New video: I Built This Guitar to Play One Song! (Part One)

[stratamania]

It is cool how the forum has helped with this build.  :icon_thumright:

 

[PhilHill]

I love it when people can do things, and I'm like....how can a person do that?

This is the power of the Machinist! Faster than Swiss Screw Machine, More powerful than a Bridgeport Mill, able to leap tall Mazak turning centers in a single bound.
That and aluminium is easy to cut........................................ :icon_thumright:

 

[aarontunes]

It is cool how the forum has helped with this build.  :icon_thumright:

Indeed.

I'm thinking it deserves a double-neck follow-up video, where I show all the tweaking that has gone into getting it completed just right, and also pump up Unofficial Warmoth for their hand in it.

It will be a while yet before everything is done, but in a nutshell:

• Further intonation of the 12-string neck, as it has settled in. It's made a huge difference.
• Sourcing of the case.
• I'll be swapping out the 12-string pickups for ones that better match the humbucker: JB Jr. and either a Li'l 59 or Duckbucker. (Should have went with those in the first place.)
• Design and manufacture of the string retainer.
• Locking tuners on the 6-string neck.

 

[stratamania]

Good idea for a follow up video, Lil'59 should be nice in the neck... :icon_thumright:

 

[DangerousR6]

Hey Doug!  I noticed you fixed the mistake on my drawing.  Nice one!    :headbang:

:laughing7:

 

[aarontunes]

We-he-hell....lookey what arrived on my desk this afternoon:

 

[aarontunes]

I'm absolutely stunned at what you guys have wrought!


You are conjurors...mystics...magicians!


I'll will definitely be doing a follow-up video as soon as all the remaining changes to the double-neck are complete, and throwing much love at the UW community!

 

[DangerousR6]

We-he-hell....lookey what arrived on my desk this afternoon:

arty07:

 

[DangerousR6]

We-he-hell....lookey what arrived on my desk this afternoon:

Evidently I didn't pay close attention, and didn't get all the machining marks off the top. Some 400 grit sand paper and some elbow grease would polish them out...  :doh:

 

[aarontunes]

We-he-hell....lookey what arrived on my desk this afternoon:

Evidently I didn't pay close attention, and didn't get all the machining marks off the top. Some 400 grit sand paper and some elbow grease would polish them out...  :doh:

Haha....no....what you're seeing in that photo is the crappiness of the camera on my five-year-old phone that was cheap to begin with.


It looks great!

 

[DangerousR6]

We-he-hell....lookey what arrived on my desk this afternoon:

Evidently I didn't pay close attention, and didn't get all the machining marks off the top. Some 400 grit sand paper and some elbow grease would polish them out...  :doh:

Haha....no....what you're seeing in that photo is the crappiness of the camera on my five-year-old phone that was cheap to begin with.


It looks great!

:headbang1:

 

[mayfly]

it does look great!  Nice work Doug!

 

[DangerousR6]

it does look great!  Nice work Doug!

:headbang:

 

[Rick]

It does look great.

 

[stratamania]

Good job ...

I almost feel inspired to get one as an excuse to build a XII string  :icon_thumright:

 

[DangerousR6]

Good job ...

I almost feel inspired to get one as an excuse to build a XII string  :icon_thumright:

:laughing11:

 

[aarontunes]

New string retainer installed....works like a charm!


Also:


Locking tuners installed on 6-string side
New pickups installed on 12-string side
Almost intonated (finally)


Just waiting on the new case and then I will shoot a followup video.

 

[swarfrat]

Spill the beans on the tuners. Oh you didn't put lockers on the 12. My ez loks arrived today. 

 

[DangerousR6]

New string retainer installed....works like a charm!


Also:


Locking tuners installed on 6-string side
New pickups installed on 12-string side
Almost intonated (finally)


Just waiting on the new case and then I will shoot a followup video.

arty07:

 

[Logrinn]

That W on the face of the string retainer is a really nice touch.
Great work, Doug.