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- Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:36 am
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
- Replies: 83
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Re: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
Will there be any issues with having the same pickup for regular and bass registers? What are the "typical" stats on a bass pickup and a regular guitar pickup, and what are the compromises made when trying to mesh one into the other? I too would be interested to know what really separates...
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:17 am
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
- Replies: 83
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Re: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
I have worked with neo magnets in pickups, much as you described. I can tell you that the first ones I made had larger iron slugs, about the size you mentioned. It didn't work too well because I had too much metal in the core, this increased the inductance too much and caused my pickups to have a t...
- Sun Apr 08, 2012 5:57 pm
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
- Replies: 83
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Re: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
I added the pickups to my CAD drawing: design.png I'm currently thinking of making the humbucker actually two "normal" single coil pickups, so that I can split them for a more Strat-like tone. The plan is to make the polepieces from 5mm mild steel, and attach 5mm*1.5mm Neodymium magnets to...
- Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:12 pm
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
- Replies: 83
- Views: 233607
Re: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
Here's a gratuitous shot of the figure:
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to consume some protein in the hopes that these aching arms will bulk up and make next time easier
I'm super excited to use this wood, this will be the first guitar that I've built with figured woods Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to consume some protein in the hopes that these aching arms will bulk up and make next time easier
- Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:09 pm
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
- Replies: 83
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Re: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
A few hours more sawing this afternoon! I got started on the maple. I've got here a 54mm thick slab of nicely figured maple, it is 40cm wide at its narrowest, and around 130cm long. I got to ripping, first sawing off enough width to get some bookmatched tops: 014.jpg Next I ripped an 80mm wide strip...
- Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:25 pm
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: $100 Local Materials Challenge,Tristan Williams Semi-hollow Tele
- Replies: 5
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Re: $100 Local Materials Challenge,Tristan Williams Semi-hollow Tele
A little progress on this guitar posted in my other build thread here: http://www.mimf.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php ... rt=0#p5788
- Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:09 pm
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
- Replies: 83
- Views: 233607
Re: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
And I still have to do the maple! Fun fun fun...Louie Atienza wrote:Tristan... you're an animal! Looks like a fun way to spend the day...
- Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
- Replies: 83
- Views: 233607
Re: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
Alrighty so today I got cracking on this build after a week of "planning" (read: procrastination). Since I'm using walnut for both of my builds, I chose to do the body resawing all at the same time. I started by crosscutting enough walnut and roughly cleaning it up to better see what I was...
- Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:46 am
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: $100 Local Materials Challenge, Eddie McRae, Grand Auditorium Cutaway Acoustic
- Replies: 109
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Re: $100 Local Materials Challenge, Eddie McRae, Grand Auditorium Cutaway Acoustic
Nice! Maybe I'll try using walnut on my 8-string build as well then.
- Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:15 am
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: $100 Local Materials Challenge, Eddie McRae, Grand Auditorium Cutaway Acoustic
- Replies: 109
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Re: $100 Local Materials Challenge, Eddie McRae, Grand Auditorium Cutaway Acoustic
Cool!
How do you think the walnut will fare as a fretboard? I've always been under the impression that it is too soft. It will certainly make for a very beautiful fretboard.
How do you think the walnut will fare as a fretboard? I've always been under the impression that it is too soft. It will certainly make for a very beautiful fretboard.
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:53 am
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
- Replies: 83
- Views: 233607
Re: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
Here is a shot of the beautiful slab of flamed maple I have. I paid 5000€ per cubic metre for this, so a 15mm thick top should be around 11€ worth. The neck & fretboard should cost about the same, although if I laminate the neck with a strip of walnut it will drop the price some. flamedmaple.jpg
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:42 am
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
- Replies: 83
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Tristan Williams - 8-string fanned fret Iceman-ish
This year I'll attempt two side-by-side builds. This is the second, more adventurous, build. It will require a lot more techniques that are new to me, so I'm unsure if I'll be able to finish in time or on budget but I figured hey, might as well push myself! For a while now I've been wishing that I h...
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:27 am
- Forum: The Local Materials Challenge (Closed)
- Topic: $100 Local Materials Challenge,Tristan Williams Semi-hollow Tele
- Replies: 5
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$100 Local Materials Challenge,Tristan Williams Semi-hollow Tele
A buddy of mine has been hankering after a semi-hollow tele for a long time, so I'm going to have a crack at building one for him. The specs so far: Flamed maple top & neck Walnut body Classic tele electronics Rubbed green sunburst under tru-oil finish To keep within the budget I'll have to skim...
- Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:21 am
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Free CAD software for Windows 7?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 17822
Re: Free CAD software for Windows 7?
I've been using progeCAD as well, since I haven't been able to get my copy of AutoCAD 2005 working nicely on Win7. The beauty is that progeCAD is a direct clone of AutoCAD, so my >10 years AutoCAD experience does not have to be thrown out the window.
That said, it is still clumsier than AutoCAD.
That said, it is still clumsier than AutoCAD.
- Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:16 am
- Forum: Glues and Finishes
- Topic: Hard finish for maple fretboards?
- Replies: 3
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Hard finish for maple fretboards?
I'm pondering options for fretboards for the $100 challenge, as there just aren't any hard dark woods around here. The last two guitars I built have light fretboards, so I think this next one should have a dark fretboard. I've been looking into staining maple dark, and it seems that they always need...
- Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:06 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Nathan Noel's "Faith" tele.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 23678
Re: Nathan Noel's "Faith" tele.
Stunning!
What was the finish?
What was the finish?
- Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:56 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Fancy figured woods...
- Replies: 97
- Views: 87735
Re: Wood porn...
This is nothing really new but today I took a few swipes off a new board of maple and discovered this underneath: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mNuwKJ_VXNg/T3C5Jz5UHzI/AAAAAAAAAfo/3sDtLZlLKhg/s640/IMG_20120326_212606.jpg What a wonderful sight. And a terrible picture of a magnificent piece of Karelian b...
- Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:53 pm
- Forum: Challenges
- Topic: The "Local Materials" Challenge
- Replies: 36
- Views: 93997
Re: The "Local Materials" Challenge
Oh boy, what timing! I just got a care package of a few nicely dried, ready to use lumps of wood: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--0KmjxacyfA/T3DCW-Kv9fI/AAAAAAAAAf8/-fJ5SgY2OnM/s720/IMG_20120326_222130.jpg Thats some tightly flamed maple (you can't really make it out, but its on the workbench th...
- Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:02 pm
- Forum: Challenges
- Topic: The next MIMF challenge- ideas anyone?
- Replies: 59
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Re: The next MIMF challenge- ideas anyone?
Personally I really like the "Hardware Store Challenge" idea. My two $100 builds have been local wood builds already - thats relatively easy. Restricting one to the hardware store requires some real ingenuity! Style-wise, I like the idea of adding more restrictions on the choice of what we...
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:16 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Last MIMF Newsletter from Deb: So Long, It's Been Good To Know Ya!
- Replies: 40
- Views: 37415
Re: Last MIMF Newsletter from Deb: So Long, It's Been Good To Know Ya!
Thanks so much for all your years of hard work Deb! I'm but a fledgling instrument builder, but the MIMF has been over the years such a fantastic place to learn from the folks who know their stuff. Good luck with your new ventures!
Out of interest, what exactly does "specialty garlic" mean?
Out of interest, what exactly does "specialty garlic" mean?