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Author Message mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7890 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 6:31 pm:    This will be fun! moonliner Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 79 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 6:43 pm:    Yippeeee!! Very exciting! Thanks Mica! (Message edited by Moonliner on January 10, 2013) sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2752 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Friday, January 11, 2013 - 4:01 pm:    I will be watching this exciting transformation closely. edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1395 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 3:38 am:    I can't wait to see how this one plays out! moonliner Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 83 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 3:46 am:    I feel the same way Sonicus and Edwin! smokinbear Intermediate Member Username: smokinbear Post Number: 182 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 9:02 pm:    Me too!!! bassman10096 Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 1305 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 3:24 pm:    Wow. 12stringwilson Intermediate Member Username: 12stringwilson Post Number: 106 Registered: 12-2008 Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 8:04 am:    Sweet! The start of something beautiful.... hifiguy Advanced Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 356 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 2:02 pm:    (George Takei voice) Ohhh myyyy. This will be FUN!! jseitang Advanced Member Username: jseitang Post Number: 324 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 7:52 am:    damn this rules edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1501 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 12:48 am:    Any progress to report? I'm so curious to see how this will come out! mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7959 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 2:45 pm:    We hashed out the final peghead shape (which really turned out to be more of a tuner placement issue), and we're fixing to cut the fingerboard out in next week's run. Once that's done, we can take the old board off and get down to business. moonliner Intermediate Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 128 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 3:33 pm:    Thanks Mica and Edwin.... I've had visions of pegheads dancing in my sleep the past few nights. So excited this is actually happening. edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1504 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 6:44 pm:    Ebony fingerboard? Abalone oval inlays? So many possibilities! moonliner Intermediate Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 129 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 10:12 pm:    Yes, ebony fingerboard (w/red side LED's) and MOP ovals. I was tempted by abalone wrapped with silver for a kind of fancy, vintage look but it's a bit out of my price range at the moment. edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1505 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 10:56 pm:    I think you made the exactly perfect choice! artswork99 Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1837 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Friday, April 12, 2013 - 6:39 am:    Really nice project Keith. It's gonna be fun to watch. Thanks! moonliner Intermediate Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 139 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, April 29, 2013 - 3:27 am:    Thanks Art! I'm hoping for some news soon.... waiting is so very hard! edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1522 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, April 29, 2013 - 9:35 am:    So, what's the plan for pickups and pickup placement? moonliner Intermediate Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 151 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 12:56 am:    Hi Edwin, I'm thinking pickup placement would be fairly standard. Pickup choice still in the works. Could we chat? :-) Mica, any chance of seeing the headstock mockup drawing for the tuner placement? Would love to get that nailed down. Even 'boring' progress pictures would be terribly exciting. Pretty please? mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7987 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 5:22 pm:    Here's some stuff about pegheads: When we got a visit from Dan's bass a couple of weeks ago, we took some pictures and did some tracings to compare for your project. Looks like both the Godfather and Dan's bass have a slightly wider peghead, but the top of the Crown is nearly identical. The curves that bend in to the nut are more extreme on the early examples. Isn't it strange how different these look when the tuners are placed differently? Anyway, we're modelling your drill patter off of Godfather of course, and that new template should be ready next week. That means we can start making lots of dust! moonliner Intermediate Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 152 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 6:23 pm:    Thank you Mica! I really appreciate you posting this. This is great. It looks like the D and A turners are just a teensy bit closer to the nut on the Godfather, which would give me that large crown look I'm seeking. Phil has that nice inlay logo which is a bit larger than the cast logo, and it looks to be more centrally located, and not so tucked into the point of the crown. Perhaps we can move my logo down slightly... just a little bit. Thanks again! moonliner Intermediate Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 154 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 6:20 pm:    Hi Mica, I'd like to go with the narrower headstock and the more extreme curves that bend into the nut, like the early examples. I'm curious if it's possible to see the black MOP that is being considered for the neck... Thanks! So excited! moonliner Intermediate Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 156 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 5:09 pm:    Any sawdust perchance? I'm trying to be patient ..... really I am. :-) moonliner Intermediate Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 169 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 5:57 pm:    Anything? Please? davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11126 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 6:42 pm:    Hi Keith; see this thread for some shop news. moonliner Intermediate Member Username: moonliner Post Number: 170 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 7:57 pm:    Oh dear... Thanks Dave. I'll be sure to send positive thoughts. 811952 Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2336 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 7:45 am:    This is from mid-June, in the background of a shot of Pierre's fingerboard being glued and clamped.. John edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1593 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 9:12 am:    Wow! So, a whole new neck? I had thought it was going to be just a new fingerboard and peghead on the existing neck. I'm curious how the neck will be fitted to the body. Will the top be taken off? The back? Will the neck be visible from the front or back? A fascinating build, for sure! 811952 Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2337 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 1:14 pm:    This neck is for Pierre's instrument, NOT for the Starfire! I just happened to have it in the background and thought it might be nice to show a pic of it in the shop with all the other stuff going around. ;-) While I was there I hadn't even thought of taking a picture of it explicitly, although I did admire it. John