COMPLETED, The Scattesquire

[Scatter Lee]

just sat that baby in my lap for the first time, fells so nice, just perfect, weighs in at 7 lb 12 oz right now

 

[JohnnyAtomic]

that doubleneck is sweet.

Johnny

 

[Thomme]

I don't know how much a quality contribution this may be, but I'd like to suggest you do some different tuning on the shorter neck. It really depends on what you intend to play on it, but if you were to tune it like a 5th or 7th higher than a standard guitar, you could play some nice jangly chords. I doubt that's really the intention with the esquier pickup setup on the shortscale side, but, that's just my two cents on it. Yours builds are just godly, Scatter. I would give my left arm to be able to build guitars like that... of course then I wouldn't be able to play... so, that's a pretty bad catch 22.

 

[hotgoalie11565]

Very good stuff! I'm right in the middle of doing the same thing for a strat.

 

[Scatter Lee]

well I made this today for the double neck, the screws that came with this switch had such big heads that no matter how you attached it the knob would jam into the screw heads and pretty much made it a two way switch, but it's a four way, so I had to buy some flat head screws and grind them down to oval heads and all is good

 

[Scatter Lee]

new string ferrules 8 cents each

 

[Scatter Lee]

got the body done so...

then I made new templates off the finished body

 

[Scatter Lee]

worked the little neck today

 

[Scatter Lee]

gave em a coat of clear lacquer

I'll work on them a little more tonight

 

[Scatter Lee]

nice day for a boat ride, comeon hop on

 

[Scatter Lee]

waiting on frets and tuners for this one but it's not for the challange anyway,
my good camera bit the dust so here are some bad still pics from the handycam

 

[Jack Wells]

What ................. you don't make your own tuners?

 

[partscasteruk]

Really loving the competition so far! Mr Scatter Lee, yours is the thread I've been most captivated by but I'm just so in awe of all you guys...

 

[Scatter Lee]

What ................. you don't make your own tuners?

someday, hey I'm new at this

 

[Scatter Lee]

OK folks I'm all done with this, no more fun time, gotta get back to workin,

I burned up a saber saw
broke the dremel
burned up a drill
my most used drill bit makes more smoke than sawdust
my hacksaw blade dont have many teeth left
router bits are a bit burnt
and the camera quit working

but its been fun for sure

here's my final pics

 

[Scatter Lee]

I did get some strap buttons on

 

[Scatter Lee]

total weight = 6lbs 13oz



Neck.............................hand made, scrap wood
Truss Rod.....................hand made from metal rods----------------$3.75
Tuners, w/Screws...........................................ebay------------$19.95
Bone Nut Blank................................................ebay-------------$0.85
Body..............................hand made, scrap wood
Neck Mounting Plate, w/ Screws.........................ebay-------------$1.42
Strap Buttons w/ Screws..................................ebay-------------$3.14
Pickguard......................hand made from scrap fiberglass
Pickguard Screws, Stainless.................................Lowes----------$1.35
Bridge Pickup
w/ Mounting Screws & Rubber Tubes......................ebay----------$17.00
2 Used Pots
w/ Caps & Nuts & Washers..................................ebay------------$5.00
Used Switch, 3 Way w/ Screws.......................parts box-----------$5.00
Used Control Plate w/ Screws..........................parts box--------- $5.00
2 Knobs.............................................................ebay---------$10.50
Bridge.............................hand made from scrap metal
Bridge Screws..................................................Ace-------------$0.48
Bridge Saddles................hand made from scrap bolt
Bridge Intonation & Height Screws..........................Ace-----------$1.35
Bridge Springs.......................from old retractable pens------------$0.15
Output Jack....................parts box-------------------------------$1.50
Output Jack Ferrule.............................................ebay----------$0.60
Output Jack Ferrule Screws...................................Ace-----------$0.10
Frets...................................................................ebay---------$8.99
Strings.................................................................Store--------$3.49

TOTAL..................................................................................$89.62

 

[Jack Wells]

Bravo................