Photondev's 2021 Brotherhood build - one pickup plank

[beerguy]

I routed the pickup cavity

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I ordered also a cream soapbar

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Or the black dogear

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I like both .....

Also drilled the channel to ground the bridge, plus the channel for the pickup to the controls cavity

I like the cleaner look of the soapbar. I think the choice of a cream or black cover would depend on the color the body will be.

 

[RickyRicardo]

I like the cleaner look of the soapbar. I think the choice of a cream or black cover would depend on the color the body will be.

Agreed. I've never liked the look of dogears.

 

[photondev]

I haven't had a chance to continue working on this project.. Very likely I am going for the dogears, I like them and I don't have any guitars with it.

My other Junior, one of my favorites and made from the same batch of Spanish Cedar, has a pair of soapbars .....

 

[crazydave911]

Lol oh well, voted down again. Now what you do without me to know what you DON'T wanna do

 

[photondev]

Lol oh well, voted down again. Now what you do without me to know what you DON'T wanna do

LOL, you figured it out

 

[crazydave911]

LOL, you figured it out

 

[photondev]

I Started finish sanding, and also wanted to check the grain with naphtha. A natural or transparent finish starts to look like a good candidate

 

[crazydave911]

Yes it does , and few have that

 

[photondev]

Yes it does , and few have that

I think black pickup covers would look better, I ordered a couple

I wish I hadn't done that large tenon, I have some ideas about how to hide it ....

 

[beerguy]

I think black pickup covers would look better, I ordered a couple

I wish I hadn't done that large tenon, I have some ideas about how to hide it ....

Pickguard? Extended fretboard?

 

[guitarbuilder]

Les paul junior style pickguard....


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[Captain Nutslot]

I think black pickup covers would look better, I ordered a couple

I wish I hadn't done that large tenon, I have some ideas about how to hide it ....

Looks excellent, black covers would look cool too. Pick guard will cover it if ya want but I would consider tapping in to a neck pup... you can dooo it :

 

[photondev]

Thanks for the suggestions, I normally don't like pickguards, but that is a great option.

Looks excellent, black covers would look cool too. Pick guard will cover it if ya want but I would consider tapping in to a neck pup... you can dooo it :

Thanks! I have thought from the beginning of adding a neck pup, but it goes against the original one pup spec.

 

[Freeman Keller]

I have thought from the beginning of adding a neck pup, but it goes against the original one pup spec.

As someone who plays mostly on the neck pickup I would throw the specifications out the window.

 

[photondev]

I ordered some black P90 covers, they really don't fit exactly.

 

[photondev]

As someone who plays mostly on the neck pickup I would throw the specifications out the window.

I hear you. I also have thought about putting a P90 in the neck and a humbucker in the bridge position.

 

[Freeman Keller]

I don't own a P90 guitar but have had a buddies 68 Goldtop Reissue for a few days - he wanted me to do some minor work on it. I find myself using the neck pickup a lot - I like the complexity and warmth much more than the bridge. On my jazz guitar (two Beneditto humbuckers) I find I play with the switch in the middle but only a little bridge added - again, I like the lush sounds of the neck. Only you know how you play but limiting your options seems like a bad choice.

I get real nervous mixing types of pickups - I'm not smart enough to get all the components correct so they are well balanced. Here is the goldtop, my lester and a vintage Gibson tube amp

 

[crazydave911]

Hmmm

 

[solfege]

White pickup cover, black or tort (red or brown) Jr. guard and done. It'll be beautiful and the thing you were looking to make, a simple axe that you use to explore the possibilities of that one P90, placed just so.

 

[wadeeinkauf]

I think black pickup covers would look better, I ordered a couple

I wish I hadn't done that large tenon, I have some ideas about how to hide it ....

If the visible tenon bugs you this is an easy way to fix it if you have a bit of lumber left over from the body build. Inlay a ¼ thick piece from the end of the fretboard to the pickup cavity the width of the tenon. I have done this a couple of times on problems in this area since I do not like using pickguards.