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| blazer
Intermediate Member Username: blazer Post Number: 145 Registered: 12-2003 |
When you work as much with guitars as I do, you're bound to end up with a pile of spare parts consisting of bodies, necks, tuners, bridges and pickups. Today I decided to thin that pile out a bit and make something from all I had laying around. *I had two halves of a bass body that only missed a mid section to make it a complete body. *I had a body blank that was too narrow to make a full body from, so I had something to make the mid section from. *I had two Fender Strat copy necks, one of them being a 3/4 scale. So I decided to combine them all and this is the result. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/adoubleneck.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/adoubleneck2.jpg When I took these pictures, the whole thing wasn't even glued together, so I have a lot of work ahead of me but I am already enjoying it. | ||
| blazer
Intermediate Member Username: blazer Post Number: 146 Registered: 12-2003 |
Some more pictures of my guitar coming together. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0005.jpg Readying the body parts to be glued together. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0006.jpg Here I am applying the glue. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0007.jpg All clamped up and drying. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2328 Registered: 7-2004 |
Wouter, Wouter: Very cool 2xneck. Very cool 2xneck. Keep the pics coming as it progresses. Keep the pics coming as it progresses. Bill, tgo Bill, tgo | ||
| blazer
Intermediate Member Username: blazer Post Number: 147 Registered: 12-2003 |
okay then here's the building update. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0011.jpg The body on the routing template http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0012.jpg Routing the upper neck pocket http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0013.jpg Checking to see if I didn't rout the pocket too deep. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0014.jpg Readying the body for the rout of the neck pocket of the lower neck. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0015.jpg And I'm routing the pocket http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0017.jpg Routing the neck pickup cavity of the lower neck http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0018.jpg And the one from the upper neck http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0020.jpg And routing the bridge pickup from the upper neck http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0022.jpg Carving the midsection of the body http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0023.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0024.jpg The result of a day of very hard work http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0026.jpg The guitar at home with the necks in the pockets and the pickup of the lower neck in place. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2332 Registered: 7-2004 |
Cool! Bill, tgo | ||
| blazer
Intermediate Member Username: blazer Post Number: 148 Registered: 12-2003 |
Well, I started to put in the necks today, I abandoned the idea of having a shorter neck at the bottom so both necks will be regular Fender 25.5 scale necks. I'll probably put a Piezo in the bridge of the bottom neck. I previously applied the sealer coats and what a cool looking woods they turned out to be with a load of clear coating. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0032.jpg The body in sealer coat, showing off the structure of that wonderful maple. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/100_0034.jpg And a close up of that pretty wood structure http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/nekken1.jpg Clamping the necks in place while the glue sets in. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/nekken2.jpg A couple of hours later after the glue has dried. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/nekken3.jpg The backview of the guitar showing off the heels and the backrouts. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/Koppen.jpg Both headstocks, what you see is filler coating on the rosewood veneer of the right headstock, It's gonna look stunning when dried and buffed. I'll probably do the other headstock like that too. | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1152 Registered: 12-2002 |
Not Bad! | ||
| blazer
Intermediate Member Username: blazer Post Number: 149 Registered: 12-2003 |
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/doubleneckbody2.jpg Well you guys, as you can see, I assembled the guitar. There is still a lot of work to do on it in order to tidy it up but I just HAD to put it together to hear how it sounds. First and foremost the sections accoustically sound completely different, the lower neck has a fuller more rounded out sound while the upper neck sounds tighter, more focussed. I guess it's because I routed the pocket of the upper neck deeper that makes all the difference. Right now I'm thinking of putting a synth controller on the lower neck. |
