93 lp studio project

[crabbdaddy]

BTW - i want to thank everybody for their input - it is much appreciated!!! without this forum and sully's youtube channel i would have never attempted this project

[crabbdaddy]

shtdaprdtr ... wow .. after reading this post many times ..... it sounds like a great idea!! ill have to look up the binding router bit and do more research but triple creme pickups and binding with a natural back.. sounds very very nice.. not sure on the ABR-1 tune-o-matic and the brass machine screws.. but ill do more research on that... and also on ... "When you do the top...carefully use a heat gun but not too close to the neck as it may soften the glue...I would 2 finger sand the waist area of the carved top to make it a little more promounced like a 59...when you shoot a color on it...it would pop like crazy."

thanks shtdaprdtr

Originally Posted by shtdaprdtr

if paint is sitting in some gouges...I would use the mini wire wheels that come with dremel kits...then fill it because you dont want to sand the cutaway any bigger...colorwise, since the top edges looked screwed...I would get the archtop binding router bit from stewmac...paint the guitar ivory white with a LP custom multiply binding on the top...kinda like the new EVH wolfgangs or gibson classic customs....maybe even solid mount the pickups with no rings like the wolfgang or BFG les pauls...plug the nashville bridge posts and drill for an ABR-1 tune-o-matic, all gold by the way, then use 2" long brass machine screws (cutting the heads off) as the studs for the bridge..going as deep as you can...the sustain will be insane. When you do the top...carefully use a heat gun but not too close to the neck as it may soften the glue...I would 2 finger sand the waist area of the carved top to make it a little more promounced like a 59...when you shoot a color on it...it would pop like crazy.

[shtdaprdtr]

hows everything coming along?

[crabbdaddy]

Originally Posted by shtdaprdtr

hows everything coming along?

slow... may have time to work on it this weekend....

[crabbdaddy]

i picked up a Ace bell truss rod cover off of a Gibson Ace Model - even if its a copy - its nice!

[crabbdaddy]

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Originally Posted by crabbdaddy

ok - so if i am heading down the path of 3 pickups - this is my list of items - for the middle pickup route

Humbucker Pickup Routing Template at Stewart-MacDonald
humbucker pickup routing template

Ball Bearing Router Bits at Stewart-MacDonald
ball-bearing router bits

i already have the router - just never used it
porter cable model 694VK
Delta Machinery|Porter Cable Product Details for 1-3/4 HP (Maximum Motor HP) Variable-Speed Multi-Base Router Kit - Model # 694VK
fixed base and plunge base

[j.six]

yep. get those!

sully

[crabbdaddy]

Originally Posted by j.six

yep. get those!

sully

thanks sully!
ordered today 8.02.09 - should have them next week.

[nicolasrivera]

I'm looking forward to this project, i'm doing a studio my self right now.

[crabbdaddy]

great! im in a holding pattern at the moment... looking into some robot parts and finding time to work on the lp studio... i should be back on the project in the next few weeks. if not earlier

[Tom]

Originally Posted by crabbdaddy

i have a question about the bushing seating - should they be flush with the body?
notice how they are above the body in the pic - thanks for any help__

No they should just sit above as there's a lip on the top that's wider than the drill hole (see pic). So what you've got looks fine.