Thanks! It's a Gotoh wrap around bridge. I wanted something post mounted, compact and not too expensive, it fit the bill nicely.
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- Thread starter HaMMerHeD
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where is that confounded bridge?
I've got another pair of guitars in the design phase now. These are going to be built to be sold. I was going to default to plain hardtails - something like the one you used - but my guitarist friend is talking me into a tremolo bridge. I'll probably take his word that it'll make them more marketable.
I thought it was the bridge I kept telling my kids about, every time they'd say they were sad I'd tell them "Build a bridge.......and GET OVER IT!"A Gotoh?......I was SO close....
#FatherOfTheYear
Knight of Ni: One that looks nice.
Arthur: Of course!
Knight of Ni: And not *too* expensive.
Arthur: Yes!
Knight of Ni: Noowwwww.... GO!
My liege, it's Sir Robin!
I need a fret slot cutting jig for multiscale fretboards, and this is what I've come up with:
So, imagine that there is a 3/8" recess cut out of the bottom face of that center bit (the Guide), like this (I can't get my crap CAD software to render it correctly with the rest of the jig:
So the Guide is going to rotate about the hole in the rounded end. There will be a screw going through that hole, into a T-nut embedded in the bottom of the base.
The fretboard blank will have a printed template affixed to the surface, and will then go under the Guide, which will be adjusted to match the printed angle.
Once the angle is correct, the Guide will be locked down with the screw, as well as a spring clamp or small C or F clamp on the other end.
The Guide will also have some small neodymium magnets glued into recesses in the flat side to help the saw stay put.
So you get your fretboard with the printed template, stick it under the guide, and press the jointed edge of the board against the two fence pieces along the bottom edge.
So you just go along, rotating the guide to match the template, and run the saw against the Guide.
Oh, there will also be four toggle clamps...
...two on each fence piece, to help hold the fretboard tight in the jig.
Anyway...the toggle clamps will be here Friday, so I'll try to build the jig this weekend and slot my board, and report how well it works (or doesn't). I think it will be good.
So, imagine that there is a 3/8" recess cut out of the bottom face of that center bit (the Guide), like this (I can't get my crap CAD software to render it correctly with the rest of the jig:
So the Guide is going to rotate about the hole in the rounded end. There will be a screw going through that hole, into a T-nut embedded in the bottom of the base.
The fretboard blank will have a printed template affixed to the surface, and will then go under the Guide, which will be adjusted to match the printed angle.
Once the angle is correct, the Guide will be locked down with the screw, as well as a spring clamp or small C or F clamp on the other end.
The Guide will also have some small neodymium magnets glued into recesses in the flat side to help the saw stay put.
So you get your fretboard with the printed template, stick it under the guide, and press the jointed edge of the board against the two fence pieces along the bottom edge.
So you just go along, rotating the guide to match the template, and run the saw against the Guide.
Oh, there will also be four toggle clamps...
...two on each fence piece, to help hold the fretboard tight in the jig.
Anyway...the toggle clamps will be here Friday, so I'll try to build the jig this weekend and slot my board, and report how well it works (or doesn't). I think it will be good.
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Last night I resawed a curly maple top for one of those guitars on my new bandsaw. That thing is a beast, and a pleasure to work with. It went through this 9" thick maple like butter nice and true, just using the stock fence - no trickery or fiddling. Can't say enough about how happy I am with this saw and blade together.
All you dang righties will get a good laugh at this.
I'm building a pair of complimentary ukuleles for me and my wife. I've been building them side by side following the same design, just different wood choices, and hers has a fancy inlay on the top. Hers is a surprise for her birthday. I got mine all finished and set up a few days ago and just now took hers down from letting the finish cure to glue the neck on and get it ready to set up.
Well, as I was admiring the neck for her ukulele, I realized something. I put the dang side marker dots on the left-handed side. My wife is right handed.
At least the inlay on the top turned out OK (not perfect - but OK) - I'm happy with it considering this is my first attempt at something this fancy.
I'm building a pair of complimentary ukuleles for me and my wife. I've been building them side by side following the same design, just different wood choices, and hers has a fancy inlay on the top. Hers is a surprise for her birthday. I got mine all finished and set up a few days ago and just now took hers down from letting the finish cure to glue the neck on and get it ready to set up.
Well, as I was admiring the neck for her ukulele, I realized something. I put the dang side marker dots on the left-handed side. My wife is right handed.
At least the inlay on the top turned out OK (not perfect - but OK) - I'm happy with it considering this is my first attempt at something this fancy.
All you dang righties will get a good laugh at this.
I'm building a pair of complimentary ukuleles for me and my wife. I've been building them side by side following the same design, just different wood choices, and hers has a fancy inlay on the top. Hers is a surprise for her birthday. I got mine all finished and set up a few days ago and just now took hers down from letting the finish cure to glue the neck on and get it ready to set up.
