Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

[Shadoweclipse13]

I love most all of your projects Pat, but it really is awesome to see some lefties come out of your shop

[CROSS_guitars]

Thanks. It feels weird building guitars I can't play

[Shadoweclipse13]

Thanks. It feels weird building guitars I can't play

It would be the same for me

[repoman]

3D printed another Rascal/scallywag bridge.

It was pretty raw steel when it arrived. I've spent a few days sanding and polishing it.
It was kinda brownish in colour but after I polished it, it came up chrome/nickel coloured.
It's still a bit pitted but looks really good now.





And here it is before I sanded and polished it.

That bridge looks awesome. Is it economically feasible or more of an experiment?

[CROSS_guitars]

It's pretty expensive to have printed.
I usually only make something like this to suit a project.

[CROSS_guitars]

5-way blade switch. Controversial!

[gerardguey]

+1 on that bridge shape design. Especially on THAT guitar.

[CROSS_guitars]

Thanks!
I'm building the neck for this right now!

[GilmourD]

Hey there,

I just picked up one of the 'Roasted' MIC Jag necks.

Curious to see what you've done with yours?

Do you feel they're a sufficient quality to use in a guitar that you'd sell to someone else?

Cheers.

I haven't got around to doing anything with mine yet.
I would feel confident using them on a high-end build.
Although, I'm thinking of refretting them with vintage fret wire. I'd also scrape the orange stain finish off it.

My neck came looking much darker, more like a traditional roasted neck, so I might leave it as is. Was thinking about reshaping the headstock, so I'd be curious to find out if the neck is actually roasted or if it is just a stain.

IMG_20230831_174503_535 by Rosie Brennan, on Flickr

I've got one of those necks, too, and it's pretty damn nice!

[CROSS_guitars]

Wow, that does look cool. Well done.
Did you have to do much/any fret work?

[GilmourD]

Wow, that does look cool. Well done.
Did you have to do much/any fret work?

There was one slightly high fret, lucky number 13, and only really on the bass side, so I used my crowning file to level it out, then polished it a bit.

[CROSS_guitars]

Cross "Scoundrel"
Just got these amazing pics back from @Copaceticcustoms.
He finished it in Sherwood Green poly, wired and assembled it.

[ThePearDream]

Hot stuff! Hard to go wrong with Sherwood Green. It shows off the body shape and bridge really well.

[MattK]

Lord. Outstanding result!

[Insomnicide]

I haven't got around to doing anything with mine yet.
I would feel confident using them on a high-end build.
Although, I'm thinking of refretting them with vintage fret wire. I'd also scrape the orange stain finish off it.

My neck came looking much darker, more like a traditional roasted neck, so I might leave it as is. Was thinking about reshaping the headstock, so I'd be curious to find out if the neck is actually roasted or if it is just a stain.

IMG_20230831_174503_535 by Rosie Brennan, on Flickr

I've got one of those necks, too, and it's pretty damn nice!

Hey Gilmour, nice Jag!
What tuners/ bushings did you use? I was going to put in kluson style gotohs, but the headstock is drilled out a larger diameter for modern guitar tuners. Did you use conversion bushings?