Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by sal paradise » Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:16 am

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Forgot to mention- this is a thing of beauty. It’s like if PRS made a Tele, but didn’t make it ugly.

Anyways, such an awesome looking guitar from top to bottom. And I love the aggressive branding too 8)
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:04 pm

Thanks for the kind words.

My 3D printed XII string trees arrived today! printed in aluminium. The detail is spot on!
They're obviously not glossy chrome but they still look cool!

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:43 pm

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Mon Sep 12, 2022 11:11 pm
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That's a great shape! I wouldn't ask you to change it, if that was the guitar that I was buying from you!! ;)
Thanks heaps! It's so hard to come up with headstock designs that look good.

This is a 24" scale neck and BIG headstocks usually look cool on short scales.
I get that! I frequently see a new design guitar that I like, but the head shapes frequently turn me off too.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:58 pm

Cutting the fret slots by hand is kinda stressful.
Had to make sure every fret slot was cut precisely. I think it's accurate.
The depth cutting gauge on the saw helped heaps and meant I could cut the slot at the same radius as the board.
Same with the nut. I fitted it with a curved bottom bone nut.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by sal paradise » Thu Sep 15, 2022 11:05 pm

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:58 pm
Cutting the fret slots by hand is kinda stressful.
Had to make sure every fret slot was cut precisely. I think it's accurate.
The depth cutting gauge on the saw helped heaps and meant I could cut the slot at the same radius as the board.
Same with the nut. I fitted it with a curved bottom bone nut.

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Wow! how long has each stage taken you?

I know nothing about this- could you do the fret slots with a mitre saw? Or did you do it by hand out of choice? Looks amazing, either way.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Fri Sep 16, 2022 1:32 am

I couldn't use a mitre saw because the fret slot channels had to be cut at the same radius as the fretboard.

And I couldn't cut the frets before gluing the board on because with all the radius cutting, I didn't want to compromise the strength of the fretboard.

I never really keep track of how long any of my builds take. I'm usually at the mercy of waiting for parts to arrive, which can take ages.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:13 pm

25.5" scale "Bilinda-Stang"
I've lost track of how many of these I have made now.

This one is made from Empress/Paulownia. Light af. I swore I'd never use it again but the guy I'm building it for wanted
something super light weight.

The pickguard is Acrylic clear. It's nice stuff. A lot more scratch resistant than regular pickguard material.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:40 am

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This one is made from Empress/Paulownia. Light af. I swore I'd never use it again but the guy I'm building it for wanted something super light weight.
Why's that? Is the species hard to work with?
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:59 pm

Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
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Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:13 pm
This one is made from Empress/Paulownia. Light af. I swore I'd never use it again but the guy I'm building it for wanted something super light weight.
Why's that? Is the species hard to work with?
The opposite, actually. It's real easy on any cutting bits.

It's just crappy timber, imo. I think balsa wood would be just as good.
Dents very easily and is too light, I reckon.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:18 pm

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:59 pm
Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:40 am
CROSS_guitars wrote:
Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:13 pm
This one is made from Empress/Paulownia. Light af. I swore I'd never use it again but the guy I'm building it for wanted something super light weight.
Why's that? Is the species hard to work with?
The opposite, actually. It's real easy on any cutting bits.

It's just crappy timber, imo. I think balsa wood would be just as good.
Dents very easily and is too light, I reckon.
Oh damn! Haha. How does it sound as a guitar body wood?
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:54 pm

Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:18 pm
CROSS_guitars wrote:
Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:59 pm
Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
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Why's that? Is the species hard to work with?
The opposite, actually. It's real easy on any cutting bits.

It's just crappy timber, imo. I think balsa wood would be just as good.
Dents very easily and is too light, I reckon.
Oh damn! Haha. How does it sound as a guitar body wood?
I guess in terms of unplugged resonance, it's quite nice. Sharp and chimey. Kinda like a hollow body.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:05 am

Interesting. Well, that makes sense if you compared it to balsa. A lot of air that can move and vibrate ;) :D I do love the design though. It looks great!!!
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:28 pm

Thanks!
A couple more updated pics.
I cracked the pickguard drilling the extra holes. So, I'm going to have to cut another one :(

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Then I need to find a drill bit long enough to drill a hole between the pickup cavities.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:09 pm

Just reposting this here since it got washed out by other posts.

I'm about to attempt to repair this Ibanez bass headstock.
I'll use splines and all that.
The only problem I have is that the headstock has been repaired before, then broken again in the same spot.
So there is some kind of glue residue there. I can't use titebond. I need something stronger.
Does anyone have any idea what the best glue to use for this would be?
Or is there some way of melting off the existing glue using Acetone or something?


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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:51 pm

This neck is coming along pretty well.

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