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My Trading Feedback | You Bring The Band
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youFor some reason I'd be trying Rickenbacker pickups on it if it was my build -partly just for the hell of it but also because it kind of looks like it would lend itself to them.
Onto that pesky bridge. Much of what Schaller have provided here is not helpful - including some quite obscure router bit and drill sizes! But what IS helpful is the clear template they provide:
You position it and then use a sharp point to pierce through to the wood for the drilling positions. A drill press is essential for this task!
I did the drilling and routing (except two where I don't have the right sized drill!) and added my extra routed slot to accommodate the piezo wires:
Call me picky, but it wouldn't hurt Schaller to add this to the instructions and the template, surely??
Anyway, my drilling and routing is clearly getting more accurate because to my great surprise, it fits!
The two holes I don't have the drill for are for the two fixing bolt ferrules. I'll get hold of one from Axminster on my next order - it isn't going to hold anything up. Anyway, you can see broadly how it's going to fit:
One thing I am grateful for - if I understand the Crimson Youtube feature correctly (which also doesn't mention the piezo version), Schaller have stopped supplying a back block and now supply individual ferrules at the back...WHICH ALL HAVE TO BE INDIVIDUALLY EARTHED! Thank heavens for small mercies!
Anyway, the really exciting thing is that I can soon start the top carve
It looks good so far
connecting the individual ferrules isn;t as hard as it sounds. I have done it a few times on fanned fret builds with graphtech saddles. I remember thinking it was going to be really difficult but it really wasn't
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It's my favourite bit and I have to curb my enthusiasm so I don't overdo anything.
I tidied up the outline a touch to be able to incorporate a couple of passing respectful nods to the Alembic style and then started to add some of the other features, such as the 'sucked lozenge' ( @impmann 's very descriptive phrase) cutaway.
Over the next day or so, @impmann and I will discuss exactly what curves want to be where
The time when I've got to start radiusing that pesky fretboard draws closer!
Imagine the holes filled and dark rather than open and light, but this is where the front currently is:
Here's the back:
And here's the player's viewpoint:
And here's the deranged fan getting uncomfortably close to the player 's viewpoint: