I gotta try and make something a bit more conventional......
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I gotta try and make something a bit more conventional......
current project........
walnut/sitka 6/12 doubleneck. necks are maple/mahogany/maple
fretboards rosewood with fender scale
12th fret body join & as small a 12 head as possible to get it less head heavy........
There will be a built in tuner and a Les Paul style switch to switch between the two under saddle piezos.........
here's what I decided to do with the fretboard ends.......
I've now got the necks fitted, heel plates on & frets in. a bit more lacquer and we'll have strings on by hallowe'en
walnut/sitka 6/12 doubleneck. necks are maple/mahogany/maple
fretboards rosewood with fender scale
12th fret body join & as small a 12 head as possible to get it less head heavy........
There will be a built in tuner and a Les Paul style switch to switch between the two under saddle piezos.........
here's what I decided to do with the fretboard ends.......
I've now got the necks fitted, heel plates on & frets in. a bit more lacquer and we'll have strings on by hallowe'en
Sorry I'm not from the Southern Hemisphere.....
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
Oh Martin, please don't!! STAY outside the box!!I gotta try and make something a bit more conventional......
I've already commented on this fine, fine build. I don't know if I have already complimented you on the shape of this guitar and the fretboard treatment, but it doesn't hurt to say it again.
WELL DONE!!
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Well, it's not ALL out of the dumpster!!!
I bought the top........
the fretboards.......
the maple on the necks is from a builders yard........
the back & sides are from the shopfitter's dumpster and the mahogany lams in the neck and the mahogany binding was too.......
The leopardwood in the rosette was salvaged from an offcut on a previous build.......
and the EIR bridges (not yet shown) used to be a shelf under a neighbour's coffee table!!
finish pics.......
I bought the top........
the fretboards.......
the maple on the necks is from a builders yard........
the back & sides are from the shopfitter's dumpster and the mahogany lams in the neck and the mahogany binding was too.......
The leopardwood in the rosette was salvaged from an offcut on a previous build.......
and the EIR bridges (not yet shown) used to be a shelf under a neighbour's coffee table!!
finish pics.......
Sorry I'm not from the Southern Hemisphere.....
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
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Martin, that is a very cool guitar. I'd need to hire a musician to play it for me! Is this for yourself, for a customer/commission, or built "on spec"?
You mention a switch to switch between the undersaddle pickups - will the switch be 3-way, and allow both pickups simultaneously (in addition to one or the other)? Not that both necks could be played simultaneously, but you may want to strum the 12 and while that big fat chord is singing, jump to the 6 string neck and play on top of it. A two-way switch might be a bit abrupt.
Great project!
Dennis
You mention a switch to switch between the undersaddle pickups - will the switch be 3-way, and allow both pickups simultaneously (in addition to one or the other)? Not that both necks could be played simultaneously, but you may want to strum the 12 and while that big fat chord is singing, jump to the 6 string neck and play on top of it. A two-way switch might be a bit abrupt.
Great project!
Dennis
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Another damn Yank!
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Hi Dennis,
This beast is for me till I get bored of it and then I'll prolly bung it on ebay to get the £200 or so back out again.....
the switch is as you suggest, my last double (for a pal) had a blend pot and it just didn't really work right, (sounded muddy in the middle) so that's why I'm switching this one.
I've got the tuners in place, so a Hallowe'en string up is looking realistic.....
I was eperimenting today with two strings to an unslotted bridge pin for the 12 bridge to give two very similar LOOKING bridges.......
This beast is for me till I get bored of it and then I'll prolly bung it on ebay to get the £200 or so back out again.....
the switch is as you suggest, my last double (for a pal) had a blend pot and it just didn't really work right, (sounded muddy in the middle) so that's why I'm switching this one.
I've got the tuners in place, so a Hallowe'en string up is looking realistic.....
I was eperimenting today with two strings to an unslotted bridge pin for the 12 bridge to give two very similar LOOKING bridges.......
Sorry I'm not from the Southern Hemisphere.....
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
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OK, the doubleneck progresses...
Double neck bridge.....
removing the varnish from the top so that the glue will hold the bridge in place.....
glued & clamped
SOME strings!!
now at this point the nut isn't glued in place. the screws which hold the tuners are still in the bag. the saddle isn't intonated (or even level) and the frets have been pressed into place but NOT filed or levelled in ANY way......
action's not TOO bad.....
and you know what's amazing?
it plays!!!
there is one high fret about #15 that need looked at, but below the 12th all the notes ring free!!
