Works in progress...

Post by Bg » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:53 pm

New gat is coming along a treat... heres some pics. Still not sure what to do with the headstock yet. Spent a few hours today shaping the body further and routing the trem/pickup cavities. Though you can't see it well in the pix, the top is actually radiused slightly, it feels great

Post by Bg » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:57 pm

I've pretty much decided to leave it natural - oiled, gave it a wipe of sanding sealer and it looks very tasty

Routing went off without a hitch, the cavities are pretty well burnt but its to be expected with my cheap router bits and I did everything freehand (without a template) so had to take it easy to avoid errors!

Post by Bg » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:34 pm

ok heres a few more images of this mornings progress - going to have to do some work now

Decided on headstock layout, did some more sanding and drilled holes in the body for controls. Will route the cavity a bit later...

ash · Post by **ash** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:15 pm

Looks good so far!

I think you could knock about 5mm off the top side of the headstock (pretty much where that line is drawn) to eliminate most of the add-on peice and make the headstock look slimmer. With the rounded off body it looks a bit of a paddle. Might be cool to round off that edge a bit to match the body contours. Sculpted headstocks aren't very common, but they look cool as.

Post by Bg » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:34 pm

yeah I was thinking about that as I want to oil it and will look a bit silly with the add on piece - if I slim it down it will remove most of it

Post by Bg » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:31 pm

how about this? too much?

Optimus_prime · Post by **Optimus_prime** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:32 pm

it looks like a space shuttle

Which is awesome

I like big butts

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:49 pm

What colour sheepskin are you using on the headstock?

Post by Bg » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:10 pm

black of course

ash · Post by **ash** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:58 pm

Pleease tell me you photoshopped that

Actually, its not too bad. A little less Ibanez looking for sure. See if you can incorporate some of the "vibe" of the upper horn into the headstock shape for continuity.

Post by Bg » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:33 pm

yes quite shoddily photoshopped as well I thought

Post by Bg » Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:31 am

ash wrote:Pleease tell me you photoshopped that

Actually, its not too bad. A little less Ibanez looking for sure. See if you can incorporate some of the "vibe" of the upper horn into the headstock shape for continuity.

Not sure how to do that.... I've thinned it down a bit and accented the curve a little more. I guess the Ibanez thing was sub-conscious really, being a reverse its easy to go that way!

Wilkinson trem is now installed, had to modify it a bit as the blank wasn't quite deep enough - cut about 7mm off the depth of the block, redrilled the spring retaining holes and pinned the trem bush, jobs a good 'un

Going to route the control cavity tomorrow if I can figure out a way of following the curvature of the top, otherwise the pots and switch will stick out straight and the top is curved - any helpful hints Ash?

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:48 am

black of course

Aha! Where exactly do you intend to find a goth sheep? You could go emo, buy emus only have feathers... then again... not a bad look!

All joking aside, its coming on famously, mate - well done so far.

ash · Post by **ash** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:15 am

bluesgeek wrote:Going to route the control cavity tomorrow if I can figure out a way of following the curvature of the top, otherwise the pots and switch will stick out straight and the top is curved - any helpful hints Ash?

Use a flat spade bit to make little "landings" parallel to the front surface inside the cavity where the pots sit.

TRYED&FAILED · Post by **TRYED&FAILED** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:41 am

Hey just wondering, how do you mke sure that the Neck cavity and other cavities will be in line, finally found a bandsaw

Mainly because I got a body design but no neck joint design