A Custom Made Guitar
- Thread starter eclipze
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eclipze
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first i must cut the big chunk into 2 pieces... so i make a marking on the top wood than bandsaw it ... cutting it till close to my marking before.. than ... go to milling process...
LadyInTears
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actually i wanna know how u made the neck, and the truss rod
dearxarson
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awesome work dude.
keep us updated
by the way, since u mentioned u have worked with metal before, ever considered making an all aluminum guitar? like those from the electrical guitar company? that would be interesting.. hehe
http://www.myspace.com/electricalguitarcompany
keep us updated
by the way, since u mentioned u have worked with metal before, ever considered making an all aluminum guitar? like those from the electrical guitar company? that would be interesting.. hehe
http://www.myspace.com/electricalguitarcompany
theusedrocks
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wow its looking good! thats really cool. :]
eclipze
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thankss man
i really wanna do that. all aluminum guitar, i've seen the similar one on my guitar books.. one of jackson's custom really cool !!
but at this time ... i'm planning to make my own bridge tremolo... ive finished the design though ... ill post it here when i finished it
and still researching to make a locking tuners
thanks for the links bro
eclipze
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when i make a new guitar after this i'll take a pic of the making of the neck..
and the truss rod.. mine is a double action truss rod... its simple.. u need 2 small blocks of steel .. and a long steel shaft which already had a whorl/thread
... 1 small cylinder about 8mm diameter for rotating the truss rod... i ended up EDM-ing the small cylinder to fit the allenwrench
the common truss rod has about 40 -42cm long (if i'm not wrong) ive bought one myself, but i found it too short ..
so i made my own truss rod, i made it different from it, & i got a reference look at the stewmac product... i forgot the length of my truss rod(my drawing data is in my other PC)... it's almost 50 cm & it completely lie down along the fret board .. just like i wanted..:mrgreen:
both of the block drilled with 2 holes up and down.. so u can insert the two shafts .. in parallel position... the down side shaft is connected to the small cylinder.. and the upper shaft is permanent fixed(could not rotating)... (only the shaft under it could rotating)..
after i finished making it... i coating it in gold (well i choose gold he he he..) so it wouldn't get rusty
when u turn the downside shaft CW the upper shaft will get tighten.. it'll bow upward.. when u turn the down side shaft CCW the upper shaft will get relaxing and bend down ward ..
eclipze
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this is the potentio knobs i made ... well this is own made ...
this is it... the transparent one is unfinished
the black and gold knobs
this is the latest... i really like this one ... and may be ill improved the letters in it.. bigger number size... or bigger dot size
next time ill make more vary models ... my dad insist that it will go on a mass product later on though...
this is it... the transparent one is unfinished
the black and gold knobs
this is the latest... i really like this one ... and may be ill improved the letters in it.. bigger number size... or bigger dot size
next time ill make more vary models ... my dad insist that it will go on a mass product later on though...
Whitestrat
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Nice! But instead of using plastic, why not try making your own wooden knobs?
eclipze
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nice idea!!... ill cut my raw rosewood .. try to make from it
@gsonique ... u can
.. but its not in final condition yet 
i'll improve it more on it's details esp. in the letters and paint color wanna see my own strat type tremolo drawing?
(ive prepared my metal material... type : Stavac from ASSAB specially made for moulding steel, it can be shiny if u polish it well)
Whitestrat
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this is it... my own made strat tremolo model design
hehe
Nice! Brass saddles? Pop in arm?
Can I add something here?
Nice design, but how about extending the adjustment area of the saddles (as in the back area of the bridge) such that it's got a longer length of travel. This would allow the same bridge and same scale length to be used for drop tunings down by one step (E to D). The intonation space for most bridges is usually not enough on standard bridges for the low E string.
Soemthing I discovered after tuning my 7 string to A instead of B. Thankfully Ibanez made allowances for this. I think they sort of expected this, and made the ZR bridge tunable down by a whole step, and intonation is possible due to an extra screw hole for the saddles.
