided on the locking nut.

 

[DangerousR6]

Ok, this may well be the most redneck thing I've ever done with my Strat, but I took the pickguard off and mounted a single coil at a slant in the neck position, so I can get a feel for the vibe of a slanted pickup, and see if there are any differences in the harmonic content, since there is a node right in that area.

I'm going to go back and forth between straight and slanted and see if I can hear any difference. If I do the SXH combo, as originally planned, I would like a slanted neck pickup, purely for aesthetic reasons. :blob7:

That's perdy Redneck...

 

[line6man]

Ok, this may well be the most redneck thing I've ever done with my Strat, but I took the pickguard off and mounted a single coil at a slant in the neck position, so I can get a feel for the vibe of a slanted pickup, and see if there are any differences in the harmonic content, since there is a node right in that area.

I'm going to go back and forth between straight and slanted and see if I can hear any difference. If I do the SXH combo, as originally planned, I would like a slanted neck pickup, purely for aesthetic reasons. :blob7:

That's perdy Redneck...

Goes well with the temporary JFET buffer I still have one one of my Jazz basses. :doh:

 

[Corey P.]

The Squier Vista Venus six-strings had that neck pickup orientation:

Unfortunately I've never heard anyone who isn't Courtney Love play one, so no idea what the harmonic differences (if any) are vs. the typical perpendicular placement.

 

[erogenousjones17]

The Squier Vista Venus six-strings had that neck pickup orientation:

Unfortunately I've never heard anyone who isn't Courtney Love play one, so no idea what the harmonic differences (if any) are vs. the typical perpendicular placement.

That's um...ew.

However, I feel inspired by the pickguardless, wires-and-batteries-exposed look.  :laughing7:

 

[line6man]

The Bubinga has been resawn to make the bookmatched lam top!

When I first saw this pic, I freaked out that it was so brown, rather than the reddish-orange I loved so much about the wood, but it should look ok when it's finished.

 

[kboman]

Well hey, you shouldn't force yourself to accept low grade wood like that. I can take it off your hands for a small fee if you want?

 

[line6man]

Well hey, you shouldn't force yourself to accept low grade wood like that. I can take it off your hands for a small fee if you want?

You're all so kind on this forum, but I'm not falling for that again.
Cagey was supposed to send me some premium "Home Depot" grade knotty wood for the body, but it didn't have any cracks in it at all, and he did a terrible job with the gang grafitti paint job.
I thought it went without saying that the wood would have nice deep cracks running through it. You ripped me off, Cagey! I think you took the wood to a paint shop for the gang signs instead of getting a real 14 year old high school dropout to do it!  :doh:

 

[Cagey]

Well hey, you shouldn't force yourself to accept low grade wood like that. I can take it off your hands for a small fee if you want?

You're all so kind on this forum, but I'm not falling for that again.
Cagey was supposed to send me some premium "Home Depot" grade knotty wood for the body, but it didn't have any cracks in it at all, and he did a terrible job with the gang grafitti paint job.
I thought it went without saying that the wood would have nice deep cracks running through it. You ripped me off, Cagey! I think you took the wood to a paint shop for the gang signs instead of getting a real 14 year old high school dropout to do it!  :doh:

Well, now, waitaminnit! If you'd have inspected the stuff thoroughly, you'd have seen that due to the knot size, quantity and hardness that there was no way to cut it without large chunks falling out and totally authentic vintage cracks forming on their own. The stuff was wetter than driftwood! Whaddaya want, fake cracks? Don't be ridiculous! Shoulda just let it dry, fer crissakes!

On top of that, I'll have you know that in the Detroit area, bangers start at 9 years old. By the time they get to high school age, they don't even know what spray paint is past a good huffing. So, BITE ME! You got the best there is to get from an authentic source, and I want my bubinga, dammit!

Where's my gun...

 

[line6man]

Well hey, you shouldn't force yourself to accept low grade wood like that. I can take it off your hands for a small fee if you want?

You're all so kind on this forum, but I'm not falling for that again.
Cagey was supposed to send me some premium "Home Depot" grade knotty wood for the body, but it didn't have any cracks in it at all, and he did a terrible job with the gang grafitti paint job.
I thought it went without saying that the wood would have nice deep cracks running through it. You ripped me off, Cagey! I think you took the wood to a paint shop for the gang signs instead of getting a real 14 year old high school dropout to do it!  :doh:

Well, now, waitaminnit! If you'd have inspected the stuff thoroughly, you'd have seen that due to the knot size, quantity and hardness that there was no way to cut it without large chunks falling out and totally authentic vintage cracks forming on their own. The stuff was wetter than driftwood! Whaddaya want, fake cracks? Don't be ridiculous! Shoulda just let it dry, fer crissakes!

