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Frets N Worries
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Looking amazing! Can't wait to see the finished project!
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Gerinski
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Thanks buddy, I can't wait either! |
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Epignosis
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This was fascinating to scroll through. I appreciate the photos. I hope it is the instrument of your dreams. If you don't mind disclosing, what did this set you back?
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Gerinski
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A lot of money... I chose all first-class components and selected the best among the local luthiers, at the end of the day it's gonna be close to 4,000 €.
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Epignosis
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I don't wish to purchase one at this time.
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Gerinski
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Well this is going to be the last progress update before the final product. The only missing things are the covers of the electronics cavities, the cover of the trussrod in the headstock, and installing the strings and final testing and adjustment.
Designing the trussrod cover with the guitar name And testing the engraving of the name |
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Gerinski
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The guitar is finally finished!! I have to say that I'm very pleased with the work by the luthier, we have been working together in this project for a few months and he has always been very receptive to my ideas while giving me wise advice when my ideas were not so good. He is quite a perfectionist and the finished guitar looks and feels great.
And it sounds great too! Quite oriented to hard / heavy playing but with a modern sound, and it sounds also great when played clean. I also appreciate that it makes no background noise at all. Now I just need to re-learn to play, since it's been quite many years without playing. I'm posting here a lot of pics The guitar came out a bit heavier than I would have liked, the mahogany used for the body wings is very dense, 4.032 kg (8.89 lbs). And here it is finally in my "guitars wall", now it's time to play!! |
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Atavachron
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What a beauty !
My only concern (if it were me) is it looks a bit on the heavy & bulky side. But if that suits you, then it definitely looks like something you'd see in a dream. Congratulations. |
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Gerinski
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Thanks buddy! If you check the last pic, my "guitars wall", you can see that it's not that big in terms of body size, compared to the other 2 electrics (the blue one is a Carvin DC-135 and the red one is an Aria Pro-II CS-350, and the bass (A Peavey Fury II). However the body is somewhat thicker, and the mahogany used for the body wings is surely denser and therefore heavier than the poplar of the Carvin or the ash of the Aria. I would have liked it to be a bit lighter, because I don't play gigs but sometimes we rehearse for 3 or 4 hours. But now it is what it is, and in any case it's not obscenely heavy, as I said 4.032 kg or 8.89 lbs, around the weight of a PRS or a Gibson ES-335 and even a bit lighter than a standard Les Paul.
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Atavachron
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Right-- as a knife & watch enthusiast, I've become acutely aware of weight and size as it relates to carrying.
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Frets N Worries
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Looks amazing! How does it sound?!
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97mgg
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What a fantastic read! Gerinski I hope you really enjoy your magical creation :)
Would love to tinker on something too, but don't have access to a decent workspace anymore. Have toyed with kit guitars in the past which was fun... but the current project is kind of on old. Attempting to make a midi guitar since the Misa Kitara died on me lol.
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Gerinski
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Thanks!
The Cygnus X-1 feels and plays very nicely, the action is set very low but there is no fret buzz at all. The frets are nicely polished and the feel is very smooth, also when bending. I had never played with EMG active pickups and indeed they have a very good output power. I also appreciate that it makes no background noise at all, certainly less than my Carvin. I will need to learn to feel when the batteries start to fade out, which is a little concern. Originally I had thought about integrating a low-bat led indicator but the luthier discouraged me from doing so since he says that they are not really accurate and that I will learn to feel it in the sound. I still need to discover a lot in terms of sound, especially coupled with my effects pedalboard (a Yamaha GW50). I chose a pickups switching scheme with individual toggle switches for each pickup, the 2 humbuckers have 3 positions off / single / humbucker, and the middle single coil has off / on. This means that selecting a certain combination is a bit slower than with a 3 or 5 way switch, but it allows for many more possible combinations, so I will have to experiment quite a bit with all of them. I play with 0.009 - 0.046 strings so the tone is hybrid, with bright high frequencies and mid-low bottom. At first impression it sounds very good, rather oriented to hard / heavy playing but with a modern sound, and when played clean it sounds very nice too, of course it's a superstrat, it will never sound as a semi-hollow guitar, but it sounds pretty nice and warm for this kind of guitar. |
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I've been following this thread in silence, but with interest. Thanks for sharing this nice project with us, the result is beautiful. I hope you will find a lot of joy playing it! |
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Gerinski
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Thank you!
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Davesax1965
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Briefly back here - nicely done, Gerinski !
Here's some Partscasters I've built over the years. |
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Davesax1965
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This is the Telecaster, finished.
Whilst none of these are "from first principles", the key to any guitar is the fit and setup, and it's occasionally a nightmare. ;-) Most of the problems I had were from bolt on necks, so a through neck seemed a very good way to go for you. Anyway, congratulations. I know how frustrating guitar builds can be, but the satisfaction of playing your own self built instrument at the end is wonderful. Well done. :-) |
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Gerinski
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Thank you! Yes, the investment in money and time are very significant, but I'm very pleased with the final result
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