Recent content by Mikey R

Gluing down the fingerboard - at times like these theres never enough clamps! Ripping the neck taper Adding a single 'ear' to make up the width of the headstock. I was careful to use a piece cut from the same side of the neck so that the grain matches.

I attended Chris Tribes Dovetailing Day yesteday, and I am rather impressed with his set up and teaching. Heres what I came away with :) The first tail is a little loose but the others are ok. I overshot the baseline a little, but Im not too unhappy. Still needs a bit of cleaning up...

Cheers Scubadoo, I'll definately need to do something different on the next one I build. I think I'll get away with this one as I'll be doing a painted finish. Now Im back in the UK Im looking forward to getting started on this again, but I'd best get over the jet lag first ;)

With the maple block guiding the saw theres very little chance of the saw wandering - provided you start it gently and use enough wax on the teeth theres no reason you cant cut acurately enough in real terms. Even if you are out by the tickness of the kerf, you will be consistently out by that...

I managed to spend some time on this one this weekend. Planing up a refernce edge for the fingerboard: Fingerboard layout glued down Cutting the fret slots Makeshift depth stop :) All done Zero fret slot and slot for nut Im using a double action truss rod with MM style spoke nut...

Late to the party as ever, sorry guys - if you use a rip cut wood cutting hacksaw blade and grind it so that its less deep, arent you basically using a coping saw?

Yeah, the proof is always in the result - if it sounds good then thats all that matters :) Im tempted to maybe drop in a John East preamp if I like the passive tone of this one. Of course, if I really like the passive tone then I'll just keep it as is.

Cheers, bookmarked for later! :) These Wizards are fully screened, so I doubt adding any extra screening will do much more. I would have prefered split humbucking pickups but Andy doesnt do any in the single coil footprint. Nice mod - DI box built into the bass! Be careful with the emitter...

Hey Eric, Im planning screening the cavities with conductive paint, good tip on screening the wires though, I'll do that! The pickups are made by Andy at Wizard pickups http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass, these ones are specially made with bars instead of poles and a separate...

Hi Douglas, Yep it is slow but that doesnt bother me so much. The problem I find is it doesnt hold stuff well if you only clamp at the top of the vice, the whole chop tilts outwards. I find myself putting wedges in bellow the level of the screws to keep the clamping pressure on. Ive plans to...

Do it - its always good to see how other people approach the same kinds of problem - though a set neck is a different kind of construction than bolt on. If youre planning doing the classic Gibson style tennon then I'd be very interested in seeing that! :)

Im still fine tuning mine, but agree with the above, a bench is a great way to practice your M&T joinery!

Really nice! :)

Onto the neck :) The neck will be made from three pieces of quarter sawn maple. To make the outside staves, I sawed down a flatsawn maple blank, to make a bookmatch: I always go a bit nuts on the glue: Theres black stained .6mm veneers between the laminations, just makes it a little more...

Hey all, sorry Ive not been on here much recently - since Ive started a new project I though I'd fix that and post a progress thread. For those interested in such things, heres the spec: 5 strings 34" scale, 46mm nut, 17mm spacing at the bridge 24 fret maple fingerboard with side dots, no dots...