On top of that, I'll have you know that in the Detroit area, bangers start at 9 years old. By the time they get to high school age, they don't even know what spray paint is past a good huffing. So, BITE ME! You got the best there is to get from an authentic source, and I want my bubinga, dammit!

Where's my gun...

Wetter than driftwood!? I told you that the wood was to be wet with authentic homeless man pee. It smelled instead like you just let your cat pee on it. You were supposed to source the wood from shipping pallets out by the dumpster of Walmart. What did you send me? Kiln-dried wood? Outrageous!

 

[Corey P.]

To be fair, cat does give more defined mids than homeless man...

 

[Cagey]

Wetter than driftwood!? I told you that the wood was to be wet with authentic homeless man pee. It smelled instead like you just let your cat pee on it. You were supposed to source the wood from shipping pallets out by the dumpster of Walmart. What did you send me? Kiln-dried wood? Outrageous!

Homeless man pee! Phbbbt! Shows what you know. That's not just cat pee, it's rabid Siamese cat pee - the most wicked industrial strength pee extant, short of cancerous Tasmanian Devil pee. You're not gonna find that behind Walmart. They wish they had wood like that available. The best they have is just 11 year old white boy pee-soaked wood, which is as common as rainwater. And it's not "kiln dried". It's sun baked!

Y'all want me to pee on it?​

If you like, you can send it back, but I'll tell you - tone worms love Siamese cat pee, and if it's from a rabid animal, well, you know what that means - harmonics that only a bat could hear.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

If you like, you can send it back, but I'll tell you - tone worms love Siamese cat pee....

It's true, my couch has great tone.

 

[line6man]

Wetter than driftwood!? I told you that the wood was to be wet with authentic homeless man pee. It smelled instead like you just let your cat pee on it. You were supposed to source the wood from shipping pallets out by the dumpster of Walmart. What did you send me? Kiln-dried wood? Outrageous!

Homeless man pee! Phbbbt! Shows what you know. That's not just cat pee, it's rabid Siamese cat pee - the most wicked industrial strength pee extant, short of cancerous Tasmanian Devil pee. You're not gonna find that behind Walmart. They wish they had wood like that available. The best they have is just 11 year old white boy pee-soaked wood, which is as common as rainwater. And it's not "kiln dried". It's sun baked!

Y'all want me to pee on it?​

If you like, you can send it back, but I'll tell you - tone worms love Siamese cat pee, and if it's from a rabid animal, well, you know what that means - harmonics that only a bat could hear.

Don't be ridiculous!
What did you think that bottle of very fine pruno I sent you was for? (Do you know how much I had to pay for good pruno fermented from ketchup packets and moldy cinammon bread?) You were supposed to let a homeless man get DRUNK off of it, and go piss on the shipping pallet wood. Your rabid Siamese cat piss was from a cat that just drank toilet water. Good tone only comes from wood that was soaked in urine filtered from booze. :tard:

 

[line6man]

Alright, time for some serious wood porn. :blob7:
These images were taken by the guy that is preparing the blank for me.

Resawing the Bubinga:

Freshly cut, and very brown:

After a few days, and with Naphtha, it's starting to redden up:

Cagey, prepare yourself. This image is shocking. (Actually, it IS a shame to cover this, but hell, it was inexpensive, and I can always order more.)

Top of the Walnut core, which the accent line will be glued to:

The backside, which will be seen:

Better pics:

And finally, my current progress with the practice build. (I've been too busy and too lazy to work on it lately, so that's why it's taking me this long to finish it.)

 

[Alfang]

I say send that practice body to Tonar and see what comes back, god knows he needs the practice  :icon_tongue:

 

[rapfohl09]

Wow man great job with that bridge! It looks like everything lines up perfect! I could imagine that a floyd rose as your first bridge could be a little intimidating, but really, great job :icon_thumright:

 

[DangerousR6]

Wow man great job with that bridge! It looks like everything lines up perfect! I could imagine that a floyd rose as your first bridge could be a little intimidating, but really, great job :icon_thumright:

No kidding, made props for the home grown Floyd.... :icon_thumright: