SG Inserts and Other Questions:

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@SG John and others...

Should the bridge and tailpiece inserts on my proposed SG build be flush or recessed????

If recessed, what tool do I need???

I have access to a drill press, so locating and drilling the bridge posts is easy, but if I need to cut a recess, I need some technical advice.

@SG John - How do you recommend cutting the "open book" out of a blank headstock shape???

Thanks, Amigos....
 
Robert and I discussed this by phone, but I can't answer how my SG ones are relative to my LP ones.

I would likely go with a bit something like this to cut the recess, and a standard bit to drill the diameter needed for the OD of the insert.

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chilipeppermaniac said:
Robert and I discussed this by phone, but I can't answer how my SG ones are relative to my LP ones.

I would likely go with a bit something like this to cut the recess, and a standard bit to drill the diameter needed for the OD of the insert.

www.snappytools.com

32408 - 1/8" x 3/8" 3-Flute Flat Bottom Counterbore with TiN coated twist drill - Make it Snappy Tools

Use SD-3 Counterbores to drill a pilot hole and counterbore a flat bottomed hole in one step. Perfect for lag screws, lag bolts, washer head screws, T-nuts & more. Drive Shank: 1/4" Hex Power Bit Shank Drill Size: 1/8" Ø Counterbore Size: 3/8" Ø -Works with our Premium Rotating Stop Collar!
www.snappytools.com www.snappytools.com
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That's it!!!!
 
Oh yeah, and another thought I had while watching this Cinderella Video. Other than a possible Maple Cap and all it entails to carve one and have it look good, How is building an SG much different than building your double neck?


 
chilipeppermaniac said:
I would likely go with a bit something like this to cut the recess, and a standard bit to drill the diameter needed for the OD of the insert.
www.snappytools.com

32408 - 1/8" x 3/8" 3-Flute Flat Bottom Counterbore with TiN coated twist drill - Make it Snappy Tools

Use SD-3 Counterbores to drill a pilot hole and counterbore a flat bottomed hole in one step. Perfect for lag screws, lag bolts, washer head screws, T-nuts & more. Drive Shank: 1/4" Hex Power Bit Shank Drill Size: 1/8" Ø Counterbore Size: 3/8" Ø -Works with our Premium Rotating Stop Collar!
www.snappytools.com www.snappytools.com
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Hey, these are cool! I need one... or two? Probably will never use them. But I definitely need them... :whistle:
 
eSGEe said:
what did you use on your doubleneck build @Robert Herndon ?
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I had the advantage of B. Hefner & Co. In Whittier, California, just an hour's drive away. If I was uncomfortable with a given process, I could simply pay them to perform that particular operation.

They shut down in 2020.

Now, if I embark on this journey, I am 100% on my own.

B Hefner Company

Barry Rudolph reviews B Hefner Company for Music Connection Magazine.
www.barryrudolph.com
 
Robert Herndon said:
I had the advantage of B. Hefner & Co. In Whittier, California, just an hour's drive away. If I was uncomfortable with a given process, I could simply pay them to perform that particular operation.

They shut down in 2020.

Now, if I embark on this journey, I am 100% on my own.

B Hefner Company

Barry Rudolph reviews B Hefner Company for Music Connection Magazine.
www.barryrudolph.com
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Robert, I will do my best to encourage you in the best way I know how. I bet when you first started fixing cars, you had to do your share of learning first.

Also, hey, as I have been telling Ray and anyone else who will listen. If you are going to make a guitar out of expensive one of a kind bodies, necks, etc, do plenty of practice steps in the build while using cheap sacrificial wood to practice on, mock up parts and essentially make a complete guitar, Then duplicate this with the good wood once you learn lessons on how to or how not to do things.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Robert, I will do my best to encourage you in the best way I know how. I bet when you first started fixing cars, you had to do your share of learning first.

Also, hey, as I have been telling Ray and anyone else who will listen. If you are going to make a guitar out of expensive one of a kind bodies, necks, etc, do plenty of practice steps in the build while using cheap sacrificial wood to practice on, mock up parts and essentially make a complete guitar, Then duplicate this with the good wood once you learn lessons on how to or how not to do things.
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Also, in case Ray doesn't know it, I only wish I had his level of skills he's honed thus far regarding guitar body, necks, hardware, wiring, pots etc. I am skilled with my wood tools as far as conventional furniture, house framing and trim goes, but I am way at the bottom of the totem pole as far as perfected my skills of building and setting up a guitar just right. Bea, Ray, Sg John, all have great skills in the completing of a guitar build process. Kudos to all of you.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Robert, I will do my best to encourage you in the best way I know how. I bet when you first started fixing cars, you had to do your share of learning first.

Also, hey, as I have been telling Ray and anyone else who will listen. If you are going to make a guitar out of expensive one of a kind bodies, necks, etc, do plenty of practice steps in the build while using cheap sacrificial wood to practice on, mock up parts and essentially make a complete guitar, Then duplicate this with the good wood once you learn lessons on how to or how not to do things.
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My SG would be the cheapest!!!!

One piece rock maple neck, mahogany body with a maple cap....
 
eSGEe said:
well... as IVE BEEN TOLD previously by others -- that by CREATING THE FRAUD -- your setting someone else in future up for deception-- even if you never intend to sell it someone will ...eventually
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It's about styling, really. I don't see anything beyond that. I like the open book headstock look and used it on my custom DoubleNeck.

My SG - if i actually move forward with it - will be more along the lines of a Kris Derrig in that i want to test my skills and see how convincing a guitar I can replicate.
 
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