tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585776524802028435.post1172796936577545930..comments2022-04-10T07:09:46.597-07:00Comments on Secret Underwater Base / Machine Shop: Guitar FinishedJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777804612856896625noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585776524802028435.post-76079145774049816062013-11-21T13:57:30.657-08:002013-11-21T13:57:30.657-08:00Hi James,
I'm Katy Anderson's dad, Stu A...Hi James, <br /><br />I'm Katy Anderson's dad, Stu Anderson. I made an aluminum guitar last year with a focus on minimal tooling from bar stock using an old Bridgeport vertical mill. I custom-designed the bridge to include full range tuning levers, to eliminate the headstock and mitigate against the "neck-heavy" problem. The 4:1 levers with 6-32 threaded screws (128 turns per inch resolution) really work great! <br /><br />I used standard fret-wire so had to cut 25 mil wide slots in the neck face for them - ended up making a urethane belt-driven arbor for the 2" diameter slotting saw which was mounted to and driven by the vertical mill. How did you cut/mount your stainless frets? <br /><br />Yours is much cooler looking than mine - I sacrificed appearance for simpler tooling at every turn. Mine was intended as a brassboard for the next stage of development: triple low-impedance hum-bucker pickups (500 Turns per coil, ~ 150 ohm impedance) simultaneously digitized on-board at 24 bit / 96ksample/second. Then offboard DSP processor & footpedals. <br /><br />What sort of finish did you apply? I applied a few coats of Sculpt Nouveau lacquer but after just 1 year it is wearing off. Anodizing would be problematic what with the fret mountings... Any ideas? <br /><br />-Stu<br />SLAnderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831671750400387474noreply@blogger.com