danox574
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Hi. I am new to the forum. I have decided to build this Gecko 6.
The body is swamp ash, with transparent green. The neck was a showcase neck in Indian Rosewood (!!!) and a gorgeous Ebony fretboard with SS frets. It will house an EMG 45TWX in the sweet spot and a BQC 3 band. Hardware is gold and matched to the basic options that Warmoth offers.
Untitled by danox574, on Flickr
Untitled by danox574, on Flickr
Tonight, I assembled the tuning machines. Goth GB7s are used, and I used a #49 drill for the locator screws and countersunk it very slightly with a 2.05mm drill for the top of the screw. The thread here was excellent - one of the six resisted just a hair going in, so I backed it off and worked very slowly - nothing broke, all went to plan. I have tightened the nuts on the front to German torque specs (Good-n-Tight) because I couldn't find a spec, making sure the wood did not speak up, and just drove the locators in until they stopped and turning them made the screwdriver want to pop out, seating them flush with only gentle pressure against the GB7.
Untitled by danox574, on Flickr
Now, I'm down for 3 days of Stewmac conductive shielding paint on the body before I can continue.
I will have to enlarge two of the body holes for the concentric BQC pots - I was not expecting this but I don't feel too worried about it. The only scary drilling left is the end pins and the Electrosocket, but these are not as scary as the tuning peg locators were for me.
I don't think I want to use the black plastic truss rod cover, but a quick search shows very few things on the shelf out there that really match the rest of the appearance of the instrument, so I will probably leave that off unless there is a compelling reason not to.
Your comments and suggestions are appreciated!
The body is swamp ash, with transparent green. The neck was a showcase neck in Indian Rosewood (!!!) and a gorgeous Ebony fretboard with SS frets. It will house an EMG 45TWX in the sweet spot and a BQC 3 band. Hardware is gold and matched to the basic options that Warmoth offers.
Untitled by danox574, on Flickr
Untitled by danox574, on Flickr
Tonight, I assembled the tuning machines. Goth GB7s are used, and I used a #49 drill for the locator screws and countersunk it very slightly with a 2.05mm drill for the top of the screw. The thread here was excellent - one of the six resisted just a hair going in, so I backed it off and worked very slowly - nothing broke, all went to plan. I have tightened the nuts on the front to German torque specs (Good-n-Tight) because I couldn't find a spec, making sure the wood did not speak up, and just drove the locators in until they stopped and turning them made the screwdriver want to pop out, seating them flush with only gentle pressure against the GB7.
Untitled by danox574, on Flickr
Now, I'm down for 3 days of Stewmac conductive shielding paint on the body before I can continue.
I will have to enlarge two of the body holes for the concentric BQC pots - I was not expecting this but I don't feel too worried about it. The only scary drilling left is the end pins and the Electrosocket, but these are not as scary as the tuning peg locators were for me.
I don't think I want to use the black plastic truss rod cover, but a quick search shows very few things on the shelf out there that really match the rest of the appearance of the instrument, so I will probably leave that off unless there is a compelling reason not to.
Your comments and suggestions are appreciated!