pungy
Check out my blog of this Gibson SG build.
Going for spray tomorrow.
http://gibsonsgspecial.wordpress.com/
vic
Great !.... But more important...will it play and sound like a Gibson SG? Let us know please.
Good luck.
PS: If it's good, some of us may want to place an order.... ?
pungy
I truly hope that it will. I have tried to stay as true to the original as possible.
As soon as she's strung up , I will post a little demo vid for the interested.
DonovanB
is it a one piece unit?
Reinhard
Very cool! looking forward to seeing and hearing it.
pungy
This is a one piece unit , yes. I glued an extra piece of wood to the
bottom of the headstock to make up the thickness required.
Then I had to cut a jig to for the Gibson to cut the top side.
This is not the normal teqnique for doing it, but hey, it's mine
and I'll do it the way i like! ( It better sound like a Gibson though! ).
DonovanB
pungy wrote
This is not the normal teqnique for doing it, but hey, it's mine
and I'll do it the way i like! ( It better sound like a Gibson though! ).
Sounding like a Gibson is a broad goal. Gibson make banjo's too...
singemonkey
Donovan Banks wrote
pungy wrote
This is not the normal teqnique for doing it, but hey, it's mine
and I'll do it the way i like! ( It better sound like a Gibson though! ).
Sounding like a Gibson is a broad goal. Gibson make banjo's too...
Well, if it sounded like a Gibson Mastetone banjo, that'd be pretty awesome ?
MikeM
Where's the truss rod adjustment?
vic
pungy wrote
This is a one piece unit , yes. I glued an extra piece of wood to the
bottom of the headstock to make up the thickness required.Then I had to cut a jig to for the Gibson to cut the top side.
This is not the normal teqnique for doing it, but hey, it's mine
and I'll do it the way i like! ( It better sound like a Gibson though! ).
Interesting...what is the headstock angle ? The angle of the SG is around 14-17 degrees. I believe this is an important aspect. Also, what wood have you used and have you made provision for a truss rod......because this is critical.
pungy
I am using African Mahogany with Indian Rosewood for the fretboard.
My headstock angle is 17 degrees, staying true to the original.
The angle of the fretboard is 2 degrees off the body.
To answer your question , Zohn, I am using chrome Mighty Mite machine heads.
This is not the original look, but is all i could find at my local store.
It will tie nicely with the nickel pups though.
The truss rod is a touchie subject at the moment. I can't find any anywhere.
And i don't wanna buy a old guitar just to break it open and use that truss rod.
I have found a fellow lutherie that is a pro and will make me one though and install it.
Mission. I hope to learn how to make a truss rod from him so that i can do the next ones myself.
vic
pungy wrote
I am using African Mahogany with Indian Rosewood for the fretboard.
My headstock angle is 17 degrees, staying true to the original.
The angle of the fretboard is 2 degrees off the body.
To answer your question , Zohn, I am using chrome Mighty Mite machine heads.
This is not the original look, but is all i could find at my local store.
It will tie nicely with the nickel pups though.
The truss rod is a touchie subject at the moment. I can't find any anywhere.
And i don't wanna buy a old guitar just to break it open and use that truss rod.
I have found a fellow lutherie that is a pro and will make me one though and install it.Mission. I hope to learn how to make a truss rod from him so that i can do the next ones myself.
Good idea to install a truss rod. The "new" wood neck will be under a lot of strain once it's stringed and will give problems with no truss rod in there. But I am sure you are aware of that. Good luck.
pungy
Zohn,legend, thanks man.
I am certainly doing another one soon.
I am thinking of doing a telecaster next, depending on the outcome of this SG.
If it's not the SG i was hoping for , I might just do another SG first.
The Guitarmaking book looks interesting. I like.
singemonkey
The Gotoh tuners are great btw. I have them on my Tokai and they're smooth as silk.
Jacquesg4j
That is really awesome... I do a little cnc programming and machining at work also and always wanted to try building my own guitar... great to see you do it so well!! Looking forward to watch your progress... It's looking super fine!!
Gearhead
That body looks like it needs a LOT of sanding on the top - work your way down from 60-on-the-flat-board to hand 400 otherwise it will look awful after lacquer.
pungy
I have done exactly that, except the hand finishing was done with 600 grid.
The photos that are up at the moment was taken before sanding.
What i did do though was use Mahogany wood filler to fill splintered areas and sanded that down again.
It feels amazingly smooth, but the wood filler is still pretty visible. Would you recommend sanding it away completely?
I am scared it will show up after spraying.
I will post a photo tomorrow.
Jacquesg4j
It depends what finish you are going for. On a glossy red it shouldn't show that easily! ... Some furniture manufacturing experience tells me that. No stain... it will show!
Gearhead
The filler may be the same color (may) but it does not have the same texture. The grain itself not only has dark 'dots' or short stripes the filler does not, filler also accepts lacquer and stain differently. If it is going to be obscured you are going to be lucky. Although the classic SG red stain will hide most of the differences, you will always be able to tell. The downside to leaving it in is that YOU of all people will see the spot all the time. Others might not unless you point it out but that's irrelevant.
On the other hand, you can take a piece of scrap wood (or cnc it in your case ? ) and try your process on there to see the result.
Jacquesg4j
Still wanted to ask, what software do you use on the CNC and what CNC is that??
