Rabbit Hole ....

JohnnyGoo said:
Say Fitz is that a Fender Jazzmaster tremolo on that Brian May guitar?View attachment 95472
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Yes, that guitar was made from a bunch of random leftovers (much like Brian May's original), and some other junk I got from GFS.
The JM trem, locking 4x2 machines, and pups were all GFS brand stuff.
I put a thin piece of black plastic on the trem plate to look kinda like the spring cover on the Red Special.

The body was made from laminated strips of walnut, like a cutting board, with a mahogany veneer.
I made router templates from pics of the original blown up to scale.
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fitz said:
Yes, that guitar was made from a bunch of random leftovers (much like Brian May's original), and some other junk I got from GFS.
The JM trem, locking 4x2 machines, and pups were all GFS brand stuff.
I put a thin piece of black plastic on the trem plate to look kinda like the spring cover on the Red Special.

The body was made from laminated strips of walnut, like a cutting board, with a mahogany veneer.
I made router templates from pics of the original blown up to scale.
View attachment 95473
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Holy crap cool!!

I made a birdhouse in grade 8 shop. It had 27 woodscrews and a ton of woodfill....
 
DirtySteve said:
I see you knocked the old finish off the top and I recognize the technique, how'd it go? Is it deep in the grain? Are you planning to stain it, paint it, or just clear coat it?
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It went good,still have a little left. Not sure how to remove the string ferrules.

It did have some kind of stain under the poly.
Little Dewalt jitterbug. 120 to start.
No stain, grain filler and amber nitro from stewmac. Suppose to be part of a vintage burst kit I bought.
 
ibmorjamn said:
... Not sure how to remove the string ferrules.

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I heat them up with a soldering iron first (one at a time), then tap them out from the other side using an allen wrench or something that fit's thru the top hole, but can catch the edge on the ferrule inside the hole.

Or, and I think this way is better because you can see what happening... after heating them, take a screw (like a wood or drywall screw) and turn it into the ferrule until it grabs, you don't have to wrench it in, just stop when the screw stops and has a grip, then take a claw hammer (with a piece of wood under it to prevent it denting the body) and pull them out like you would a nail. Just go slow and make sure the wood isn't trying to chip out. I've only had that happen once and it was because I was in a hurry and wasn't paying attention, luckily I was able to glue the chips back in.

Either way you do it, it won't damage the ferrule and you can reuse it.
 
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