What the added route would be:
I think I addressed the area near the roundover, Beej.
I think I addressed the area near the roundover, Beej.
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Usable Triple-Double J Build?
- Thread starter MovinTarget
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- Apr 18, 2008
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Looking good. Your “test with paper” approach is wise.
Don’t forget, you’re going to have a lot of wires in that cavity too. Leave plenty of room for them!
Don’t forget, you’re going to have a lot of wires in that cavity too. Leave plenty of room for them!
Don't I know it!
If you notice, I don't even factor in top portion of the original J route so I have a little bit of extra space there...
I pouring a 13" x 20" sheet of epoxy and cutting out pieces so if necessary, I should have some matching leftovers in case I need to re-route and cut a new control cover...
Here's hoping all my gradual work makes that moot...
If I may- instead of a huge hole and requisite guard to hold and cover it all, consider back routing instead. You could use a modified Jazz plate for the knobs and put the switches in the wood. I think it would look a hell of a lot better. Football plate for the jack.
I had thought about this, but not in a while, I went and checked and it *could" work... But I just make another change that would kinda fubar this if I can't figure something out.
I have 3-way on-on-on switches and everything I've read was pointing at using on-off-on for North/Series/South switching... soooooooooooooooooooooooo I bought some SLIDE switches to keep the profiles down. I literally ordered them last hour! Its not a big financial deal, 5x for $8, but they don't do as well for back routes as they don't have a shaft like the throw switch.
https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Posit...3A/250V+AC&qid=1603675122&s=industrial&sr=1-1
So if someone can point me at a diagram for North/Series/South with on-on-on, I would definitely consider this suggestion! The Pickguard would be a little different though...
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Sure but this way you don't REALLY need a pickguard at all. Paint the pickup cavities with black conductive paint and nobody but you will see the gaps. I'm a little surprised you didn't route for the ears but it is what it is. Or make one anyway with a little corner cut to clear the plate...
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I have not routed for ears, yet. I basically replicated the J Neck pup route over the old bridge single coil route and made a new route for the "Neck-ier" neck route. I need to go back when the weather permits and add the ear-divots. Remember, while I could have made the Bridge and (new) neck routes perfectly contoured, the (old/original) neck route is what it is... so I just make them all the same...
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I'm a bit of a turtle... I'm going slow and I just figured making all the routes the same would make it easier down the road to keep it conformed...
Welp I found 10x 3 way on/off/on switches for $5 on Amazon and they ended getting here faster than the sliding switches... now I have to decide if I'll back route for these or stick to the top route plan...
The thing about backrouting is that I'm concerned I'll go in to the back side of the top route if I'm not careful...
At least these are even skinnier that the red dpdt switches I was going to use:
The thing about backrouting is that I'm concerned I'll go in to the back side of the top route if I'm not careful...
At least these are even skinnier that the red dpdt switches I was going to use:
That's called a wire passage, not a mistake. You need to run wires between them anyway...
I wanted enough separation for the back plate to be recessed. If I overlap the front and back routes, I would probably have to do the whole thing to get solid contact all the way around.
Finally able to route out control cavity:
Finishing template:
Align to existing route:
Thats all the hard stuff, the routing again goes quick but much better than by hand!
I added the ears, but messed up on the new neck pup so i had to make it uniformly longer as opposed to the others:
Oh and if this body wasn't light before...
Finishing template:
Align to existing route:
Thats all the hard stuff, the routing again goes quick but much better than by hand!
I added the ears, but messed up on the new neck pup so i had to make it uniformly longer as opposed to the others:
Oh and if this body wasn't light before...
Letting epoxy and torch warm to room temp and then I will start pouring the pickguard:
Plenty of space on this pan so I should be able to make redundant pieces that still match if I screw up...
Plenty of space on this pan so I should be able to make redundant pieces that still match if I screw up...
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Okay while the first level of epoxy is curing I need to figure out the pickup cuts for the pg.
I put the pup covers in their routes face down so that I can do a rub to get their shape:
This isn't laser precision of course, but I will use this as a guide, initially undercutting and then fine tune it later.
Oh and this is the epoxy sheet I will be cutting from:
I really brain farted on the amount to pour so I won't have the redundancy I had hoped for...
I put the pup covers in their routes face down so that I can do a rub to get their shape:
This isn't laser precision of course, but I will use this as a guide, initially undercutting and then fine tune it later.
Oh and this is the epoxy sheet I will be cutting from:
I really brain farted on the amount to pour so I won't have the redundancy I had hoped for...
I can... I just wanted matching pieces for redundancy... Also I have wait for my next shipment of the stuff. I needed more for the body anyway...
