Relay for Life Tele

axmaker · May 18th, 2008, 10:52 PM

i built and donated one last year for the raffle, and figured i could use some good karma, and do another one this year. i will be purple again (the survivor color), also with purple inlays. here are some foto's so far:

since my laser cutter is not set up yet i'll have to cut these inlays the old way with a dowel cutting bit.

the inlays installed in the fingerboard, and truss rod installed in the neck.

fingerboard glued on. tile setter's use these little wedges , and i like them for making sure the fretboard/neck blank joint is tight. plus glue doen't stick to them.

the neck with the side dots glued. also the roughed out body.

boris bubbanov · May 18th, 2008, 11:03 PM

Excellent!

axmaker · May 20th, 2008, 11:58 PM

the neck is ready to carve this weekend, and the body is almost ready to spray, so i started on the pickups. i'm using an ABS strat bobbin for the neck. i was going to go traditional, but i hope some kid gets this in the raffle, and i doubt today's youth listens to buck and/or don rich albums. that said, most of the pickup work will be the bridge pup. it is a stew mac kit, but their magnets are lame, even after charging. i used long (and way more powerful) alnico 4 magnets for this one.

1. setting the bobbin height.
2. since the G string is always louder, i like to knock down that pole a little. did it with a plate jointer biscut.
3. using a form with wax paper underneath, i put hot glue in between the poles. this does two things. hold the pickup together better, and helps keep the pup from squealin'. plus it will heat up a bit and rebond with the coil when i vacuum pot the pickup.
4. the bobbins ready for winding, and one of my finished tele bridge blades.

rednwhiteblues · May 21st, 2008, 12:40 AM

where can one find the bit you used to make those inlays? i've been trying to find something like that forever!

Nick JD · May 21st, 2008, 02:28 AM

Awesome. The value of karma-credit, and the peace of mind it brings cannot be got by any other means.

What's the Relay for Life? Cancer research?

EDIT: Found it.

Telehackster · May 21st, 2008, 03:15 AM

Good for you, axmaker!

axmaker · May 21st, 2008, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rednwhiteblues

where can one find the bit you used to make those inlays? i've been trying to find something like that forever!

at home depot or OSH. they are over by the joint dowels. good luck....

Buckocaster51 · May 21st, 2008, 07:31 AM

Cool!

Pickups are one of the great mysteries of life to me.

Thanks for sharing.

J.Rodney · May 21st, 2008, 07:36 AM

Excellent--I have played a couple of benefit shows for there relays,I think it is a good organization,cancer research has come along way in the last few years.go to one of there relays for life and you will see lots and lots of cancer survivors.Hats off to you axman for your contribution.

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axmaker · May 25th, 2008, 06:35 PM

carving the neck:

find sanding the radius:

nothin' like a cheap bender made out of screen door parts for bending the fretwire:

pressing the frets in:

Karmov · May 25th, 2008, 08:17 PM

Wow! Now that's a build from scratch :) No photos of you forging the pole pieces though?

Seriously though. Fantastic reason to build a guitar. I'm sure most if not all of us have a cause that's near and dear to our hearts. I applaud your efforts.
Adding to the karma reserve is never a bad idea.

Buckocaster51 · May 25th, 2008, 08:20 PM

Really truly not kidding this time for sure...one of these days I am going to build a neck.

outbreak · May 25th, 2008, 08:26 PM

always good to see someone helping charaties,althought it makes me feel like an ass for not doing anything to help

axmaker · May 26th, 2008, 10:36 PM

ahh look at those purple inlays, this neck be finished...

getbent · May 26th, 2008, 10:42 PM

Russ, that is a cool picture! Your work is... just stunning.

Buckocaster51 · May 26th, 2008, 10:54 PM

Ah...purple!

Good on you for doing that.

Geo · May 27th, 2008, 08:02 PM

That is a fine and wonderful guitar there for a great cause.
Mrs and I did the 2am to end walk here for it and raised a
good bit with the rest of the group.

axmaker · May 30th, 2008, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geo

That is a fine and wonderful guitar there for a great cause.
Mrs and I did the 2am to end walk here for it and raised a
good bit with the rest of the group.

tks geo. hope you and the mrs. do the walk again this year.

tuuur · May 30th, 2008, 07:21 AM

One day... one day... I'll be able to make my own guitar necks...

(or not)

Fantastic work, mr. Axmaker!

axmaker · June 2nd, 2008, 12:04 AM

body all primed, almost ready for metalic purple paint...

axmaker · June 7th, 2008, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick JD

Awesome. The value of karma-credit, and the peace of mind it brings cannot be got by any other means.

What's the Relay for Life? Cancer research?

EDIT: Found it.

May 18th, 2008, 10:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
axmaker Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakley, CA Age: 45 Posts: 161 2 Photos	Relay for Life Tele i built and donated one last year for the raffle, and figured i could use some good karma, and do another one this year. i will be purple again (the survivor color), also with purple inlays. here are some foto's so far: since my laser cutter is not set up yet i'll have to cut these inlays the old way with a dowel cutting bit. the inlays installed in the fingerboard, and truss rod installed in the neck. fingerboard glued on. tile setter's use these little wedges , and i like them for making sure the fretboard/neck blank joint is tight. plus glue doen't stick to them. the neck with the side dots glued. also the roughed out body. __________________ It is never too late to be on time....

