Aries Guitar - Page 2

emoney · 01-23-2012, 05:33 AM

I just enjoy coming back to this thread. I am blown away by this build, so thanks for
sharing.

romaen · 01-23-2012, 11:49 AM

Routing of the body edge

romaen · 01-25-2012, 01:47 PM

That's the older and bigger brother:

Routing the channel for the trussrod

romaen · 01-26-2012, 03:05 PM

Trussrod filler glued in (curved)

Bruiser74 · 01-26-2012, 03:26 PM

She sounds great!

romaen · 01-28-2012, 02:19 AM

Thanks Bruiser74!

Routing of the neck edges using a perfectly straight laminated board as a guide.

Barnaby · 01-28-2012, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by romaen

Very, very nice bass!

Tardis · 01-28-2012, 10:00 PM

The bass is breathtaking. The Guitar takes everything else away. AWESOME work, Romaen

romaen · 01-29-2012, 03:09 AM

Thanks guys!

Glueing of the fingerboard using a few clamps...

Cheers,
Romaen

romaen · 02-01-2012, 02:25 PM

Pickup-winding on my hi-end winding-machine...

My splitcoils consist of two separate coils for bass and treble-strings with individual alnico 5 magnets. I used awg42 wire for the neck-pickup and awg43 for the bridge-pickup.

romaen · 02-04-2012, 03:59 AM

Pickups are wax-potted twice. First without covers and then a second time with covers mounted to eliminate any noise. Wax used was 80 % paraffin and 20 % beeswax.

romaen · 02-05-2012, 02:59 AM

Trimming of the fingerboard edges

romaen · 02-09-2012, 02:48 PM

Radiusing the fingerboard

Inlaying the dots (genuine mother of pearl)

romaen · 02-11-2012, 04:05 PM

Beveling the fretslot edges. Helps to seat the fretwire better.

Fretting. I'm using a little bit of titebond for lubrication and to fill any small gaps underneath the fretwire.

romaen · 02-12-2012, 04:13 AM

closing the fretslots with sawdust and superglue

free2rock · 02-12-2012, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Nice and clean! I like it.

romaen · 02-13-2012, 03:17 PM

Routing the backside of the neck

romaen · 02-15-2012, 02:46 PM

Template for the neck pocket... very tight

romaen · 02-17-2012, 11:45 AM

Neck pocket template in action.

A 2 degrees angle is needed for the pigtail bridge.

romaen · 02-19-2012, 04:35 AM

fits ...

romaen · 02-22-2012, 01:41 PM

Pickuproutings done

j.six · 02-22-2012, 03:59 PM

Yep, this has been a fun one to follow!

romaen · 02-23-2012, 11:57 AM

Bodyshaping

romaen · 02-25-2012, 04:07 AM

Top is getting curved with planes and excenter-sander.

j.six · 02-26-2012, 10:12 AM

Awesome. I was hoping it'd have a radius to the top. That shape really calls for it.

Sully

romaen · 03-01-2012, 12:01 PM

and some neck-shaping

I had to switch to rasps. The planes tore out some of the wood fibres of the curly maple.

romaen · 03-02-2012, 03:37 PM

Some of the body edges are being rounded.

romaen · 03-03-2012, 02:24 AM

More body shaping / edge rounding

romaen · 03-04-2012, 04:00 AM

...and even more rounding...

j.six · 03-04-2012, 08:50 AM

This thread makes me happy. I really like the body and headstock design; this may sound strange, but the guitar looks very friendly.

Sully

01-23-2012, 05:33 AM	#31 (permalink)
emoney Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Best weather in US--Clearwater, FL Posts: 3,468 Thanks: 14 Thanked 17 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar I just enjoy coming back to this thread. I am blown away by this build, so thanks for sharing. romaen likes this.

01-23-2012, 11:49 AM	#32 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Routing of the body edge __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

01-25-2012, 01:47 PM	#33 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar That's the older and bigger brother: Routing the channel for the trussrod Barnaby likes this. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

01-26-2012, 03:05 PM	#34 (permalink)
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01-26-2012, 03:26 PM	#35 (permalink)
Bruiser74 Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,038 Thanks: 96 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Aries Guitar She sounds great! romaen likes this.

