Finished Pics! SG-style in Yew

Milk · May 2020

il have to look at a tutorial on youtube, never done it. i presume this method is more effective than the paint

Andyjr1515 · May 2020

Milk said:

il have to look at a tutorial on youtube, never done it. i presume this method is more effective than the paint

A lot of folks get on fine with paint - although I think it depends on the paint. I just prefer copper foil because I know there is not going to be any doubt that it will work fine

merlin · May 2020

Deep want, even though I'm not an SG fan.... lovely instrument you've made there! Congratulations.

Andyjr1515 · May 2020

Thanks, folks!

I get the pickups tomorrow so am hoping this is fully finished by the end of this week.

Andyjr1515 · May 2020

Well - a small but important part:

It's the ebony truss rod cover I've just made. Important because it is the last made item to need to be made!

And the strings have arrived. And I picked up the pickups from Matt today.

So it's now just about assembly and setup. And I have a pretty clear day tomorrow

PeteC · May 2020

Just excellent all round - its been a pleasure watching this come together.
Any chance of some sound clips once the PUPs are in ?

Andyjr1515 · May 2020

PeteC said:

Just excellent all round - its been a pleasure watching this come together.
Any chance of some sound clips once the PUPs are in ?

Thanks!

I'll try - my hands have pretty much had it for playing nowadays (the joys of arthritis) but I'll see what I can do. Norma!ly, I could have invited a band member pop across to do a few clips but that's not possible at the moment.

Might be able to persuade Matt to record some stuff when I finally am able to get it to him

Andyjr1515 · May 2020

Forgive the dust on the headstock - I promise to give it a wipe-down before I do the fancy photos

- but put a couple of magnets on the trussrod cover:

Which hold it secure and straight:

Underneath the tip there is a tiny bevel sanded so that removal is just fingernail stuff:

Pickups and electrics are in and the 'first fit' is being done today and tomorrow.

Two things already picked up to tweak:
- now I've tried it with strings, the neck needs just a bit more shaving off the haunches

- the two pickups are out of phase in the middle position (although they sound great individually). As they are single conductor jobbies, it's an internal swop rather than just swopping the hot and return that you can do with a two-wire setup so I'll get one of them back to Matt to do the surgery.

But it's close enough to do a gratuitous photo or two

If the light is good in the morning, I'll do the arty-farty photos before I take the neck pickup out again as it won't really change in outward appearance from this point on

YellowLedBetterMan · May 2020

Andyjr1515 said:

Forgive the dust on the headstock - I promise to give it a wipe-down before I do the fancy photos - but put a couple of magnets on the trussrod cover:

Which hold it secure and straight:

Underneath the tip there is a tiny bevel sanded so that removal is just fingernail stuff:

Pickups and electrics are in and the 'first fit' is being done today and tomorrow.

Two things already picked up to tweak:
- now I've tried it with strings, the neck needs just a bit more shaving off the haunches

- the two pickups are out of phase in the middle position (although they sound great individually). As they are single conductor jobbies, it's an internal swop rather than just swopping the hot and return that you can do with a two-wire setup so I'll get one of them back to Matt to do the surgery.

But it's close enough to do a gratuitous photo or two

If the light is good in the morning, I'll do the arty-farty photos before I take the neck pickup out again as it won't really change in outward appearance from this point on

F*** me that's lovely. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you do make a good SG Andy

TheMarlin · May 2020

Stunning. Seriously impressed.

Andyjr1515 · May 2020

Thank you, folks

Always much appreciated.

Andyjr1515 · May 2020

OK - forgive the self-indulgence

As mentioned above, I've got to slim the haunches of the neck a touch and also get the neck pickup back to Matt to swop the wires round, but externally, this is done

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So here it is:

the_jaffa · May 2020

Beautiful

PhilKing · May 2020

It looks great, the figuring in the wood is fantastic and everything you've done with it complements that. I also happen to love neck through SG's, as you can play the full neck and not worry how strong the neck joint is. I'm sure the new owner will be very happy with it.

TheMarlin · May 2020

Awesome!

andyp · May 2020

That is absolutely stunning! Dream guitar stuff right there. I’ve loved this thread, thanks so much for all the posts and pics, it’s been great following this build.

Andy