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Winter Build-Off 2019 - Grovatlanschion
- Thread starter Beej
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Sez the human CNC machine...
you could probably make an ebony strat jack in precisely 3/4 scale so that it fit better in the space available 
The back is something I hadn't thought of yet...I'll have to do some figuring...
I do like the strat jack on the front, insofar as it invokes the busy-ness of the front of the Ovation. At least to my eye. The flipside is that the strat jack looks a little out of place, in the same way that the MM bridge looks out of place. One introduces enough of the idea to me, two is a little much, although I don't hate both of them in place.
The alternative design I was looking at was to make a jig and drill it into the side at an angle so the cord comes out and can easily go over the strap. I'd use a barrel jack in that configuration. I still might do that, although I'm going to carefully look at the strat jack on the back.
Unrelated to all this, I gathered up all the parts and pieces into a plastic bag and weighed it along with the body and neck: 6.4 lbs.
Just for a sorta left field thing and because someone else brought up Strat jack plates, I have a bass with a Strat jack plate mounted on the side of the body. Maybe in that cutout area behind the bridge and pointed towards the strap button or around the bottom edge of the body. I can post a picture later, if you want.
For some reason, a straight front mounted jack has always felt incomplete or something. I usually moved them to a side mount when possible. I got into angled front jacks and strat jacks and like the angles.
I typically don't like them either but in this case with the crowded controls and all the cream pg material and knobs I think it could look cool and fit the overall look to mount it on a cream plate.For some reason, a straight front mounted jack has always felt incomplete or something. I usually moved them to a side mount when possible. I got into angled front jacks and strat jacks and like the angles.
Now you got me thinking about making oneSez the human CNC machine...
. I think I have a block of ebony somewhere
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Your very precise work is motivational to me, and has pushed me back into some thinking I was doing when this first all came together - something that is more like what Atlansia has done with mounts.Now you got me thinking about making one
Here are a few examples of Atlansia control blocks. I'm not sure what these are made of, but I'd guess ebony, or some kind of plastic.
This on is a little more strat jack like:
Something like this just might be doable, but I'll have to do some figuring...
This on is a little more strat jack like:
Something like this just might be doable, but I'll have to do some figuring...
Thank youYour very precise work is motivational to me, and has pushed me back into some thinking I was doing when this first all came together - something that is more like what Atlansia has done with mounts.
. By the way I really like this design
. Your daughter has a good eye for design to see this in the original montage
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Hadn't seen this before. Pretty cool.Here are a few examples of Atlansia control blocks. I'm not sure what these are made of, but I'd guess ebony, or some kind of plastic.
This on is a little more strat jack like:
Something like this just might be doable, but I'll have to do some figuring...
Close to completely finalized headstock. I still need to scrape and sand the volute into final shape.
Rear:
All of the strings will wind the "wrong" way around the posts except for the A string (middle). I'm sure it won't be confusing at all.
All of the strings will wind the "wrong" way around the posts except for the A string (middle). I'm sure it won't be confusing at all.
Thanks @alder that Audiovox headstock solution is cool, but yeah, it's a bit funky. I did mine using some tuners I already had, but if I was buying them for this build, I'd have run the three in a row on the bottom, and two on the top. It might not have been as easy to get the angle on the end of the headstock, but I think the string runs might work out a little less goofy than what I've got happening.
I hadn't really thought about putting it in a hanger since I either leave mine in cases, or use floor stands. I think I'd probably use the string on the tuner method if I was hanging it on the wall. When I was young, I used to run a string through the tuners and hang all my guitars on nails in the wall. Now if I bring up hanging guitars on the walls, my wife suggests it will look great in my new apartment.
I did mine using some tuners I already had, but if I was buying them for this build, I'd have run the three in a row on the bottom, and two on the top. It might not have been as easy to get the angle on the end of the headstock, but I think the string runs might work out a little less goofy than what I've got happening. I hadn't really thought about putting it in a hanger since I either leave mine in cases, or use floor stands. I think I'd probably use the string on the tuner method if I was hanging it on the wall. When I was young, I used to run a string through the tuners and hang all my guitars on nails in the wall. Now if I bring up hanging guitars on the walls, my wife suggests it will look great in my new apartment.
Thanks - her saying she liked it is actually what stopped me and got me to think about it carefully. She's only 11, but she does have quite an eye and is a prolific artist. She's produced hundreds of works, from drawings and paintings to sculpture, collage, mixed media, photography and video. When she likes something, I've learned to pay attentionThank you
So as you may recall from my plan, this will be a set neck. 
Hmm. Turns out I had some furniture hardware that will work for a bolt on joint. Committed now, so might as well keep going...
In this shot you can see the newly shaped neck pocket permitting access from the back. I held it in clamps on a strap and moved it around and think this will give me enough neck access for upper frets.
I also worked a lot more on the back of the neck at the join, but don't seem to have taken any pics...
Hmm. Turns out I had some furniture hardware that will work for a bolt on joint. Committed now, so might as well keep going...
In this shot you can see the newly shaped neck pocket permitting access from the back. I held it in clamps on a strap and moved it around and think this will give me enough neck access for upper frets.
I also worked a lot more on the back of the neck at the join, but don't seem to have taken any pics...
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No real update other than a report of sanding, sanding and more sanding. There's sanding in the forecast as well. Neck's done and has 2 coats of poly, and the body is ready for sealer as of last night. I still have to make the control cavity cover, truss rod cover and nut/string guide as well.
Last year I wasn't able to finish either entry, but I think I still have a dog in this year's fight...
Neck's done and has 2 coats of poly, and the body is ready for sealer as of last night. I still have to make the control cavity cover, truss rod cover and nut/string guide as well.Last year I wasn't able to finish either entry, but I think I still have a dog in this year's fight...
