GDB G4 project

[greywolf]

I tend to agree , I'm leaning heavy towards ebony over Padouk with Abalone dots.

I have ebony on 3 of mine already and love the feel ,tone and durability.

Then either black or gold hardware, Stew Mac has some trick  Abalone top knobs that would look killer

 

[SkuttleFunk]

you say you do woodworking - do you have a mini lathe to run your own wooden knobs?

all the best,

R

 

[greywolf]

No reason to make them , Allparts has them in a variety of woods , putting an abalone top on wouldn't take much

 

[greywolf]

I've finished the Nitro lacquer , still need to buff it out.  There was no issue with pre-saturating the body with Watco oil.

I just ordered the neck from Warmoth - 13 degree angled  Padouk with ebony /abalone dots/6230 fretwire/corian nut
It will have the gold GB7 tuners, and gold Hipshot single bridge
Pickups are Bartolini M34CBC-B/T  soapbars with the 2 band Bart 4.2 preamp ( vol/vol/treb/bass) 
As I have a 6 band parametric on my amp and a 4 band parametric  pre-amp there wasn't a need for the mid controls onboard.

Should be fun .. the neck will take a while I'll post when it's all together

 

[DangerousR6]

Wow.... :icon_thumright:

 

[Nando Vallart]

:glasses9:

 

[greywolf]

Ah sunshine... the body buffed out ...

Thanks for the input along the way 

Now for the long wait on the neck .. 

 

[greywolf]

Wooohooo after several weeks of waiting the neck arrived , I'm very happy with 


The  wood is a good color match to the mahagony back .

Padouk with Ebony 6230 vintage frets and Abalone markers .. looks like I'll be busy this weekend putting it all together and wiring it up ..

 

[Nando Vallart]

getting nice!

 

[dbw]

Damn that looks great!

 

[kboman]

Hot stuff! Black hardware I hope?

 

[greywolf]

I thought about Black , but decided to go with gold .

I did have to  mill a 1/8" zebrano shim as there was an annoying gap between the end of the fretboard and the body . It didn't look right floating there.  Easy to do and now no gap.

I'll post a pic after I get it all rigged up

 

[greywolf]

Still have to wire it up an all , I made a truss rod cover out of zebrano and stained it , much better than plastic

But this is a good pic for now of the semi -final look .

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Just a tad blurry  :laughing7:, But looks good!

 

[greywolf]

yeah , sorry about the blur .. low lights in the studio ..

a clearer pic , it's somewhat surprising how much smaller the G4 looks , almost like a guitar.

 

[blue313]

Nice pics!  Whats the control layout, 2v-2t?

 

[greywolf]

The wiring comes this weekend , the layout is :
Volume for each pickup
  Bass and Treble from the Bart Pre-amp (+/-16db)   there will  also be 2 gold  DPDT mini-switches
  each pickup will have Series Humbucker / Parallel Humbucker /and Outside single coil.

This should yield a wide array of tones , somewhat over kill , but I figured I might as well go all out.

The 6230 frets are killer , having played fretless for the last 20+ years they are just enough to do the job and not get in the way.  The Gotoh tuners are HEAVY compared to the ones on my J bass.

 

[Nando Vallart]

 

[DangerousR6]

Looking good there greywolf, I like it, the body mods are simply smashing..... :icon_thumright:

 

[greywolf]

The Barts sound great , I'm glad I went with the pre-amp.  It has the "Thunder and Lighting" that I was looking for. The body is much more resonant than my J bass.

I've sanded the neck to rmove the "corners" of the contour , MUCH more comfortable now. It didn't take much and it's also smoother as I hit it with 600 grit.

Thanks for all the input  a clean pic of the finish product.