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Winter Build Off 2020 - Malefactor 5
- Thread starter Beej
- Start date
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Oh I recently found out Schaller has discontinued the M2000 machine heads!
Which ones are those?
Welp, I broke my ******* phone. Normally, this is an inconvenience in time and money, but in the current situation, I can't even get the thing repaired. I'd just buy out my plan and get a new one, but it's literally a month old and I have 23 months remaining, so it's basically buying a new phone.
I'm still trying to work out if one of the repair guys can meet me somewhere to repair it, assuming we perform all of the new normal of physical distancing guidelines and disinfecting everything one another touches. Problem is, they are all located in malls, and the malls are all closed. WCS, I buy a new bleedin' phone, and when I can eventually repair this one, it will go to one of my kids. All of my latest pics are on this buzzing, ringing, unanswerable black brick, and are inaccessible, so all I can do is tell you what I've done.
I've routed pickup slots for the jazz pickups in the bottoms of the pickup covers, and then cut them out of the walnut posted earlier. I also sanded the body again to 220. I also sanded the fretboard up to 400, but I ran into a...snag. I'll post about it once I've completely resolved it, and can access some pics again. I've finalized and marked out the headstock shape (having changed it twice already
), but haven't cut it out yet due to the snag.
I also think I'll be doing this as a set neck. That was the plan originally, but somewhere along the line after the build-off, I incorporated bolt-on considerations in the evolving body design, and had decided to make it a bolt-on. Now that I've done numerous mockups, I think I'll make it a set neck again.
I'm still trying to work out if one of the repair guys can meet me somewhere to repair it, assuming we perform all of the new normal of physical distancing guidelines and disinfecting everything one another touches. Problem is, they are all located in malls, and the malls are all closed. WCS, I buy a new bleedin' phone, and when I can eventually repair this one, it will go to one of my kids. All of my latest pics are on this buzzing, ringing, unanswerable black brick, and are inaccessible, so all I can do is tell you what I've done.
I've routed pickup slots for the jazz pickups in the bottoms of the pickup covers, and then cut them out of the walnut posted earlier. I also sanded the body again to 220. I also sanded the fretboard up to 400, but I ran into a...snag. I'll post about it once I've completely resolved it, and can access some pics again. I've finalized and marked out the headstock shape (having changed it twice already
), but haven't cut it out yet due to the snag. I also think I'll be doing this as a set neck. That was the plan originally, but somewhere along the line after the build-off, I incorporated bolt-on considerations in the evolving body design, and had decided to make it a bolt-on. Now that I've done numerous mockups, I think I'll make it a set neck again.
Welp, I broke my ******* phone. Normally, this is an inconvenience in time and money, but in the current situation, I can't even get the thing repaired. I'd just buy out my plan and get a new one, but it's literally a month old and I have 23 months remaining, so it's basically buying a new phone.
I'm still trying to work out if one of the repair guys can meet me somewhere to repair it, assuming we perform all of the new normal of physical distancing guidelines and disinfecting everything one another touches. Problem is, they are all located in malls, and the malls are all closed. WCS, I buy a new bleedin' phone, and when I can eventually repair this one, it will go to one of my kids. All of my latest pics are on this buzzing, ringing, unanswerable black brick, and are inaccessible, so all I can do is tell you what I've done.
I've routed pickup slots for the jazz pickups in the bottoms of the pickup covers, and then cut them out of the walnut posted earlier. I also sanded the body again to 220. I also sanded the fretboard up to 400, but I ran into a...snag. I'll post about it once I've completely resolved it, and can access some pics again. I've finalized and marked out the headstock shape (having changed it twice already
I also think I'll be doing this as a set neck. That was the plan originally, but somewhere along the line after the build-off, I incorporated bolt-on considerations in the evolving body design, and had decided to make it a bolt-on. Now that I've done numerous mockups, I think I'll make it a set neck again.
Wait, did you also post this response in the wrong thread?
Deep breaths...
Deeeeeep Breeeeaths....
Dammit, yes. But things are so bad I didn't notice until you pointed it out!Wait, did you also post this response in the wrong thread?
Deep breaths...
Deeeeeep Breeeeaths....
No problems whatsoever. It's been a reliable player.
If Vancouver wasn't so far away.... I'd love to see your work in person. I'm usually very impressed with all your builds. I love this headstock design though. This one is probably my favorite. I've thought about a similar design several times before I saw this. If only I had the woodworking skill, time, and room in garage....No problems whatsoever. It's been a reliable player.
All those things are created.
It starts with a decision,...middle part is a ton of mistakes, cuts, bruises, spent money, etc,.... You emerge on the other side with experience, skill and a smaller learning curve after every project.
Can't extend a day or get the wall stretcher out for the garage. Just have to manage the space better.
Get rid of stuff you don't need in your time and space.
I'm not preaching, 'cuz I suck at life half the time. Just saying there's as many solutions as excuses.
If you wanna do it, you can.
I don't think I've seen this build yet.
@Beej,
I've been considering this very setup on the current build. My only concern is any mild to violent accidental stress or yanking on a thin wood cover plate that's screwed in, or having one pulled off the magnets and yanking the wires.
How is this working out?
@Beej,
I've been considering this very setup on the current build. My only concern is any mild to violent accidental stress or yanking on a thin wood cover plate that's screwed in, or having one pulled off the magnets and yanking the wires.
How is this working out?
All those things are created.
It starts with a decision,...middle part is a ton of mistakes, cuts, bruises, spent money, etc,.... You emerge on the other side with experience, skill and a smaller learning curve after every project.
Can't extend a day or get the wall stretcher out for the garage. Just have to manage the space better.
Get rid of stuff you don't need in your time and space.
I'm not preaching, 'cuz I suck at life half the time. Just saying there's as many solutions as excuses.
If you wanna do it, you can.
well kids bicycles and misc. kids stuff take up some space. Time is probably the biggest factor, since I've been working 40 hrs plus college for quite some time now. I usually cant practice much at all once the semester starts, never-mind building. Speaking of which.... I gotta get back to it....
Those were all concerns of mine too, but none have actually come to fruition. From that jack, I loop it over my strap button and out from there. Exactly the opposite of how I've looped the cord from my front jack basses and guitars.
It also surprisingly does not interfere with one's body when either standing or seated. When I saw it on some very high end basses, I figured it had to work or they wouldn't do it. With the looped cord, there's little to no load on the jackplate or cover, so there's little risk to pulling it off.
This one has neo magnets glued to the back of the cover and also down the holes that those cover magnets fit into. When the cover is on, the magnets are around 1mm apart from one another, so there's really good pull holding the cover on, but it's not impossible to separate them as they never touch.
Took a bit of trial and error to work that one out.
Blast from the past, I know, but how was your unsuccessful radiused gluing caul made? How flexible was it? I'm thinking of a project with a similar curved top and want to benefit from your pain.
I tossed it in my move in 2021, but it was made from a series of 2x4s with 2x4 block spacers between them. A few builds in, I've learned that a few clamps on the sides is all I need to hold the top in place for epoxy. Even the 900 screw clamp method isn't really necessary.Blast from the past, I know, but how was your unsuccessful radiused gluing caul made? How flexible was it? I'm thinking of a project with a similar curved top and want to benefit from your pain.
