'24 Partscaster Project

[JD01]

Ok. This.

I've noticed that the bridge is shifting as I bring it up to tune. I think I'm gonna have to do what you suggest above. How do I put my new pice of timber in? Gorilla glue?

Definitely not Gorilla glue. I'd use Titebond original which is pretty much standard across guitar building. A small tub would only cost a few quid. Failing that I would use a good white PVA but even that is inferior in terms of being elastic.

A couple of more things I would do. Add a couple of dowels or screws to add strength as it is hidden. You can screw it down to clamp it as the glue dries then pull the screws and drill them out for dowels or just throw the screws right in.

Cut the body and infill piece with a slight wedge shape from the trem route to the body route so that the piece can be tapped into place from the trem side. That will help stop the piece pulling forward once done.. you don't need much of an angle just enough to seat the piece in tight.. Cut the wedge first over length and then mark the body and cut it as tight as you can and trim the wedge before glueing it in place.

Good luck.

Ah, cool, the wedge shape idea I definitely wouldn't have thought of. It's almost like you've done this shit before.

[muttley]

Definitely not Gorilla glue. I'd use Titebond original which is pretty much standard across guitar building. A small tub would only cost a few quid. Failing that I would use a good white PVA but even that is inferior in terms of being elastic.

A couple of more things I would do. Add a couple of dowels or screws to add strength as it is hidden. You can screw it down to clamp it as the glue dries then pull the screws and drill them out for dowels or just throw the screws right in.

Cut the body and infill piece with a slight wedge shape from the trem route to the body route so that the piece can be tapped into place from the trem side. That will help stop the piece pulling forward once done.. you don't need much of an angle just enough to seat the piece in tight.. Cut the wedge first over length and then mark the body and cut it as tight as you can and trim the wedge before glueing it in place.

Good luck.

Ah, cool, the wedge shape idea I definitely wouldn't have thought of. It's almost like you've done this shit before.

You pick up a lot of tips and tricks after doing this stuff for nearly 40 years.

I'm still learning stuff every day.

[JD01]

Having basically no spare time, I finally got over to a mates place to fix the bridge fuckup a couple of weeks ago. Then last night, got time to fix the bridge and wire it up (mate did the soldering for me).

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[JD01]

Woohoo, got the nut slotted now and set it up quite nicely. Its not my best guitar, but its better than I expected it was gonna be - to be honest I expect it was gonna be shite, but this is perfectly playable. It'll probably get better the long I have it too as this is obviously the guitar that I'll be doing various experiments on etc.

[Tadpui]

Nice save on the bridge! The pickguard can cover a lot of sins

Looks like it's been a fun project and a good learning experience. And to have it play well, that's a nice bonus!

[JD01]

Just plugged it in for the first time - sounds fucking great. The pickup combination does exactly what I hoped it would.
Hopefully, I'll get some time to record a few tones over the weekend.

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[Greg_L]

I like the blue finish.

[JD01]

I like the blue finish.

Cheapest body I could find on eBay

[Lt. Bob]

I have a free one for ya' lol