I could mount the pickups directly from the front and run the wires through to a cavity routed out on the back. J. The width of the beams (70mm) is ideal for single-handed use. The latest version of FretFind2D is available for your use online. Looking for Schematics for a Kustom Lead III guitar Amplifier top. 919" from the nut to the end of the neck, and 7. The Anchor grooves are ~12. If the neck is 21 frets, with no overhang (assuming that the neck ends at fret 21) it will be 17. I made it up back around 1994. I didn't know where they were made. ekips. 3. FretFind2D. It models the entire fretboard, strings and frets, as a system of line segments on a two dimensional plane. There is really only one reason for having your fretboard hang over like that. They are one of the only pickups ive fitted for guys, who then turn around and replace them within a few weeks because they dont like them. Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) I've been using the WD rods w/o problem, I haven't tried too many others for comparison though. My precision mitre box goes to 45 degrees and my bandsaw. Its just faster to remove the bulk with a forstner then clean up with the router. I bought some of their Panel Wipe. Raisio, Suomi. Every single thing thing else about this is garbage. A 48mm nut with a 42mm string spread with a 60mm string spread at the bridge would measure ( ( (60+ (48-42))-48)/2)+48 at the 12th fret (57mm in this example). (We’ll be making a quick mock-up of the body in. The typical kind of fast or slow cure epoxy unbonds easy enough with heat. Not heard of it. i intend to use 2 humbuckers and want the following positions: 1)bridge humbucker. If the grain appears open to your eye it will need a grain filler. You'll take 1/2 your scale length and divide it by successive powers of 2 1/19. I make my own. To help it stick i scrape the gluing surface of the binding and wet the gluing surface of the wood. Ibanez made a semi-hollow electric guitar with a floating tremolo for a while, which isn't too hard: the trem just gets mounted in the block inside the instrument (i. 5" scale, be it inches or millimetres or whichever unit you choose, the math there is quite. Posted February 26, 2014. I also bought the flanged ferrules, dunno why, and was very tempted to countersink them using a dremel. I've always found it easier to route the truss rod channel after i've done the neck taper, so I can find the exact center of the neck where both anchors. There are some epoxies designed to withstand higher heat, but you probably wouldn't end up with that kind unless you sought it out. But the perpendicular fret is more often around the 6th, 7th, or 8th fret, not the 12th. And there's plenty of front face pictures. If they're too crooked, it's probably futile to even try saving it. ","","</p>","<p>","FretFind 2-D can. Using Online. Happily, this is not difficult. 0 International License. FretFind2D is a two dimensional fretboard design tool. In a book I read, Bloomfield supposedly gave the following advice. Portland Or. A bonus with this kit is that is comes with the headstock adapter -- that's where the ball end of the string goes. . Posted November 12, 2006. They allow for safer working options and in combination with well thought out templates/jigs, a more powerful way to. A discussion thread about the revival of FretFind2D, a tool for fret spacing calculations and CAD layout of bass guitar fingerboards. Slotted. I'm wondering about these Thomas & Ginex fret refinishing kits. Here is the schematic: The following are also available for download: 1. Provided you wire both pickups identically this will have zero impact on the. All my knowledge and research in woodworking lends me to believe that a single piece of wood used for the neck and angled headstock would be stronger than a scarf jointed neck and angled headstock. 5 kB. it's a compression process that produces a sheet. Heh, you had it easy, mdismuke. 0 International License. It also includes a DXF export function that will generate a CAD drawing file that can be (almost) directly used to generate the G-code in order to drive the CNC mill. #2. I did the same with the black and white. Few would disagree that adding a router to your workshop opens up an entire new world of shaping, cutting and copying operations that hand tools cannot readily match. F = 1 / (2Pi x R x C) C = 800pF = 800 x 10^-12. Then a quick, firm rubbing with a rag wetted with a very small amount of acetone. Look at what Steve Vai does to his trems. The kit also includes sand paper and steel wool. The threads for previous entries and. Posted May 14, 2008. The picture needs to be as "straight on" to the guitar as possible- no angle shots etc. Will be much safer and less work and probably cheaper than building your own. If you lay a piece of steel over the frets, you can use a regular steel carpenters hammer. 