May 18th, 2008, 11:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 5,910	Excellent! __________________ Bubban0v

May 20th, 2008, 11:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
axmaker Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakley, CA Age: 45 Posts: 161 2 Photos	Pups the neck is ready to carve this weekend, and the body is almost ready to spray, so i started on the pickups. i'm using an ABS strat bobbin for the neck. i was going to go traditional, but i hope some kid gets this in the raffle, and i doubt today's youth listens to buck and/or don rich albums. that said, most of the pickup work will be the bridge pup. it is a stew mac kit, but their magnets are lame, even after charging. i used long (and way more powerful) alnico 4 magnets for this one. 1. setting the bobbin height. 2. since the G string is always louder, i like to knock down that pole a little. did it with a plate jointer biscut. 3. using a form with wax paper underneath, i put hot glue in between the poles. this does two things. hold the pickup together better, and helps keep the pup from squealin'. plus it will heat up a bit and rebond with the coil when i vacuum pot the pickup. 4. the bobbins ready for winding, and one of my finished tele bridge blades. __________________ It is never too late to be on time....

May 21st, 2008, 12:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
rednwhiteblues TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chico, CA Age: 20 Posts: 48 6 Photos	where can one find the bit you used to make those inlays? i've been trying to find something like that forever! __________________ "I'm in the right place at the wrong time..." - Jack White III My Walnut Thinline Build

May 21st, 2008, 02:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
Nick JD Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2007 Location: North NSW, Australia Age: 35 Posts: 1,645	Awesome. The value of karma-credit, and the peace of mind it brings cannot be got by any other means. What's the Relay for Life? Cancer research? EDIT: Found it. __________________ It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. W. Somerset Maugham

May 21st, 2008, 03:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
Telehackster Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas, USA Age: 42 Posts: 731	Good for you, axmaker!

May 21st, 2008, 07:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,305 1 Photos	Cool! Pickups are one of the great mysteries of life to me. Thanks for sharing. __________________ "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

May 21st, 2008, 07:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
J.Rodney Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Louisiana Age: 49 Posts: 144	Excellent--I have played a couple of benefit shows for there relays,I think it is a good organization,cancer research has come along way in the last few years.go to one of there relays for life and you will see lots and lots of cancer survivors.Hats off to you axman for your contribution.

May 21st, 2008, 11:02 AM	#10 (permalink)
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May 25th, 2008, 06:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
axmaker Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakley, CA Age: 45 Posts: 161 2 Photos	carving the neck: find sanding the radius: nothin' like a cheap bender made out of screen door parts for bending the fretwire: pressing the frets in:

May 25th, 2008, 08:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
Karmov NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Halifax Posts: 5	Wow! Now that's a build from scratch :) No photos of you forging the pole pieces though? Seriously though. Fantastic reason to build a guitar. I'm sure most if not all of us have a cause that's near and dear to our hearts. I applaud your efforts. Adding to the karma reserve is never a bad idea.

May 25th, 2008, 08:20 PM	#13 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,305 1 Photos	Really truly not kidding this time for sure...one of these days I am going to build a neck. __________________ "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

May 25th, 2008, 08:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
outbreak Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Australia Age: 20 Posts: 410	always good to see someone helping charaties,althought it makes me feel like an ass for not doing anything to help __________________ '07 MIM std tele '07 Epiphone Studio Dot '04ish J&D Luthiers LP copy '07 VOX ad50vt

May 26th, 2008, 10:36 PM	#15 (permalink)
axmaker Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakley, CA Age: 45 Posts: 161 2 Photos	ahh look at those purple inlays, this neck be finished...

May 26th, 2008, 10:42 PM	#16 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Age: 48 Posts: 8,517 37 Photos	Russ, that is a cool picture! Your work is... just stunning. __________________ I'll be the boy in the corduroy pants You be the girl at the high school dance Run with me wherever I go And just play dumb, whatever you know

May 26th, 2008, 10:54 PM	#17 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,305 1 Photos	Ah...purple! Good on you for doing that. __________________ "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

May 27th, 2008, 08:02 PM	#18 (permalink)
Geo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hendersonville, TN Age: 59 Posts: 2,431 15 Photos	That is a fine and wonderful guitar there for a great cause. Mrs and I did the 2am to end walk here for it and raised a good bit with the rest of the group. __________________ "Somewhere between culture and agriculture"

May 30th, 2008, 07:21 AM	#20 (permalink)
tuuur Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: the Netherlands Age: 39 Posts: 816 7 Photos	One day... one day... I'll be able to make my own guitar necks... (or not) Fantastic work, mr. Axmaker! __________________ If we all take the backseat, who's gonna drive? - Fred Cole http://www.myspace.com/daggermoon

June 2nd, 2008, 12:04 AM	#21 (permalink)
axmaker Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakley, CA Age: 45 Posts: 161 2 Photos	body all primed, almost ready for metalic purple paint... __________________ It is never too late to be on time....

June 12th, 2008, 10:05 PM	#23 (permalink)
axmaker Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakley, CA Age: 45 Posts: 161 2 Photos	It's Purple still needs a little rubbing out but it's purple. in this foto i'm checking some of the layout. have to finish it by the 20th. __________________ It is never too late to be on time....

June 17th, 2008, 10:04 PM	#24 (permalink)
axmaker Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakley, CA Age: 45 Posts: 161 2 Photos	It's Finished just have to wax it up a bit more, then take it to the "Relay for Life" committe for the raffle. __________________ It is never too late to be on time....

June 17th, 2008, 10:10 PM	#25 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,305