I just read through the last three pages, and MY battery needs recharging. If nothing else, my hands would be toast from all that hard labor.
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My New Studio Build (perhaps overly detailed)
- Thread starter silky smoove
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Batteries are charged. I want to build!Give you a chance to charge your battery
And some of us want to WATCH the build! 
50F and rain? That's not so bad. Where I am it's 5F and three feet of snow on the ground!
50F and rain? That's not so bad. Where I am it's 5F and three feet of snow on the ground!
Snow is actually better for building than rain. It's much easier to keep it out of the structure. That was my experience while working for a roofing company when I was in college.
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Since I'm delayed on the construction process I decided to scratch my builder's itch (they should make a cream for that) by ordering all of the parts for my new guitar build. Going with a very modern approach to a Telecaster.
Warmoth body (Butterscotch blonde over swamp ash)
Warmoth neck (Clear satin nitro over birdseye maple neck and board, stainless steel 6150 frets, white GraphTech TUSK XL Earvana compensated nut, Gotoh SG38 tuners)
Black/white/black pickguard
Chrome Babicz bridge
The electronics are where it gets nutty (for a Telecaster). I'm using Seymour Duncan pickups. Specifically a Vintage Stack in the neck and a Lil 59 in the bridge. Both of these are 4-conductor pickups, so they can be individually coil split to get a little closer to true single coil tonality. I'm hoping to incorporate the coil split function for each pickup into a push-push pot (neck coil split on the volume pot, and bridge coil split on the tone pot). I'll also be including an out-of-phase switch via a mini toggle placed between the two pots. Lastly I'm doing the 4-way switch mod. A typical Tele has a 3-way switch that goes neck-solo, both-parallel, bridge-solo. The 4-way version affords an additional both-series option that's hotter, darker, and more mid heavy than the parallel setting. All told that will allow for 24 different pickup combinations irrespective of volume and tone settings. I'll be using 500K pots rather than 250K as these pickups are intentionally darker than a traditional Tele, and the higher load will allow for a bit more brightness on tap when I want it. If I could find 500K, push-push, no load pots I would use those, but no one seems to have them in stock, or even available period.
Should be a very versatile guitar for my studio.
Warmoth body (Butterscotch blonde over swamp ash)
Warmoth neck (Clear satin nitro over birdseye maple neck and board, stainless steel 6150 frets, white GraphTech TUSK XL Earvana compensated nut, Gotoh SG38 tuners)
Black/white/black pickguard
Chrome Babicz bridge
The electronics are where it gets nutty (for a Telecaster). I'm using Seymour Duncan pickups. Specifically a Vintage Stack in the neck and a Lil 59 in the bridge. Both of these are 4-conductor pickups, so they can be individually coil split to get a little closer to true single coil tonality. I'm hoping to incorporate the coil split function for each pickup into a push-push pot (neck coil split on the volume pot, and bridge coil split on the tone pot). I'll also be including an out-of-phase switch via a mini toggle placed between the two pots. Lastly I'm doing the 4-way switch mod. A typical Tele has a 3-way switch that goes neck-solo, both-parallel, bridge-solo. The 4-way version affords an additional both-series option that's hotter, darker, and more mid heavy than the parallel setting. All told that will allow for 24 different pickup combinations irrespective of volume and tone settings. I'll be using 500K pots rather than 250K as these pickups are intentionally darker than a traditional Tele, and the higher load will allow for a bit more brightness on tap when I want it. If I could find 500K, push-push, no load pots I would use those, but no one seems to have them in stock, or even available period.
Should be a very versatile guitar for my studio.
Yep - at least it was sunny here today. Not a cloud in the sky, sun shining bright, spring around the corner!
Can never go wrong with a versatile customized Tele!
Sunny here as well, despite the weather. I have to rely on the forecast because I simply don't have a better prediction tool, and I have to schedule at least five business days out.
Just confirmed with my contractor; They're coming out to build the substructure on Tuesday morning, rain or shine. The inspector will be signing off on it Wednesday morning. After that I'll be buttoning it back up until the weather clears. At this point we're anticipating the beginning of April. Not exactly the news I was wanting to hear, but I'd rather wait than have a bunch of water trapped in the walls that I have to deal with.
That all means that I have to fix the low point on the north side of the wall this weekend. That should be a pretty easy task as it's not very far off. Some light work with the mattock, a little rock raking, a few courses with the hand tamper... Easy peasy. Peazy? Peazey? Peasey?
That all means that I have to fix the low point on the north side of the wall this weekend. That should be a pretty easy task as it's not very far off. Some light work with the mattock, a little rock raking, a few courses with the hand tamper... Easy peasy. Peazy? Peazey? Peasey?
Substructure is complete!
There was a fair amount of settling in some areas, which meant they had to use more blocking than I would have liked. Not the end of the world, but I'll need to bring in some more crushed rock as backfill.
There was a fair amount of settling in some areas, which meant they had to use more blocking than I would have liked. Not the end of the world, but I'll need to bring in some more crushed rock as backfill.
Neighbors are cool with it. Patients are always asking my wife how things are going, and are generally just curious.
I just finished a conversation with my building guy. He confirmed my suspicions that the settling of the crushed rock was on the high side of what is tolerable. We agreed to put the whole thing on hold until I can get some more crushed rock out to fill in the settled areas so we can use less blocking. What's one more delay for this project huh?
I just finished a conversation with my building guy. He confirmed my suspicions that the settling of the crushed rock was on the high side of what is tolerable. We agreed to put the whole thing on hold until I can get some more crushed rock out to fill in the settled areas so we can use less blocking. What's one more delay for this project huh?
Will there be a need for acoustic insulation between the metal studs to deaden any type of hollow sound in the floor?
Absolutely! I was making records when my studio was the back bedroom in my previous 850 square foot house. This will feel like I have full access to Abbey Road when compared to that setup
i meant to hire to build these studios for other people on their property
Oh that, haha. I would absolutely help anybody interested in studio construction with their design. As for doing the actual labor... Well... Let's just say that after mine is built I'll be looking forward to not doing another build for a very long time.