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01-28-2012, 02:19 AM	#36 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Thanks Bruiser74! Routing of the neck edges using a perfectly straight laminated board as a guide. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

01-28-2012, 10:00 PM	#38 (permalink)
Tardis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 104 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar The bass is breathtaking. The Guitar takes everything else away. AWESOME work, Romaen romaen likes this.

01-29-2012, 03:09 AM	#39 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Thanks guys! Glueing of the fingerboard using a few clamps... Cheers, Romaen __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-01-2012, 02:25 PM	#40 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Pickup-winding on my hi-end winding-machine... My splitcoils consist of two separate coils for bass and treble-strings with individual alnico 5 magnets. I used awg42 wire for the neck-pickup and awg43 for the bridge-pickup. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-04-2012, 03:59 AM	#41 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Pickups are wax-potted twice. First without covers and then a second time with covers mounted to eliminate any noise. Wax used was 80 % paraffin and 20 % beeswax. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar Last edited by romaen; 02-05-2012 at 02:57 AM.

02-05-2012, 02:59 AM	#42 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Trimming of the fingerboard edges __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-09-2012, 02:48 PM	#43 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Radiusing the fingerboard Inlaying the dots (genuine mother of pearl) __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-11-2012, 04:05 PM	#44 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Beveling the fretslot edges. Helps to seat the fretwire better. Fretting. I'm using a little bit of titebond for lubrication and to fill any small gaps underneath the fretwire. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-12-2012, 04:13 AM	#45 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar closing the fretslots with sawdust and superglue Knarbens, w666 and Davio like this. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-13-2012, 03:17 PM	#47 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Routing the backside of the neck __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-15-2012, 02:46 PM	#48 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Template for the neck pocket... very tight __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-17-2012, 11:45 AM	#49 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Neck pocket template in action. A 2 degrees angle is needed for the pigtail bridge. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-19-2012, 04:35 AM	#50 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar fits ... __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-22-2012, 01:41 PM	#51 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Pickuproutings done Reverend D likes this. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-22-2012, 03:59 PM	#52 (permalink)
j.six Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: dallas, texas Posts: 1,786 Thanks: 18 Thanked 39 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Yep, this has been a fun one to follow! romaen likes this. __________________ "Dude, your garage looks so much bigger on the internet..." - C.Lynch "Hurry up you bastard I want to see this done!" - Doug Kauer www.sullyguitars.us - Built by Rock & Roll

02-23-2012, 11:57 AM	#53 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Bodyshaping __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-25-2012, 04:07 AM	#54 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Top is getting curved with planes and excenter-sander. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

02-26-2012, 10:12 AM	#55 (permalink)
j.six Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: dallas, texas Posts: 1,786 Thanks: 18 Thanked 39 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Awesome. I was hoping it'd have a radius to the top. That shape really calls for it. Sully __________________ "Dude, your garage looks so much bigger on the internet..." - C.Lynch "Hurry up you bastard I want to see this done!" - Doug Kauer www.sullyguitars.us - Built by Rock & Roll

03-01-2012, 12:01 PM	#56 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar and some neck-shaping I had to switch to rasps. The planes tore out some of the wood fibres of the curly maple. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

03-02-2012, 03:37 PM	#57 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar Some of the body edges are being rounded. __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

03-03-2012, 02:24 AM	#58 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar More body shaping / edge rounding __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

03-04-2012, 04:00 AM	#59 (permalink)
romaen Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar ...and even more rounding... __________________ Aries Guitar SG Swiss Guitar

03-04-2012, 08:50 AM	#60 (permalink)
j.six Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: dallas, texas Posts: 1,786 Thanks: 18 Thanked 39 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Aries Guitar This thread makes me happy. I really like the body and headstock design; this may sound strange, but the guitar looks very friendly. Sully Reverend D likes this. __________________ "Dude, your garage looks so much bigger on the internet..." - C.Lynch "Hurry up you bastard I want to see this done!" - Doug Kauer www.sullyguitars.us - Built by Rock & Roll

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