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RIP Swinger Project (now with more Duo-Sonic!)
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:53 pm
by plopswagon
I was going to wait and post this when I was further down the road since I'm infamous for taking DECADES for projects but I was too exited.
Makin' teh template.
I should have more pics in July....
...2024.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:27 pm
by Doog
I always had a hunch that you were into swinging
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:52 pm
by plopswagon
(pats spot on couch next to where he's sitting)
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 9:54 pm
by NickS
What scale, and are you doing your own neck?
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:22 am
by plopswagon
24� scale, I’ll do two pups too.
My goal is to do my own neck. That should be completed in September of 2132.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:06 am
by sunshiner
That is dope. By the by, if you decide to go with an already made neck BYO guitars now offers Jag necks to your own specs for a relatively reasonable price
Lonk
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:11 am
by Doog
plopswagon wrote:(pats spot on couch next to where he's sitting)
Have I told you about my offset waist and contoured body?
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:22 am
by plopswagon
Doog wrote:plopswagon wrote:(pats spot on couch next to where he's sitting)
Have I told you about my offset waist and contoured body?
I'm more curious about that 9.5 inch radius you've been bragging about.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:41 am
by Doog
12"
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:45 pm
by plopswagon
sunshiner wrote:That is dope. By the by, if you decide to go with an already made neck BYO guitars now offers Jag necks to your own specs for a relatively reasonable price
Lonk
oh, that could be quite useful.
I have 4 body blanks total, I might do another duo sonic as well (and a Jazzmaster and an Esquire...)
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:26 pm
by plopswagon
got around to making a pickup and control cavity template.
this one I routed using my 64 mustang as a guide (pretty nerve wracking!)
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:53 pm
by Josh
damn had to bookmark that website. gonna do some builds for realz this year.
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:17 am
by cur
FWIW, this project is turning me on.
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:26 pm
by plopswagon
Update time.
I was making more templates with my template when I had the router slip and take a big ol' honkin' chunk out of the control cavity. While I was salvaging it I discovered some issues with the center line alignment so I started again.
Here's the new templates.
The control cavities for the volume/tone/output and the slider switches up top are deeper than the pickup routes so I put those in their own template. I have some indexing screw holes drilled that will help line everything up when I do the actual routing.
The next step is to do the actual body blank, but frankly, I'm a little terrified. I might build up one with some cheap board and do a full on test run before I use my good two piece alder body blank.
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:31 pm
by plopswagon
So a while back I redid my pickup routing template.
I made one with pieces that slot in so I can do the deeper routes for the controls and then the shallow pick up cavities
Today I cut out the new Swinger template, I felt like it wasn't quite right so I did a tracing based on internet photos.
There were a couple of gouges I had to fix after I routed the template so I thought I'd cut out a new Duo Sonic template.
That went so well I cut out the body.
I'm super psyched that I didn't fuck up. Ready to do more next weekend.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 12:58 am
by Bacchus
Looks good!
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:09 am
by kingkiller
Looks great Paul! Should have checked the forum before I commented on your post on Instagram lol
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:55 pm
by NickS
What's that perspex neck rout ruler/stencil thingy?
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:10 pm
by plopswagon
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:33 pm
by plopswagon
Ready to get back to work
Swinger laid out
Rough cut on bandsaw
routed edges (left hand side)
I realized this knot will be an issue
Sanded the edges of both the Swinger and the Duo-Sonic
pre-drilling the cavities
I was hoping to get the routing done but ran out of time (daylight)