98746 to bridge) and I believe that to be very close to a 27" scale. Jeremy, you can't successfully grainfill with lacquer. The thicker fretboard allows you to plane the fretboard a little more when down the road, IF you get the usual Fender hump at the neck joint. But B ) if there's a gap in the upper bout and especially if the side around the heel is tilted or depressed inwards the heating and bending method may work. 85mm lower groove, but the Studs are told to be the same on both posts. The volume pot is far more important one in that resect. hipshot. The new body will be poplar. But if possible I would like to mount them from the rear so that as little of the pickup shows as possible. As I mentioned, I can only find TOMs with a radius. If it is still there wait 2 weeks and wet sand again if you want it completely gone. The Bill Lawrence pickup is totally different sounding, i like the L500XL. Exactly what is wrong with a battery and a small preamp built into the guitar. 11757. Position 3 : Neck coil A + neck coil B in series (std humbucker)Instant glue is easy to use but requires you cover the fingerboard with some wax along both sides of the fret so you don't smear glue on the fret board. Because of this approach, it can design fretboards for instruments with multiple scale lengths and non-parallel frets as well as. Gonna piggy-back on this thread for my own question. FretFind2D is a fretboard designer for microtonal and multi-scaled stringed instruments. com archives and Luthiersforum. Found it at TPB but u/red_magnificent claimed that the uploader tends to inject viruses in software so I went to 1337x and found the torrent I was looking for uploaded by FTUApps (dot)Dev. If open (not connected) the pickup defaults to Voice-1. 6- Place your two desired scales at the ends of your perpendicular-fret line. printer2 Member. I am setting up a small friendly X-mas competition. If it's only slight, you might be able to widen the slots and epoxy the frets into place. Jigsaws follow surface plane material you're cutting, and since the blade is under no tension at the bottom of it's movement you'll quite easily cut too far into convex curves and not enough into concave as the blade eases out of the curve at the bottom slower than the top. Nov 12, 2020 - FretFind2d models fretboards as a system of line segments on a two dimensional plane to design freboards with multiple scale lenghts and microtonal scales. FretFind2D doesn't just calculate fret spacing. Dimensions in mm. Not to detract from Benjamin's excellent work, there is also an online tool that will generate a very precise . If you want to save the binding I would suggest sanding only. Melvyn Hiscock's 'Make Your Own Electric Guitar' is a very complete book, and runs you through building three different kinds of guitars, trems, and a good chapter on design considerations and designing, which is also of key importance. The tuners you show in ebay have flat gear covers w/ pat. There are about 15-20 types on the market, maybe more or less. glue them in and then fill the voids around the ends/edges with epoxy. Quote. Some of the inlays slightly depressed on one side and slightly elevated above fretboard level on the other. I drilled and CA-glued 1/4" abalone dot markers on my ebony fretboard. A good scarf would probably be stronger than a flat headstock even. And, it's not a complete drawing. Found it at TPB but u/red_magnificent claimed that the uploader tends to inject viruses in software so I went to 1337x and found the torrent I was looking for uploaded by FTUApps(dot)Dev. #2. Al Carruth has written about it, Rick Turner, Ervin Somogyi, to name but a few. All our body blanks are joined, glued and precision sanded. Violin makers go to great lengths to seal the soundboard surface before using an oil varnish, which doesn't soak in nearly as much as a turp/tung oil (or some other drying oil) hand rubbed finish. Start out with your plain holographic material cut down to the approximate size of your guitar's body. Lee Valley and Stew-Mac sell analines. I think 4mm is a standard. Xaghce- A locking floating trem will stay in tune as well as any other bridge. 7- Use the rotate command to rotate each scale around the point where it hits the perpendicular-fret-line and rotate it until the nut-end is in the desired place. Remember, the engraving will wear with play, so keep your highest engraved areas toward the more non-used regions of the fingerboard if that's where the inlay is going. The 100 (39") cm long, 70 cm (27") diameter trunk stood on my yard for about half a year or longer, winter and summer, snow and heat. 8. Boston, MA. You can use it online or offline, and it supports various features such as scale, mode, and inversion. Somethings screwy. Not exact but close. Interests:I'm into guitars, mostly Ibanez, amps, pedals, tinkering with guitars, gear, Star Wars. Also, the ability to bolt together and adjust an extrusion-based machine should allow it to be fine tuned if/when it requires. Use any kind of transparent stain. did you lower the bridge?. FretFind2D . "Error: Server Error The server encountered an error and could not complete your request. 