Double neck bridge.....
removing the varnish from the top so that the glue will hold the bridge in place.....
glued & clamped
SOME strings!!
now at this point the nut isn't glued in place. the screws which hold the tuners are still in the bag. the saddle isn't intonated (or even level) and the frets have been pressed into place but NOT filed or levelled in ANY way......
action's not TOO bad.....
and you know what's amazing?
it plays!!!
there is one high fret about #15 that need looked at, but below the 12th all the notes ring free!!
Sorry I'm not from the Southern Hemisphere.....
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
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here y'go then
this is before the carving is finished obviously
I'm not TOO concerned about being over braced as it'll be a plugged in kind of thing, and I'd rather deal with a EQ issue than a ripped off top issue......
the soundhole patch is a bit rough, but no-one will see in there, will they?
Oh yes, there's an extra X between the bridges & the tail block that went in after this pic....if you look closely you can see the pencil lines......
I'll let y'all know if the top has ripped off after being 1/3 strung over the weekend.......
this is before the carving is finished obviously
I'm not TOO concerned about being over braced as it'll be a plugged in kind of thing, and I'd rather deal with a EQ issue than a ripped off top issue......
the soundhole patch is a bit rough, but no-one will see in there, will they?
Oh yes, there's an extra X between the bridges & the tail block that went in after this pic....if you look closely you can see the pencil lines......
I'll let y'all know if the top has ripped off after being 1/3 strung over the weekend.......
Sorry I'm not from the Southern Hemisphere.....
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
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Ah to be 14 again!!
here's one of my pupils road testing the doubleneck.......
it's prize night tonight and he's playing guitar in a musical interlude and he BEGGED me.....
but it's still got as couple of dead frets so I had to be a meanie & say no!!
spose I could give y'all a link to a soundclick..........
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInf ... ID=5906376
I'm really chuffed with it, but realisticly, do I have a use for it?
not really!!
is it the sort of thing that I'd play in our church?
prolly not, don't want to scare the oldies, eh?
as to the sound, she's really coming out nicely.
When I first strung up the 6 neck I wasn't impressed AT ALL, and I was telling myself not to worry, the eq will sort it out.......
and now that I've fitted the USTs and spent two hours trying to make the eq/tuner work before I cut a barn door in the top edge, and having NO success, I've just wired them straight to the strapjack.
But now after a week or so I'm really getting to like it, and yes, a pure 12 will be my next personal build. Spruce on Walnut with an EIR fretboard..... now THERE's a suprise!!
there is a little resonant drone on the unplayed neck but nothing that can't be passed of as reverb!!
Once I get the frets tidied I'll prolly let her loose in church, at an evening service when I lead solo and can justify (lol!!) the extra neck.....
after that?
a little extra income round Christmas from the Ebay fairy?
here's one of my pupils road testing the doubleneck.......
it's prize night tonight and he's playing guitar in a musical interlude and he BEGGED me.....
but it's still got as couple of dead frets so I had to be a meanie & say no!!
spose I could give y'all a link to a soundclick..........
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInf ... ID=5906376
I'm really chuffed with it, but realisticly, do I have a use for it?
not really!!
is it the sort of thing that I'd play in our church?
prolly not, don't want to scare the oldies, eh?
as to the sound, she's really coming out nicely.
When I first strung up the 6 neck I wasn't impressed AT ALL, and I was telling myself not to worry, the eq will sort it out.......
and now that I've fitted the USTs and spent two hours trying to make the eq/tuner work before I cut a barn door in the top edge, and having NO success, I've just wired them straight to the strapjack.
But now after a week or so I'm really getting to like it, and yes, a pure 12 will be my next personal build. Spruce on Walnut with an EIR fretboard..... now THERE's a suprise!!
there is a little resonant drone on the unplayed neck but nothing that can't be passed of as reverb!!
Once I get the frets tidied I'll prolly let her loose in church, at an evening service when I lead solo and can justify (lol!!) the extra neck.....
after that?
a little extra income round Christmas from the Ebay fairy?
Sorry I'm not from the Southern Hemisphere.....
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
I have an aunt in New Zealand and another in South Africa, can I still play?
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