Carved Olive Top Guitar Finally Done
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 3:48 pm
I never want to move again when I'm right at the final sanding stage!
Delayed about 1 year, haha.
It's finally done. I added one modification - I made a custom ebony bar that runs across the front two screw holes on the trem assembly. It makes it function more like a Bigsby, and increases the string angle over the bridge. The resulting sound and sustain are really much better, more than I could have hoped. The tension pulling up on the wood part I think helps really couple the trem assembly to the body wood. I plan to smooth the grooves where the strings run, and then polish with wax to improve the string slide across it, but it works fine right now for mild tremelo, and doesn't effect tuning any more than most vintage style trem units.
Final switching: 5-way. Mini switch 1 cuts bridge and neck to single coil. Mini 2 reverses phase of middle pickup. Mini 3 cuts entire signal.
I'm really happy with it now, the sounds are all really good, and useful. I even like the middle pickup alone, which I often don't.
Thanks for looking!
Delayed about 1 year, haha.
It's finally done. I added one modification - I made a custom ebony bar that runs across the front two screw holes on the trem assembly. It makes it function more like a Bigsby, and increases the string angle over the bridge. The resulting sound and sustain are really much better, more than I could have hoped. The tension pulling up on the wood part I think helps really couple the trem assembly to the body wood. I plan to smooth the grooves where the strings run, and then polish with wax to improve the string slide across it, but it works fine right now for mild tremelo, and doesn't effect tuning any more than most vintage style trem units.
Final switching: 5-way. Mini switch 1 cuts bridge and neck to single coil. Mini 2 reverses phase of middle pickup. Mini 3 cuts entire signal.
I'm really happy with it now, the sounds are all really good, and useful. I even like the middle pickup alone, which I often don't.
Thanks for looking!