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Build #01: Mahogany Neck-Thru Fretless 4

Truss rod--top or heel adjust? (explain answer, please)

  • Top.

    Votes: 6 66.7%

  • Heel.

    Votes: 3 33.3%
  • Total voters
    9
#27
Big_Daddy said:
I'm loving the fact that's it's this large hunk of mahogony.
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Cutting it made me cry because it is so beautiful...:bawl:

WELL, here's a little update:
It turns out, boxers wear gloves for a reason. So, due to limited daylight and a painful thumb dislocation, any work has been suspended for about two weeks for recovery. I will be ordering supplies, though.

Unrelated, here's me with the MAN...anyone who can guess who this bassist is will recieve a golden star.
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#28
I think it will be great, good for you....I have a mahogany bodied fretless that sounds awesome. Have fun and figure it all out, you'll learn a lot along the way. Best of luck, keep the updates coming!
 
#29
trayner1 said:
Cutting it made me cry because it is so beautiful...:bawl:

WELL, here's a little update:
It turns out, boxers wear gloves for a reason. So, due to limited daylight and a painful thumb dislocation, any work has been suspended for about two weeks for recovery. I will be ordering supplies, though.

Unrelated, here's me with the MAN...anyone who can guess who this bassist is will recieve a golden star.
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Yessir, Rocco Prestia IS the man, and don't you forget it!! Now where's my gold star!?! lol
 
#30
bass_lord_mutha said:
Yessir, Rocco Prestia IS the man, and don't you forget it!! Now where's my gold star!?! lol
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#33
Well, the weather in San Diego has been on crack lately (see Amy Winehouse and Charlie Sheen's illegitimate child)...my thumb is taking a lot longer to heal...and I'm sick as a doag. I sanded and shaved off a little bit last night, but nothing picture-worthy. Meanwhile, I have been making plans, and working on a 5 string refin (almost done!!). I'm also sticking a J-pup (Duncan Antiquity II bridge) on my 1992 MIM P and replacing the white PG with a tort, which will be suh-weet. In addition, I'm taking music theory lessons. And then there's all of the petty teenager stuff I deal with every day, because BEING A TEENAGER IS SO HARD. All of that, topped off with a move. So, time is in short supply. But, I fantasize every day about just waltzing into a full woodshop, all alone, and working on it for hours on end. I am thinking of planing down the body to 1.5" thickness (from 2.2" right now). I'll order the FB, which will be Pau Ferro, soon.
The thing is really light, for some reason. Even with how thick the wood is, and the fact that it's solid Mahog...well, that's a good thing, since this baby will have ZERO neck dive, because of the tiny HS.
But, otherwise, nothing else new.
 
#34
If you're gonna plane the body down, make sure you take some off the top. With no neck angle or a step from the neck to the body you WILL have action issues. You'll have to recess the bridge and the strings will be too close to the body.

Good work though, hope you get back to building soon...
 
#35
Berserkr said:
If you're gonna plane the body down, make sure you take some off the top. With no neck angle or a step from the neck to the body you WILL have action issues. You'll have to recess the bridge and the strings will be too close to the body.

Good work though, hope you get back to building soon...
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Well, thanks. I plan on using a fingerboard that's on top of the neck. It'll create a step up, eliminating the need for planing the top or recessing the bridge. Planing the back would be way easier and less cumbersome than planing the top, ya know?
 
#37
trayner1 said:
Well, thanks. I plan on using a fingerboard that's on top of the neck. It'll create a step up, eliminating the need for planing the top or recessing the bridge. Planing the back would be way easier and less cumbersome than planing the top, ya know?
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There's no need to alter your string spacing to accommodate the mishap that occurred when you were sawing the neck; you can glue additional wood to the side of the neck (after jointing it flat) and reshape the neck after the glue has dried; your neck will be covered by a fingerboard/fretboard, and it is unlikely that anyone but you will ever notice the repair.
 
#38
Jazzdogg said:
There's no need to alter your string spacing to accommodate the mishap that occurred when you were sawing the neck; you can glue additional wood to the side of the neck (after jointing it flat) and reshape the neck after the glue has dried; your neck will be covered by a fingerboard/fretboard, and it is unlikely that anyone but you will ever notice the repair.
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That's a grand idea, my man...I shall take it into serious consideration.
 
#39
At long last, I was able to throw in an hour of work.
Today was a good day:

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I planed down the back a LOT, and now it is very thin, and surprisingly light. This worries me, because I might have to repair neck dive (easy fix, but I'd rather not). But, otherwise, successful day. Here are pics:

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Today, the idea popped into my head of making this a fretless six string baritone guitar--just as a thought--but that's probably unlikely. The body is getting to be very stratocaster. It's interesting.
 

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