XBIGJIMX Posted July 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Now i did a bridge mod. When I switched the pins in my acoustic to brass it made a night and day difference so i want to incorporate that into these so I added an extra route under the bridge and flattened the bottom of the bridge so the re would be more surface contact. then added a chunk of brass to the bridge after the pick up routes and neck attached time to shape the neck. Now I love me a good card scraper and stew mac sells the ultimate scraper that is hallow ground which is just fancy talk for a hockey skate blade behold the best scraper ever Video in action now along with this a carved the curves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ok, I have just been watching casually until I saw the fret bender. Love the ingenuity!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBIGJIMX Posted July 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Thanks , I just hate buying specialty tools that seem simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisphr Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 They are completely fantastic people, proably some of the nicest guys I have met . I was actually blessed to fill in for Steve in 2012 when we went to Europe (I am the bass player) Freakin awesome. Music is best as an aggressive physical activity. Miss my old punk days, over 20 years ago now... Great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBIGJIMX Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 A few carve shots Here are after some carving and smoothing And the pick ups brass under bridge installed Know where are those pick ups at oh yeah heres the box checking balance Now if you noticed there is no hole for volume or tone. Thats cause there is none. He always has issues of sweating out basses so he requested no volume and we will seal the wire holes with silicone to make them water tight. So I am usoing these bad boys as the volume sets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBIGJIMX Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 A quick assembly to test it and make sure it does not fall apart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 It is awesome to get a glimpse at someone working with skill and passion ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ..Kev Posted July 15, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Agree with Steve.. We could talk electronics and music choices all day but, where we may disagree on some of that stuff, your dedication to turning out some killer gear was awesome to watch! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBIGJIMX Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 So after the successful test lets see if i can do it again, as luck my have it they weighed with in 1 ounce of eachother So now back over to bobby's guitar, alot of th esteps were the same but different but it did have a few mistakes and a repair. Well before I forgot to get the final thickness down to 1.75" before the glue up and the guitar was to wide for my planner so, milled of a .25 " on the pin router which worked great on the 1st but no so much on the second So i had to either start over or fix it so i gave it shot fixing it. I took the body to the band saw and cut it down the center. then went to the planner and took it down to 1.375". After jointing down both sides and removing a total of .25 of stock I cut a jatoba accent strip and glued it all back together. After it dryed I glued on a new bottom and ran it around the shaper using the original body as the template after that i carved the tops with a power grinder and a scraper and glued in the necks I fretted the fret boards before attaching this time which worked better Now bobby requested aged hardware on of them so with some Tupperware and muric acid were off to the races. Basically you put the hard ware in a cup inside a Tupperware of muric acid and seal for about 20 minutes and boom. Mind you this is a total outside type project cause this stuff is nasty . Yes the smoke comes out of it when you poor it. THis is the result, there is one unaged one to show the difference While that was going i took a few shop pics to have a look around Also I built a stewmac fretting jig. at over $400 to buy one that was not going to happen...DIY!!! total cost $35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Holy Crap! This has been a fantastic trip Great work. You must be charging a fortune for these things. Looking forward to seeing the finished products. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBIGJIMX Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Holy Crap! This has been a fantastic trip Great work. You must be charging a fortune for these things. Looking forward to seeing the finished products. Thanks, We are working out a deal since they are friends and for the advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBIGJIMX Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Its along day ahead cause it is getting real in here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Richardson Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Great thread! Thanks for posting, I always wanted to be a luthier..... guess it will have to be in the next life..... but I never get tired of seeing the process... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBIGJIMX Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Ok i may very well be the worst blogger in the history of blog mania . Kind of forgot the end of the story didn't I. Well let me recap those last 5 days, For those that did not know which is none of you I made that deadline I did finish them all , mind you i was setting guitars up all night the night before i left. Here we got them ready for finishing (except that one)all of them were grain filled then lets get tot the fun stuff ...color Now they requested flat black which is kind of boring so I gave them one flat black the other alittle more fun temperature changing paint over some see through tops First some serial numbers and then some coats of tung oil of the necks Step one we rubbed in a coat of water based black Then after a back sand to remove the black ...red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBIGJIMX Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Then other 2 got the sealer Then 2 got the flat black the other color changing paint NExt we paint on the logos Then some flat clear 2 part After some curing it was wetsand then buff then alot of fret work and wiring and The customers were really happy. The basses I stayed in tune so well many times they did an hour set an dnever needed tuning i was quite pleased now here is a few vids of happy customers http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/XBIGJIMX/th_IMG_3556_zpsutiiymkw.mp4 http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u144/XBIGJIMX/th_IMG_3581_zpsjck4q4ji.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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