013/. Cut out the radius so you get a shape like the picture below. Based upon the trusted FretFind2D, this does not just calculate fret spacing, it models the entire fretboard, strings and frets, as a system of line segments on a two dimensional. Adjust the width and depth of the channel for the nut end, and you're done. This helps to reduce the thickness of the epoxy, allowing for easier working and fewer bubble inclusions. Also if you have a 34" base scale template you can move the nut to the 3rd fret (26. 052, as I like to "bend" notes a lot. - Compromise with 250k pot. I use a clothes iron with a damp rag. In any case, is there a way to rectif. On this novax its way up the neck at like the 15th fret in order to be able to use a standard style bridge. A 5/8" headstock ( . IMO, rosewood isn't a great choice for a first neck - I'd go with mahogany, simply because it works/carves so easily. I bought some of their Panel Wipe. There is more than enough to complete a guitar. Fender Eric Clapton Mid Boost Kit. Strat style guitars with reverse headstocks are definitely easier to play. . I make sure not to stress the joint unless it has dried overnight. Twin Cities, MN USA. You'll take 1/2 your scale length and divide it by successive powers of 2 1/19. Line seems ok. The jig consists of two parts; the sliding router base and a lower sled. The result is a brick of material that looks a lot like the real stone. Posted February 25, 2008. 0. Professional Luthier. I really appreciate that Sweetwater put that warning label on the box. 5 mm if you want to calculate the frets in millimetres. They are 32". ;-) I understand the witness lines created by sanding through one layer into the underlying layer(s)-- but the comments about the "final spray" seem to indicate that they visually vanish with that final (non-sanded) coat. 2-3/4 x 45 yds 150,180,220,240,320, or 500. they have some crazy beautiful pickguard stock. A lot of complaints regarding wiring problems in guitars are surprisingly easy to resolve. I guess it might originally be for a Westone. Measurements. The README notes that, in the current version, PDF generation is done server. Now this was the only spot i made a mistake. in classic butterscotch blonde. After researching a handful of candidate guitars, this one stood out among the rest because of it's near universal praise for being worth way more than it's $275-340 price. Using Offline . However, to gain these benefits – as with most other luthier tools - it is important that the miter box is set up and used correctly. 13/32 will be way too big for a solid inserts. . I want to sand the shell down to the wood, not the wood down to the shell. It is the LMII set. Using a 10mm. The only reason to really use epoxy adhesive is because it is a much better gap filler than wood glue, but of course you may end up seeing the joint very easily as JP said. . It's not as hard as nitro, but a lot more durable than oil. 950" for the post height. because they spin so fast, its also not a good idea to use a router to hog out wood. You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format ; Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material ; Under the following terms:Take a piece of cardboard or plastic and draw the radius on it. 85 roll. Copper is part of the chrome plating process though so you might want to contact the manufacturers to ask if they will stop at the copper stage. If you spray heavy black you might just be using a razor or exacto to scrape the inlay clean. In this pic if I just had this measurement where the green arrows are then I can figure out the rest of the guitar. The problem you will have is that, in your photos, this terminal is snapped. Just finished applying (sprinkle technique) fine silver metal flake and sealing the flake with 2K. The video is over 9 years old) a lot of people seem to be getting hung up on the intervals thing behind his trem setup. Let the paint dry and then trace around the pickguard with a sharp exacto knife or a scalpel to break the paint between the guard and the guitar body. Photo would help. Red = north finish. (the more the "white" maple shows through) Step 3--seal the guitar and spray a few coats of clear. The Red and Blue wires didn't show any reading on the meter when I tapped either of the coils. FretFind2D doesn't just calculate fret spacing. . The truss rod allows you to determine how much or how little of the strings' pull you want on the neck, that is, it lets. For example, if you have a scale length of 25" from saddle to nut, then your frets are at 25/(2 n/19 inches along your fret board, where n is your fret number . These models are good quality and very collectible instruments, similar to. A couple hours min. Nov 16, 2017. Posted January 1, 2007. Floyd Rose inserts are 11/32. The voltmeter is set to read VDC (Volts DC). -Calculation method - this is related to microtonal fretting and such. There's nothing wrong with the calculator, you just have to give the right scale length to start with. JoeAArthur. Posted October 1, 2004. 