'Scales Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Very awesome job Dub - now, all you have to do is relic the crap out of it and market it as a faithful copy of a Junior home build by a dude back in 1959 getting instruction, advice and encouragement from people he never met via some weird pen pal system. Henry J would love the concept! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 Thanks guys! that sounds like a solid idea, Scales. I just need Slash to buy one then I’m set 😛 For reals though, I don’t plan on building copies forever. I have virtually no idea what I’m going to do but I can’t wait for the first “original” build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 Btw, haven’t quite decided if I like this pickguard idea yet. It matches the color of the binding and neck on the Tele ( theres a little wet spot in the pic from having just cleaned with mineral spirits) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 That was my thought as well. I figure the maple is hard enough to hold up to the pick but the finish will end up flaking off the guard at some point. The other thing is that I think it might look better with the grain running vertically thanks for the input and kind words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Very nice Dub, very nice. I don't want to attempt to exert any undue influence but WHITE PEARL/W/B/W just sayin. rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Very kool stuff going on in here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 I slotted/shaped a bone nut and got strings on the Jr today. I’m super happy with how it plays! I just played it for about an hour and a half and it even stays in tune on the first “setup” Gonna button up the electronics now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Freakin' awesome Dub! I want more pics!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 The glass idea is cool but I don’t know anything about working with glass! That’s not an avenue I’d want to go down right now but if someone gave me a glass pickguard I’d be stoked. Another idea is metal. here’s a pic of the guitar strung and wired up. I used a CTS “vintage taper” 500K volume pot, CTS log taper 250K tone pot, and an NOS PIO Russian .022uF cap I’ve had laying in the parts drawer forever. The pickup is a Lollar P90 and the bridge is a (stupidly expensive but beautiful) “mojo axe” intonated wraparound 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 My last few pics haven’t been great cause I’ve been getting home from work when the sun is about down. When I get this all polished up and everything I’ll post better pics. It plays great though I’ve been playing it quite a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 That really looks the business man.. Well done.. Much better result than my first build I always use PIO caps too in my builds. I have no way to prove it one way or another and it may all be in my head but I am sure you get a much warmer sound with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Thanks man! I couldn’t be happier with the first build so far. I’m just so excited that everything pretty much came together the way I wanted. I’ve got a little different idea for how I’m gonna build the second double cut with the Floyd rose and whatnot and I’m really excited about that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Well things are a bit different these days. Sooo many videos and tools available, plus in my own defence that was the first wood work I have ever done since school so it was quite a learning curve... Second build was playable but I wasnt that happy with it.. It was my third build that was the one. And I sold that last year too 🙂 The guy is very happy with it.. You should try a fancy cap and chamber it out a bit.. I have done that but not done an F hole yet.. That will be on my next build when I eventually get around to it.... At some point.. Im sure 😄 But none of that is to put down what you have achieved there.. Really excellent job.. Now you can have any guitar you want (im still happy with my 336 purchase though ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) Like (now I am really going to tempt you) Curly Ambrosia maple drop top / lam top for electric guitar AMT14E | eBay SPALTED FIDDLEBACK MAPLE electric guitar drop top luthier #103 spf-EMA egdt | eBay Quilted maple guitar drop top. 3A figure | eBay Bubing, African rosewood 1/4 sawn bookmatched guitar drop top, beautiful figure. | eBay I will tell you what though.. In just having a quick look it seems the prices for this sort of wood especially the flamed maple has shot up since I last looked for US wood. You can still find some interesting stuff though. Edited February 17, 2021 by Rabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Very nice too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Oops, I actually have a Lindy Fralin pickup, not Lollar. It’s supposed to just be a p90 I got a good deal on it on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 I took the guitar over to jam with my little brother tonight so I finally got to check it out with an amp and pedals. I am so freaking happy about this right now. Hopefully it’s not clouding my judgement but the pickup sounds so good and it actually kinda plays really well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Great to hear that man and well done... Thats a nice