Scott the F is implicit BaxterJan 1

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Fret crowning.

Are there tools or techniques I can use to do a better job?

I've been using this three-sided file from 'zon, trying to only work the sides, but I have some really low frets that I didn't get very round, and they buzz a little.

I'd rather not pay $110 for a Z-file from stewmac.

(My vision is bad and getting worse; patience is bad but getting better.)

Scott the F is implicit BaxterDec 29

Bridge upgrade on the lawsuit SG.

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Scott the F is implicit BaxterDec 27

Fret level for Angrus, the lawsuit SG.
Neck has a bit of back bow near the 7th fret on the treble side, even with the truss rod slack.

(Dag old 50-yo early Japanese electrics aren't perfect today grumble grumble.)

More level, and definitely more shiny.
Now for pickguard and strings. Maybe a snack.

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Scott the F is implicit BaxterDec 13

It's done!
(apart from an eventual fret level)
Waiting for the rest of the house to wake up so that I can try it with an amp, but everything works.
Its name is Angrus, in honor of the guy who made every aspiring guitar player want a red SG.

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Show threadScott the F is implicit BaxterDec 12

Drill, baby. No wires yet, but places to mount the stuff have been secured.

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Scott the F is implicit BaxterDec 11
So, the #brain needed hours to re-devise a series/parallel switch. I think I have it. Now to follow a ten step plan to put it somewhere, connect everything, get phase right, yada, yada.
Drill press in the basement.
I have another project that requires a climbing rope.
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Scott the F is implicit BaxterNov 25
ruined another pickup, trying to fit its bobbin into the old pickup. I think I ruined the old pickup, too.
So I said "f--- it," and crammed a cheap neck humbucker in there. Sounds like crap (I may change cap and pots for it, or replace it), but it fits.
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Scott the F is implicit BaxterNov 17
Do you know what kind of lever goes on this vibrato tailpiece from a Japanese lawsuit SG from around 1970?
Can you show me a picture of one?
Bonus would be where I could get one. And a proper bridge. And a bridge pickup.
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Scott the F is implicit BaxterNov 9
Going to try making a neck cradle or radiused block by passing a board over the table saw diagonally.
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Scott the F is implicit BaxterNov 5
Dowelled the strap button hole of the entry-level "Assassin by BGuitars" strat copy I got recently. It's pretty solid now.
(good, cheap, pretty: pick two)
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