919" from the nut to the end of the neck, and 7. For the clear coat: apply a fresh line of tape, this time exposing the sides while masking the fingerboard. It models the entire fretboard, strings and frets, as a system of line segments on a two dimensional plane. at top groove, ~10. A ferromagnetic material (iron steel, ferrites, some ceramics and rare earths, etc) has permeability, the ability to amplify an applied magnetic field. The headstock can have lacquer such as on the neck. The Broadchaser - MVME Guitars. Posted March 9, 2008. Just 3/16 mild steel rod, brass acorn nut (drilled thru and threaded) and anchor block out of 3/8" bolt section. Wearing nitrile gloves is recommended when working resins. Widthwise, the neck is 56mm at the zero fret and about 67. Enter total playing length of string: Enter fretboard length: Enter string to. Thread starter Captain Nutslot; Start date Mar 9, 2013; Mar 9, 2013 #1 Captain Nutslot Friend of Leo's. If it's cooler I'll do one coat a day. Hondo is currently a company that produces entry-level electric guitars and basses, usually based on the designs of more expensive models such as the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul. It will put less strain on the router bits too. 011 thru . Equal vs. In short, I have two guitars that need some type of filler. White = south finish. And the answer is. Part 2 covered the necessary formatting of the CAD design of a fretboard created with the FretFind2D web application, such that the milling process was safely executed without damage to the fragile endmills. On 2/12/2020 at 11:34 AM, JouniK said: This from Fishman: Pin 1 – “Voice-2” Select – This contact selects Voice-2 when connected to ground via switch. The latest version of FretFind2D is available for your. I'll generally aim for 12-14 coats total, and then leave it about a month to cure properly before polishing, assembling and playing. But I guess I do now! MUHot off the press from G&W in Portugal is this compact solution to rough-radiusing fingerboards quickly using your router. Does anyone have some dimensions of a Gibson firebird body? The width at widest point and length at longest point. Posted February 21, 2008 (edited) ihocky2 said: Usually hardware stores carry naptha or paint stores. . CA glue probably would; thin epoxy syringed in probably would. You probably won't hear any difference between a 250k and a 500k tone pot as one end of the pot is not connected, so you have no ground potential like you have on a volume pot. Well, depends a lot on what you play. . Sit the fret wire in the radius that best matches the file and use that edge. Please visit FretFind 2D . Updated February 17, 2014. The best bet is to make flat & true joint surfaces and use wood glue. set saddles to their lowest position. It has three little bottles - walnut stain - tru-oil - sheen conditioner. Robban Sahrling from Ares Guitars a fellow Swedish Luthier, uses Oak as a fretboard wood a lot with good results. Fillmore, CA. Machined from CNC-cut aluminium with a black anodised finish, this jig is designed to be tough and precise like a good shop tool should be. File Size 38. 2. Posted August 1, 2007. Metallion. View Sale. FretFind2D is a two dimensional fretboard design tool. What options do I have for cutting out the body. I dont have a bandsaw and really dont have access to one. I first drilled a tiny hole in the center of the back of the neck to find how deep the truss rod was. Finish the remainder of the neck construction steps (headstock, headstock transition, carve, fretting etc) and then make a decision. It is not necessary for you to start out with a bare wood body. The dimensions are for a 7 string baritone guitar with a 34" scale. Posted May 2, 2013. You could always just remove the resistor if you're not happy. In some cases the appearance is better than others. In addition to the replies above, I can say I have used Fretfind2d on several instruments to make templates for various scales for banjo, ukes, dulcitars and. It is my understanding that Bloomfield and other guitarists would replace the "E" and/or "G" string with a banjo string. Align the bridge sideways and so the strings will stay within the neck and mark the screw centers carefully with an awl before drilling. Proper engraving takes hours. Updated November 30, 2021. 