Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Awesome jig!
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I like it! Will you be using it to radius the bottom of a fretboard, to be able to do a veneer-style neck?
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Yep, that's the plan!Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:44 amI like it! Will you be using it to radius the bottom of a fretboard, to be able to do a veneer-style neck?
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Dig it Is there an advantage to the veneer fretboard vs the block-type, or just aesthetics? It DOES look cool, so don't think me judgy, but I've never played one before and just have no idea.CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:27 amYep, that's the plan!Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:44 amI like it! Will you be using it to radius the bottom of a fretboard, to be able to do a veneer-style neck?
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It's just aesthetics, really. I've always liked the look of the veneer fretboard. Not many bedroom builders like myself are making them this way.Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:33 amDig it Is there an advantage to the veneer fretboard vs the block-type, or just aesthetics? It DOES look cool, so don't think me judgy, but I've never played one before and just have no idea.CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:27 amYep, that's the plan!Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:44 amI like it! Will you be using it to radius the bottom of a fretboard, to be able to do a veneer-style neck?
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Finally had a couple of nice days of weather so I was able to finish off the headstock on my LEADWOOD.
Just gotta fix a small wiring issue and it's all done!
Just gotta fix a small wiring issue and it's all done!
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With strings!
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Sneak peek of the veneer neck I'm working on.
The hard bit is over. Machined the underside radius of the fretboard to 7.25" and the maple.
I'm still using a modern 2-way truss rod.
The radiuses didn't match up for some reason so I had to do a lot of "hand stuff" to get the rosewood to meet the maple.
I think there needs to be some kind of radius compensation to factor in the sandpaper thickness.
Anyway, this is a huge step for me as I have always wanted to build necks this way.
The hard bit is over. Machined the underside radius of the fretboard to 7.25" and the maple.
I'm still using a modern 2-way truss rod.
The radiuses didn't match up for some reason so I had to do a lot of "hand stuff" to get the rosewood to meet the maple.
I think there needs to be some kind of radius compensation to factor in the sandpaper thickness.
Anyway, this is a huge step for me as I have always wanted to build necks this way.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
Beautiful
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Fully radius'd
I think that's about as thin as I would like to go with it. Vintage neck veneers tend to be much thinner.
I think that's about as thin as I would like to go with it. Vintage neck veneers tend to be much thinner.
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Head shot.
Might mod the headstock shape. Not sure yet.
Might mod the headstock shape. Not sure yet.
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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!!
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Thanks heaps! It's so hard to come up with headstock designs that look good.Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:49 pmThat's a great shape! I wouldn't ask you to change it, if that was the guitar that I was buying from you!!
This is a 24" scale neck and BIG headstocks usually look cool on short scales.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
always felt like those thinner veneers looked cheap, yours there looks like the perfect cross between veneer and slab. absolutely beautiful work.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations
That's pretty good though. I guess it's a marriage of the CBS Strat, Coronado and G & L design.CROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 11:11 pm...It's so hard to come up with headstock designs that look good.
It really does go to show how distinct & influential the classic Fender headstock has become. Generally anything that veers too far away from it looks weird, with a few exceptions. Vox did pretty well with their minimal, rounded triangle & I like the Teisco headstock on the TB64. Nothing else really springs to mind.
What makes it work for me is having the rounded end quite large. It's the swoosh next to it (or whatever else you can come up with) that seems to be by far the hardest part!
I had a go myself many moons ago, ending up with something quite geometric that looked OK. I'll try'n dig it out if you like.
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