achievement right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 Thanks man! Your last posts didn’t go unnoticed. I’ve been really busy recently definitely really curious about pretty much everything you mentioned 😛 namely the chambering/semi hollow and bookmatched tops here’s the thing. I wanna do a top like that but if I do that I’m gonna want binding. I’m finding the binding on the Tele to be a pain in the *** with scraping the color coat. If the binding were on a natural finish it would be really easy. as it stands for the next build I’m thinking simple round over on the body and 5 piece maple/walnut neck. Maybe paint the body black and leave the neck natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 The guitar building quest continued a bit today 😛 I made a neck blank for the Floyd rose double cut build I’m planning. It’s a 5 piece flame maple/walnut thing. This is sortof the same idea as the first build where I didn’t have a large enough single piece that was appropriate for a neck blank. I want to spin that disadvantage into something that can be seen as a positive and I think the 5 piece neck will be really nice. I wasted a lot of time trying out different ideas to thickness the walnut without a drum sander. In the end I just spray glued the walnut pieces to a piece of plywood and ran it through a planer, then cleaned the glue off with acetone. I also cut the body out today but didn’t take a pic of that. also also.. when I got home tonight I got the Rothko and Frost decals in the mail but I’m pretty disappointed. The decals all have seams in them and look pretty unusable. I basically paid $40 for trash. Probably won’t buy from them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Thats sad to hear about the decals. But I am not sure what you mean by seams? All of the decals I have got have always been great even though in saying that maybe they have changed the way they do it which would be a shame. And yeah, I have done some three piece necks before.. Not a 5 piece one though, but not for any reason, just another thing to do one day.. Even after all these years theres still loads of things I want to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 They have this disclaimer on their site. Please note: We print using ribbons and there is a visible line where the ribbons meet in some designs. On most decals this is not noticeable. The effect is more pronounced on larger blocks of metallic colour. I’m not sure how much will translate in my pic but it looks worse in person. There’s something wrong with the top edge of the capital “T” in their Gibson type font and the lines from the seams appear visible from any angle in person I don’t think the clear coat will do anything to hide the seams but should do a test before I complain. Maybe it’s small enough that I’m the only person who would ever notice anyways. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 30 minutes ago, Dub-T-123 said: They have this disclaimer on their site. Please note: We print using ribbons and there is a visible line where the ribbons meet in some designs. On most decals this is not noticeable. The effect is more pronounced on larger blocks of metallic colour. I’m not sure how much will translate in my pic but it looks worse in person. There’s something wrong with the top edge of the capital “T” in their Gibson type font and the lines from the seams appear visible from any angle in person I don’t think the clear coat will do anything to hide the seams but should do a test before I complain. Maybe it’s small enough that I’m the only person who would ever notice anyways. What do you think? I'm not very fussy about detail at all, but I wouldn't be happy with that. You make all this effort only to be let down at the decal stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 41 minutes ago, Dub-T-123 said: I don’t think the clear coat will do anything to hide the seams but should do a test before I complain. Maybe it’s small enough that I’m the only person who would ever notice anyways. What do you think? Yeah I can see what you mean.. That is disappointing.... My experience with Rothko and Frost has been odd over the years. I think they had a third party guy doing it. I used to mail him directly when I wanted decals but then I got mails from R&F asking me to make sure I order through them.. At that point the decals were like £9 each.. Expensive but all sort of part of the cost... The last time I ordered from them I think I paid like £25 and they sent me a sheet of 30 of them?? It was very odd. But as I say that was years ago now and I havent ordered anything since. I get the impression they have someone else doing the decals now and obviously no where near as good as they were.. I will have to have a look at that last sheet they sent me but I dont remember seeing any issues like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Actually after my last post I had to pop over to my mums to sort some stuff and thats where I keep a lot of my guitar stuff.. So I went and looked at the decals.. Not 30 of them, 16.. But still cheap compared to what they were charging at one point.. But no lines in the print at all Also possibly of interest.. I popped in to the wood shop yesterday and grabbed this London plane neck blank... Nice, such beautiful wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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