003" range. ply·wood ( P ) n. R = 22,000. Could you please help me to learn - max and min scale - meaning of fundemental scale for fretfind2d and value - fret distance - fretboard overhang I played with fretfind2d but it placed the vertical fret not at 6th but later Thank you very much for help, Umut İstanbul Nov 16, 2017. Posted December 14, 2006. Yes most definitely glue it down. Adjusting one side will also increase tension on the other due to the pivoting motion it creates. . Yellow = north start. My current thoughts are: Enough force could be created by shaping two MDF formers working in both of the waist curves and squeezed together with a sash clamp. Anyway, to add, I've tried this before and it does alter the response quite drastically like what Lovekraft mentioned. Also, a 24. The best bet is to make flat & true joint surfaces and use wood glue. Using a Safe-T plane is great for thicknessing headstocks and making your own radius blocks. I stick it on my fretboard and cut the frets through the lines. From his suggestions the Wilkinson wiring colours appear to be: Black = south start. FretFind2D is a fretboard designer for microtonal and multi-scaled stringed instruments. Because of this approach, it can design fretboards for instruments with multiple scale lengths and non-parallel frets as well as. Using epoxy on wide fret slots is pretty standard. An additional hurdle is working with the non-flat surfaces found on acoustics, carved tops or simple arm contours. Take half of one printout and half of the other and tape them together. The reason you make necks with the grain running vertically is because they're much stronger that way. Since I usually work on a Mac, the javascript on this site comes in handy. The 24th fret is bang-on at 24". 130. This ensures the stress on the neck and sound board are correctly coupled and the neck (and neck block) wont move (creep) towards the bridge. File down the pearl close to the board and them radius block sand the rest. Specifications for flying V: 4 1/2" wide at top, tapering to 16 3/4" wide at tail, 19 1/2 inches long, 1 1/2 inches thick, 24 3/4 scale, 22 frets. Yet most all guitar workings I read says the scarf joint is stronger. However the saddle locking posts in the OFR drawings appear to be longer than the Gotoh, so the length discrepancy between the two bridges. first i drill the larger string ferrule holes on the back, i prefer the ones with a flange like these; I have bought a Yamaha Pacifica 112M that is in almost unplayed condition as a father-son project guitar. On Strats, the fretboard thickness can go from 3/16" to 1/4", depending on the model. Some ideas, please add or shoot: 2) I can laminate them form 4 layers of veneer. Then you can mark the desired string to pickup distance and finally easily calculate/measure the needed depth. No rocket science, just careful measuring. Fret distance to intonation point is the same from one side of the board to the other. Posted December 19, 2008. 19. . Corrales, New Mexico. Stew mac ain't the only place to get a hammer for fretting. Posted February 29, 2004. Peel the backing off and slowly roll the material onto your body. This is a follow up to my previous TPB question. Look at what Steve Vai does to his trems. Amsterdam, NL. The objective of this How-To is to simplify the purchase. Based on the images on the link @curtisa sent the bridge seems to be in the ballpark and also the right way, the adjusting screws facing the neck. OFR dimensions. I want to know how to design multiscale microtonal fretboard on fretfind2d with dwg output ? And which microtonal scale do fretfind2d uses ? IF this. Author. Polycrylic: 10 coats, 5 minutes between coats. 4k. Step 1-stain black and let it sit for a few hours to be really dry or leave it overnight. 2)bridge single coil. 581" from there to the bridge (which will also be the measurement from the end of the neck pocket to the bridge). Produces a chart of eight octaves: four octaves above and four octaves below the reference pitch given for "A. 5. i have found that the with heavier woods like mahogany or walnut and such, the best thickness is around 1 3/8" to 1 1/2". The wires are conected to the 5-way switch the same way as as they were before I installed the DPDT. and I believe the 670 millimeters template = 26. If you spray heavy black you might just be using a razor or exacto to scrape the inlay clean. If the FB is a darker wood you have no issues if you use it as strips in a light colored neck or a topper on a light colored body only scraping will allow you to clean and level the joint without it looking like red dye seeped into the other side. 894 views 2 years ago. The neck thickness is 21mm in the middle of the first. The role of the truss rod is to counteract the pull of the strings on the neck. Victoria. Is the action lower than it used to be, i,e. Bill, I guess those are the ones. 4. 9. Posted September 12, 2007. Buzz. The string action is low (about 1. I level my fretboards with a carpenters level covered in 80 grit abrasive. You can sand the braces to the radius you aiming for and glue then on one by one forcing the plate to conform to the shape of the brace. $1200 + freight or free pick-up. Huntsville, AL, USA. 5 mm if you want to calculate the frets in millimetres. org home; fretfind; sysex; computer; contact; external links linkedin; github; twitterFretFind2D is a web-based tool that allows you to design fretboards for microtonal and multi-scaled stringed instruments. I am working towards a strat style set up with three single coils, however I would like to avoid using a pickguard. I work out the fretboard dimensions using those plus 3mm either side for string overhang. And even those changes span over a number of years.