Recent content by Lickmaker

Thanks guys! And a special thanks to all those here who helped me with information I needed to get this done. Building a replica of something you have in hand is a walk in the park....but to do it from just pictures and virtual information is a helluva challenge!

Multiple HB1s just die? That's just scandalous! Wow. What a set-back. Today was the day I planned on finishing this instrument, taking photos and such....ughhhh.

I'm almost done the bass. Just installing the pickups and electronics today. I've got three HB1 pickups. Two of them are dead! The red (hot) wire and shield+blue read 15k on the good one. On the dead ones it looks like one of the coils is open. I have the black and red coil reading 7.7k on both...

Thanks. I think I might just go with my own scheme then.

Anyone have any idea what Lemmy's 3 pickup wiring scheme is?

Yes....must be a dud! it's funny you say that....because the hacksaw versions are the only ones that are easily kinked. But thats only if you don't install them in a hacksaw frame with tension. The others don't kink at all because they are formed with either folded edges or bent round.

Not all....3 different versions. You will see them in the pic I posted. One version is the hacksaw mount. Then there is the black plastic handle....that one has shorter snap-in blades. And 3rd is a handle with blades permanently mounted.

The microplanes will smoke them all. The biggest advantage they have over the other razor file types is that they never clog. I discovered them the same way....my wife had one in the kitchen for grating and zesting.

Yeah it's a shame that its difficult to find the woodworking blades from microplane. I called them a couple of years ago because they did even have the one I like listed on their website. But they had them and they were happy to send them to me. The curved one loaded in the hacksaw frame is my...

Just realized that I didn't get any pics of the neck carve. I guess I was probably too in the zone of that job to stop and think about pics. I love the hand tool neck carve process. I use micrplanes. A flat one, curved and a round one. The best tool I've ever used for neck carves....especially...

Some more progress. Gluing the inside horn curve binding in. A heat gun is used to bend the binding for the tight bends around the horns. I use cotton twill tape pulled tight to hold the binding. The mitered joints at the horn tip are cut to fit perfectly....an acetone based glue is...

I like the satin waterlox...I use it a lot. No wetsanding. You apply it and then buff it off with a soft clean cloth before it dries. 2 or 3 coats and the wood just glows.

Thanks! Yes, I'll be using a product called Waterlox. It's a resin modified tung oil that dries hard.

I bought slabs of white mother of pearl...approximately 1" X 1.5" X 0.060"