Well, as I was admiring the neck for her ukulele, I realized something. I put the dang side marker dots on the left-handed side. My wife is right handed.
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At least the inlay on the top turned out OK (not perfect - but OK) - I'm happy with it considering this is my first attempt at something this fancy.
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Those are beautiful flowers. The only problem you are going to have is how to spend all the brownie points
Little bit of drilling, pop some dots in, few swipes with a file, polish it up with micro mesh, and you'd never know these were put in after the finish went on...
So today is day 23 post cardiac surgery and I'm bored AF. I've cleaned up everything in my workshop that weighs less than 5lbs, and I've done every tiny project I can do - one-handed with no pressure on my sternum. There are tons of things I still can't do which are driving me up the wall, including moving the sprinkler and hose around to try to save my garden; just too heavy.
Buuuuut... I can design a bass.
I have to do it slowly, because standing and bending over like this eventually leads to pain, and seated, I can't see what I'm doing. This has taken a few days to get to this point, where it might normally be an evening, but honestly, I can't really complain. I'm alive, soon to be back working and building, and have very few socioeconomic problems. And this one is coming together nicely, an attempt to build something that fits me ergonomically and scratches lots of itches. Hopefully there will be enough "fives" involved that I'll be able to use this design in the 2021 Winter Build Off.
Buuuuut... I can design a bass.
I have to do it slowly, because standing and bending over like this eventually leads to pain, and seated, I can't see what I'm doing. This has taken a few days to get to this point, where it might normally be an evening, but honestly, I can't really complain. I'm alive, soon to be back working and building, and have very few socioeconomic problems. And this one is coming together nicely, an attempt to build something that fits me ergonomically and scratches lots of itches. Hopefully there will be enough "fives" involved that I'll be able to use this design in the 2021 Winter Build Off.
So today is day 23 post cardiac surgery and I'm bored AF. I've cleaned up everything in my workshop that weighs less than 5lbs, and I've done every tiny project I can do - one-handed with no pressure on my sternum. There are tons of things I still can't do which are driving me up the wall, including moving the sprinkler and hose around to try to save my garden; just too heavy.
Buuuuut... I can design a bass.
It takes some effort, not that I thought designing was easy. In the last week or two I was trying to come up with a decent shape to reshape an Ibanez headstock to and “design”’sort of an offset SG body (I know, the ESP Viper. I was trying to fit the body blank I have and also not directly copy.) It takes some work to come up with something that looks “right” and is practical. That and I need to get some French Curves...
Dang Beej, I must have missed that one. Take it Easy, drawing sounds about right 24 days after surgery. I have to figure everything out in my head or on paper before I even touch the wood, or it all goes South on me. By the time you feel better, it will be built in your head, then the woodwork almost does itself, and you can just watch it unfold.
So today is day 23 post cardiac surgery and I'm bored AF. I've cleaned up everything in my workshop that weighs less than 5lbs, and I've done every tiny project I can do - one-handed with no pressure on my sternum. There are tons of things I still can't do which are driving me up the wall, including moving the sprinkler and hose around to try to save my garden; just too heavy.
Buuuuut... I can design a bass.
Hey Beej;
Find a board that you can use as a drawing surface. Like a piece of 1/2" plywood 2' x 3', ideally with a melamine or Formica coating. Then sit in a chair, with your back upright, and the board on your lap tilted to a comfortable angle, resting on the edge of the table. That's going to be the most comfortable way to draw without straining your back or legs. When you need to get up, just tip it up onto the table.
It's been 14 weeks since my heart surgery, and I'm generally feeling good. But I'm really seeing how lying around for six months has deteriorated my muscles. Particularly the back and legs. It's like starting over again to build those muscles up to be able to easily stand up and stay on my feet for hours. Man, when you get over 50, it takes some serious exercise to avoid becoming a couch potato. Disrupt that with some surgery, and it's hard to get back.
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So today is day 23 post cardiac surgery and I'm bored AF. I've cleaned up everything in my workshop that weighs less than 5lbs, and I've done every tiny project I can do - one-handed with no pressure on my sternum. There are tons of things I still can't do which are driving me up the wall, including moving the sprinkler and hose around to try to save my garden; just too heavy.
Buuuuut... I can design a bass.
Sounds like we're all going through some "repair" work.
I had both hips replaced since February. Sat for too long after the first one, gained weight and lost fitness. After #2 (early June) I hit my indoor spin bike and got back on the road as soon as I could. (I used to race road bicycles) Lost all the weight I gained and am gaining the fitness back and recovering steadily. 'Coming back' takes tenacity and dedication but this Covid time in some ways was the perfect time to go through the surgeries and recovery for me.Hang in there guys - as long as your Dr/surgeon did a good job you have a new lease on life!
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