Project fullMap

[kramersteen]

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Looks sweet man! I'm just starting another build myself!

Any pictures to share?

[jon the art guy]

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THAT GUITAR'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF (L)ATTITUDE

WHO'S GOT TWO THUMBS AND IS FUNNY? THIS GUY, WHO'S ME POINTING MY THUMBS AT MYSELF

[GuitarDoc]

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Kramersteen, you do some pretty awesome and challenging finishes, ...but the fretboard??!!! Wow, that's biting off a chunk. Gonna look amazing when you're done.

[nightfall]

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Any pictures to share?

Not yet, Parts haven't arrived! But here's one I'm just finishing up:

[jon the art guy]

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How are you going to do this neck, man? I'm so curious. Is it as "simple" as laying it down with the epoxy and make sure it's smooth as heck, or are you pulling frets for this? Are you sanding the fretboard down to get it lower or something?

I'd love to do something weird with a fretboard as well. I can't think of a more odd fretboard treatment at this point than what you're going to do...

[treyhaislip]

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Dude, what an awesome project! Please keep us posted with the pics!

[kramersteen]

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Kramersteen, you do some pretty awesome and challenging finishes, ...but the fretboard??!!! Wow, that's biting off a chunk. Gonna look amazing when you're done.

Thanks.

Dude, what an awesome project! Please keep us posted with the pics!

And thank you.

How are you going to do this neck, man? I'm so curious. Is it as "simple" as laying it down with the epoxy and make sure it's smooth as heck, or are you pulling frets for this? Are you sanding the fretboard down to get it lower or something?

I'd love to do something weird with a fretboard as well. I can't think of a more odd fretboard treatment at this point than what you're going to do...

No epoxy. just wood glue, sanding sealer and the clear of choice. It will be applied once the frets have been installed. The rest i will show you as i go.

[Ashurbanipal]

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Certainly coming together. Has the neck pu simulator turned up yet?

[T ROCKER]

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Wow . . . Even without the map concept (which is awesome, BTW), the body shape and design is wicked. I'm gonna enjoy this thread !

[kramersteen]

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Certainly coming together. Has the neck pu simulator turned up yet?

Still waiting. I thought i would just make this a single hum as i dont think you can use the neck sim with just one pickup. But if anyone wouldlike to tell me otherwise that would be great haha.

Wow . . . Even without the map concept (which is awesome, BTW), the body shape and design is wicked. I'm gonna enjoy this thread !

Thanks Mate. It actually balances really well.You can sit it on you lap in the playing position and it just stays without diving. Still early days but i have a good feeling its going to work well.

[kramersteen]

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i have managed to mount the humbucker into the body. I dont like the idea of using screws that go into the timber so i utilized a humbucker base plate mounted to the bottom. I had to grind down and smooth out about 10mm off each of the height screws. This way you can adjust the height as normal. unlike the dumb fu-tone mounting system where you need to actually remove the pickup to adjust the plate height itself.







You can see here how i hae removed the thread so it can slide easily.



If you watch this video you will see how they adjust the height of the pickup. With my system you just modsome cheap height screws and you can do it as normal. You could even do that to you fu tone setup.

Fail

[kramersteen]

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Here are some more pictures so everyone knows exactly what i am on about. I had a spare base plate laying around here but You can buy spare base plates from stewmac.

[Jocelyn]

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^ This is a realy nice way to mount the pup. Something diff and very practical.

[Jocelyn]

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^ This is a realy nice way to mount the pup. Something diff and very practical. I too never liked the idea of running pickup screws directly into the wood.

[kramersteen]

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^ This is a realy nice way to mount the pup. Something diff and very practical. I too never liked the idea of running pickup screws directly into the wood.

Thanks. I was considering drilling out the threads in the humbucker before i realized it would be easier to just modify the screw.

I also had to shorten the screws and springs but other than thats i think its an easy mod.

Very vault worthy imo hehe.