Re: Whats on your work bench?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:53 pm
Last 3 days off work, Been finishing tru oil on last 2 bodies, 3-4 thin coats total.
adding vintage tuners to 3 new necks,
assembling those 7.25 necks to bodies, trying to ensure best 2-7/32 bridge and "E to e" string layout on new necks. They all have plenty of room.
Been moving loaded pickguards w/ best pups into these new bodies, from my other Squire CVs, which will sell soon.
New nuts all finished for good intonation between open and 1st fret,
Final set up on all 4.
White CV 50 body with new 7.25 neck has 54mm Wilkinson 5+1 bridge which fit the former Squier 2-1/16 screw holes with the exception of needing to fill and redrill the low-E hole. All 5 others fell within 5+1 oval screw holes I like the 54 mm string spacing very much.This guitar now has CS 69's. I had a former set with 6 ohm CS69's and a hooter D-Allen bridge. Those in neck and mid lost too much of the glassy-ness I like CS69s for. ( the 6.0 reading is rare for CS69, I think. Most I've had were less than 5.5 ohm) Moved one of my two 6.0 to bridge position and went back to my other older 5.3 ones for neck and mid. The glassy-ness is back in neck and mid and 6.0 sounds good for bridge. I'll have a duplicate set to give, in another white partscaster, to a good friend's son who is getting into playing electric.
The 3 new bodies ring-out really well. I wonder if the strings ring better with more space between them. And/or, good light alder bodies.
These have Klein 65, Klein 59, and a Amalfitano custom ordered set.
I have 3 branding irons. Buffalo, galloping horse, and cat shaped. I may fire brand these new bodies before too long. Maybe just the backsides, and/or headstocks. Could make buffalo and horse herds.
adding vintage tuners to 3 new necks,
assembling those 7.25 necks to bodies, trying to ensure best 2-7/32 bridge and "E to e" string layout on new necks. They all have plenty of room.
Been moving loaded pickguards w/ best pups into these new bodies, from my other Squire CVs, which will sell soon.
New nuts all finished for good intonation between open and 1st fret,
Final set up on all 4.
White CV 50 body with new 7.25 neck has 54mm Wilkinson 5+1 bridge which fit the former Squier 2-1/16 screw holes with the exception of needing to fill and redrill the low-E hole. All 5 others fell within 5+1 oval screw holes I like the 54 mm string spacing very much.This guitar now has CS 69's. I had a former set with 6 ohm CS69's and a hooter D-Allen bridge. Those in neck and mid lost too much of the glassy-ness I like CS69s for. ( the 6.0 reading is rare for CS69, I think. Most I've had were less than 5.5 ohm) Moved one of my two 6.0 to bridge position and went back to my other older 5.3 ones for neck and mid. The glassy-ness is back in neck and mid and 6.0 sounds good for bridge. I'll have a duplicate set to give, in another white partscaster, to a good friend's son who is getting into playing electric.
The 3 new bodies ring-out really well. I wonder if the strings ring better with more space between them. And/or, good light alder bodies.
These have Klein 65, Klein 59, and a Amalfitano custom ordered set.
I have 3 branding irons. Buffalo, galloping horse, and cat shaped. I may fire brand these new bodies before too long. Maybe just the backsides, and/or headstocks. Could make buffalo and horse herds.