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USACG Finished Projects Album
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 kurpak |
oh wait | #121 | ||
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Posts: 22 Thu, Jan 22, 2004 07:50:52 |
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kurpak |
nocaster's on the ball | #122 | ||
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Posts: 22 Thu, Jan 22, 2004 07:54:15 |
i tried copying the address from a different post, no dice.
thanks. |
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 nocaster |
Re: baritone vi pictures | #123 | ||
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Posts: 19376 Thu, Jan 22, 2004 07:57:30 The Big FIBer |
...You got it right in the end so I deleted my post.
Aide toi et le ciel taidera (Aid thyself and heaven will aid thee) |
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nicneufeld |
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Posts: 642 Thu, Jan 22, 2004 21:08:59 Contributing Bronze Member |
Nice instrument!
Conjures up Jack Bruce images...although its probably been decades since he's been remotely close to one of those things. I'm not certain...are the three switches on/off for each pickup? I actually prefer that sort of straightforward setup... |
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kurpak |
yesir | #125 | ||
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Posts: 22 Thu, Jan 22, 2004 21:39:05 |
Hey thanks,
yes the switches control each pickup, but not just on and off, they're on-off-on swithes.. so in position 1 they're on, middle off, and postion 3 reversed\out of phase. adds alot of interesting pickup combinations.. some very strange hollow like tones. here's a link to the diagram i used- www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/sw1.php |
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nicneufeld |
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Posts: 642 Fri, Jan 23, 2004 18:59:46 Contributing Bronze Member |
Wow, thats a fantastic idea. You get the Brian May switching with 3 switches instead of 6.
I've got that one in mind for later projects!! I'd probably be more inclined to use Bill Lawrence 280s and mini-toggle switches, but its a very clever scheme in my opinion. |
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kurpak |
righto | #127 | ||
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Posts: 22 Fri, Jan 23, 2004 21:09:30 |
Yea the on-off-ons aren't very easy to use(it's difficult to line up the center position quickly) but i'm getting used to it.
toggle switches would be the way to go, but they might look a little strange if you're going for the accurate replica look. either way, i highly recommend the setup, very versatile. just be warned, it's a real pain to solder all those crossing wires on the switches!  |
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ESPm2M |
let's see 'em! | #128 | ||
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Posts: 157 Fri, Apr 16, 2004 08:14:45 |
come on everyone. where are those pictures of all your beautiful finished projects?
let's see 'em... |
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gonzo |
well, my USACG strat project is only about halfway thru... | #129 | ||
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Posts: 205 Tue, Jul 12, 2005 15:09:37 Bronze Member |
first time caller.......
 ok, it's just in the finish stages right now... the neck is still in the works.... thumbnails, from today, back to the raw body:         here's the link to the big pics, or a slideshow: http://photobucket.com/albums/b219/gonzo-x/gonzos%20guitar%20project/ the body, is a lightweight Alder 2-piece, with a contoured heel, routed for a 2-post tremelo unit, non locking. It will be a Hipshot trem, very similar to the PRS version, it has a 2-1/16" string spacing, chrome, with contoured design. routed for humbucker-single-single, i can always go S-S-S if i decide the bucker is too 'gonzo'. side jack, and they did a nice fall-away cut out on the back side of the bottom bout, hard to explain, but when you put your hand up to play high, it makes perfect sense. that, was an unexpected added bonus. the neck, is a hardrock maple neck, with a pau ferro fingerboard. 6150 frets, 1-5/8" nut width. small fender-style headstock. Gibson scale length neck, 22 frets. after a lot of research, i decided to go with a fixed fingerboard radius, of 12". the shaping of the neck will be a thin "C" shape, with a .78" neck thickness at the 1st fret, up to .85 at the 13th, i think.... mother of pearl dot inlays.... the headstock will be a tiltback design, so no string trees. i'll go with either a graphtech nut, or a corian. jury's still out on that one. my luthier, is just now starting on raising the grain, sanding it out, and applying the first coat of sealer, then we'll prime it, then we'll do a very thin layer of vintage white paint, thin enough to not impart very much, if any, tone changes to this very light piece of Alder i scored... the neck, will get a very thin coat of wipe-on poly, satin, on the back and the headstock. I've purchased (3) Bill Lawrence pickups to go in it.... (2) L-280s for neck and middle, and (1) L-500L humbucker for the bridge. i've also purchased a Lawrence "Q" filter, to go on the tone knob, for rolling down the inductance of the bridge pickup. i'll only have two knobs on this strat, a master volume, and a push-pull tone knob with the Q filter, push pull so i can disengage the filter and use it as a standard tone pot. haven't decided whether to use 500 or 250 K pots yet, i could go either way, and play with capacitors to get what i want... This isn't going to be cheap for me, but it'll be the first strat that i've owned, that had everything just like (i think) i wanted... |
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gonzo |
ok, some more recent pics... | #130 | ||
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Posts: 205 Tue, Jul 12, 2005 15:30:54 Bronze Member |
    these are of the last color coat..... we've already put on several clear coat layers, sanding between each, and i may have some new pics this afternoon of the final buffout. the pickguard has arrived (matches the body color almost exactly) the pickups and Q filter have also arrived (the cream color is very close as well) all parts are in, except the schaller locking tuners (can't find them anywhere) and the neck. |
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nocaster |
Re: righto | #131 | ||
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Posts: 19376 Thu, Jul 14, 2005 23:17:11 The Big FIBer |
Congrats!
And, I suggest 250K pots. Aide toi et le ciel taidera (Aid thyself and heaven will aid thee) |
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gonzo |
Re: well, my USACG strat project is only about halfway thru. | #132 | ||
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Posts: 205 Wed, Oct 12, 2005 00:03:41 Bronze Member |
well, here's the final product!
and yes, it is a tone machine....  with a flash, kinda washed the color out..  and this one, the color is totally wrong, looks banana color, which it isn't... somewhere, between the 2 colors..  the head shot, which you can see the little peak on the rounded part, i was going to shave it down, then decided to leave it, so that it's obviously not a fender neck, but something better.  here's the side view of the headstock, that shows the custom tiltback of the head, at 13 degrees... no string trees, more stable sound.  the jack plate. i much prefer the look of the side mounted jack, to the face mounted..  a good shot of the bill lawrence pickups, and the hipshot trem, which i really, really like. as smooth or smoother than a wilky, but with a better sound, even setup for floating, which this one is.  and finally, a back shot, showing the fall away on the lower horn.... a really nice feature.... notice the contoured heel... with that, and the fall away, i can easily get all the way up to the 21st fret no prob. |
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lgbclp |
Re: ok, some more recent pics... | #133 | ||
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Posts: 1342 Thu, Oct 13, 2005 18:23:20 Contributing Palladium Member |
Cool guitar. Has a lot in common with my USACG Strat. Great minds think alike...
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73duck |
My Jazzymaster Project | #134 | ||
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Posts: 29 Tue, Feb 21, 2006 14:39:12 |
Full description and photos here:
FDP thread Thought about this a long time before pulling the trigger, so very few regrets. Definitely no regrets about having Rob finish and assemble it, and getting the wood from USACG. Would not consider doing a project any other way. |
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nocaster |
Re: well, my USACG strat project is only about halfway thru. | #135 | ||
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Posts: 19376 Tue, Feb 21, 2006 15:29:14 The Big FIBer |
Looks great to me!
As far as the pickup goes, I think it's a mistake to do without at least *the load* of the tone circuit. That's what causes the ice pick tone. Talk to us in the BL forum if you need help with wiring mods. Aide toi et le ciel taidera (Aid thyself and heaven will aid thee) |
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Kabudokan |
For posterity | #136 | ||
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Posts: 352 Fri, Mar 24, 2006 01:45:17 Silver Member |
Needed to add this one to the official record.
      I'm an attention slut, what can I say. Now, back to playing... 
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chaz498 |
Re: My Strats | #137 | ||
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Posts: 15 Wed, Oct 18, 2006 10:14:35 |
USA CG body and neck (1/4 sawn maple/maple, slowhand profile), all Callaham hardware 'cept for Sperzels, and his Fralin pickups (which are excellent)
 Mex body (Poplar) and USA CG neck (Maple/PF, '54 profile). Tex Special p/ups, Callaham block, KTS saddles, cloth wiring and all new pots/jacks/switches from Callaham, foil in oil cap, Earvana nut. 
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mausta |
Re: For posterity | #138 | ||
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Posts: 6 Tue, Feb 6, 2007 05:22:24 |
Wondering what your top is made of,
The stain (brand, color, etc ...0 The finish (brand, color, application,etc...) Thanks, Tom Dude this guitar is gorgeous... |
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Kabudokan |
Re: For posterity | #139 | ||
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Posts: 352 Tue, Feb 6, 2007 20:56:31 Silver Member |
Quote: The carved top is wild maple - I spoke with Tommy about what I wanted, and he picked out the flamey, quilty piece you see there. The back is one piece of mahogany. Quote: I did the finish myself. It was a pretty extensive process, which I have documented somewhere, but I don't have the url handy right now. The top was stained with a dark brownish-red-black, then sanded back. Then stained again, I think with a more reddish color. (It's been a while.) Sanded back again - then I applied the final color, which was the orangish red that was the final color. I then applied a few coats of clear nitro, and then did the burst. The burst was done with the 3-color burst set from reranch.com. The reddish color is most of it, with the very outer edge coming from the brown-black that goes on the outside of the 3-color burst. Multiple layers of clear topped it off. The back was a combination of amber and the red from the 3-color burst. Also, you can see that I taped a faux binding on the top before I sprayed the burst - it's not a clear, natural binding ala PRS, but gives it almost a tortoise-shell appearance. The stain came from www.wdlockwood.com/main.html . I have used their stuff on both of my projects though, and it's very quality stuff, and very reasonably priced as well. The nitro lacquer products (clear and burst colors) all came from reranch.com, which is also great stuff. I was a bit worried about doing the burst, but it came out great. |
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MyGrassIsBlue2 |
my2 | #140 | ||
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Posts: 1 Sun, Jul 15, 2007 18:10:00 |
 1-piece ash, fender hardware, 100% nitro, handwound pickups..  2 piece alder, callaham bridge, 100% nitro (sonic blue), handwound pickups |
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