Making a Gibson SG Clone

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Holy smokes! What a difference.

Good job with the do-over!
 
heatmiser said:
Holy smokes! What a difference.

Good job with the do-over!
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I did two lots of pore filler, sanded with 600 grit and then two coats of white shellac. Shellac seals the water based pore filler.

I am spending more time making a 'Martin' OM acoustic, but still trying to get the SG finished. You can see the acoustic (curly myrtle and engleman spruce)if you look at my photobucket account (check the pic's properties).

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Wow, that's almost black chrome.
Does this mean Julia is out of favour?
A man with 2 projects! I can't even contemplate a 1st.
 
rayc said:
Wow, that's almost black chrome.
Does this mean Julia is out of favour?
A man with 2 projects! I can't even contemplate a 1st.
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Thanks....

I am waiting on a buffing arbor from Stewmac to polish the SG (and OM) with. It is on backorder. The nitro is curing nicely whilst I wait.

I WILL keep you all up to date as things develop.
 
Buffer turned up...

I have attached a three phase motor and an inverter. 'Very' adjustable speeds:

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All coming along. Pics to follow.
 
(Nearly) Finished

I have adjusted the action and it sounds terrific.

Need to cut the nut to length and spot glue it on.

Blemishes are finger marks.... It needs a rub.

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My son has tested it for the 'Acka Dacka' sound with lots of distortion and it sounds 'spot on'. I have some minor finishing work (side dots for fretboard and a slight ding repair) and it will be all done.

I had to do some work to get the intonation right. DO NOT follow the plan I used. StewMac has a free online fret calculator that tells you where to mount the bridge etc for a hard tail. It is an excellent resource.
 
very nice sir. This is something I really want to do, unfortunately I don't have anywhere near the appropriate tools to do a build.
 
It sounds terrific....

I had to redo the bridge position to get the intonation totally correct. A real PITA.

Sounds totally correct for AC/DC with the Bareknuckle pickups.

I have moved on to acoustics and done a 30" electric Bass on commission.

Currently working on a Benedetto hollow body acoustic.
 
Bennedetto

danw said:
Any in-progress shots of the Benedetto?
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Check the properties on one of my pics andlook in my photobucket account.

I have been on Easter hols and did not get any more done this past week or so.

I am planning on using a CAD/CAM machine to do the top and bottom shaping. Should be fun to learn CAD.
 
Thanks -- lot of good looking projects on there. I'll be following the archtop in particular; hopefully there will be one of those in my future as well. That's certainly going to be a thin heel.
 
danw said:
Thanks -- lot of good looking projects on there. I'll be following the archtop in particular; hopefully there will be one of those in my future as well. That's certainly going to be a thin heel.
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Yes, very thin heel, but that is what is spec'd.

I wanted to get a very good dovetail and went with 1/2 inch (at end of dovetail bit) and 14 degrees router bit. Bennedetto specifies 3/4 inch from memory.

I am also doing a very simple overall finish to remove opportunities to stuff it up ;-)
 
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