Building a guitar.

Billy's Little Trip · Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:50 am

Albatross wrote:Then move the umlauts over one of the consonants, Spinal Tap-style.

Makes it look like a happy chicken.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:32 pm

Nearly done!

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Teplin · Post by **Teplin** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:42 pm

You've been busting your ass on this, Mark. Looking good!

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:48 am

Quite impressive. Good warm-up for the Paco series, too!

Billy's Little Trip · Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:40 am

Nice!

blue · Post by **blue** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:44 pm

did the smelly canadian quit on us?

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:39 am

I just need to route one more thing- the back cavity where the trem springs go. Plus drill control pots and output jack. I've been busy at work, and also very paranoid about routing stuff

Full update coming soon!

Post by **Spud** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:11 am

I have always wondered what you do with a router. Do you route (as Mark says), or do you rout? I cannot find a definitive answer.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:28 am

Here's what Merriam-Webster has to say on the subject:
(note: copy and paste, rather than clicking on the links, because the bracketed numbers should be part of the URLs)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rout[3]
Looks like to rout is "to gouge out or make a furrow in (as wood or metal)".

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/router
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/router[2]

Apparently, a router routs when it is something that cuts wood, but a router routes when it is part of an electronic data network.

Post by **Spud** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:19 pm

Thanks, Eric, I went to M-W, but I missed that one at [3].

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:57 pm

Learn something new every day. FWIW, when I was typing it, the word in my head sounded like 'rowt'.

This opens up a can of worms about the correct pronunciation of the network device router. (It's pronounced 'rooter', not 'rowter'.)

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:24 pm

Update: *Finally* got the routing done. The bridge spring channel turned out perfect (of course, it gets covered by a plate anyway), did a final rough sand by hand, and masked off the maple top, headstock top, and neck/binding. Sprayed a couple seal coats of black lacquer on the back, found a nice dark red toner for the front which I'll do tomorrow, along with clearcoat. Then it's all about the hand sanding and multiple coats of clear lacquer. Should be playing it by the weekend! Pictures when it's done, it's mostly just boring now.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:31 pm

Done!

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I recorded a quick little ditty on this thing too: First recording of my home made guitar.

The action is terrible on this thing. I need to spend a long time adjusting everything, and the frets are horrible

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:00 am

Congratulations and good job! Looks and sounds great.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:07 am

Paco Del Stinko wrote:Congratulations and good job! Looks and sounds great.

Thanks, man. Coming soon: The Paco Edition. I'm sourcing out some clear acrylic, a la the Ampeg Dan Armstrong model.

irwin · Post by **irwin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:37 pm

Holy crap, that's cool!

Nice job!

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:18 pm

Nice, Mark! Looks heavy and solid! So that's a darker stain, right. I thought the maple top would be lighter.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:19 pm

Yeah, I intended on staining it dark and spraying a red toner over it before lacquering it, but got impatient. I might strip everything off and refinish it anyway, because the neck is too glossy. (not slippery enough)

Teplin · Post by **Teplin** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:47 pm

Fuckin' A!

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:11 am

That sure is a purty looking finish.

nyjm · Post by **nyjm** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:03 pm

That is one mighty damn fine lookin' axe there, my friends. Congrats!

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