Yamaha SG-3 & SG-2 replicas - SG-2 Finished p15/18
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pickguard is perfect
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Amazing work, this has me salivating! <--- Like that except I'm white and not bright yellow
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Some minor works to update before the final push. Just waiting on a laser-cut neck plate and an experimental bridge base (stand by for Kahler mash-up), then I can get the SG-2 fully assembled. Oh, and special string trees, too, hopefully.
I went back and changed the trem pivot screws on the SG-2's plate. I realised I'd forgotten to specify the holes as countersunk when I ordered the plate off Paul, and I only remembered when I stumbled across the correct screws on sale at WD Music:
Back of the guard shielded:
Then yesterday evening, to the pleasant accompaniment of Gideon Coe, wetsanding...
...and polishing:
I'm a bit out of practice with the old finishing lark, so I was back and forth between paper and micromesh cloth, water, window cleaner and white spirit. Then every rubbing compound I could lay my hands on. Still haven't found anything that wet-sands better than white spirit. It makes the paper cut much more efficiently than water, glides more smoothly, and dries quicker. When the surface gets smooth it sucks the block down onto the finish with a really satisfying tension. The lacquer is still a tiny bit softer than I would have liked, but it's turned out fine. T-cut and Halfords aerosol rubbing compound won out in the end.
Tonight I made a roller pot bracket out of some angle aluminium - pics later - and painted a couple of coats of conductive paint into the cavity:
I went back and changed the trem pivot screws on the SG-2's plate. I realised I'd forgotten to specify the holes as countersunk when I ordered the plate off Paul, and I only remembered when I stumbled across the correct screws on sale at WD Music:
Back of the guard shielded:
Then yesterday evening, to the pleasant accompaniment of Gideon Coe, wetsanding...
...and polishing:
I'm a bit out of practice with the old finishing lark, so I was back and forth between paper and micromesh cloth, water, window cleaner and white spirit. Then every rubbing compound I could lay my hands on. Still haven't found anything that wet-sands better than white spirit. It makes the paper cut much more efficiently than water, glides more smoothly, and dries quicker. When the surface gets smooth it sucks the block down onto the finish with a really satisfying tension. The lacquer is still a tiny bit softer than I would have liked, but it's turned out fine. T-cut and Halfords aerosol rubbing compound won out in the end.
Tonight I made a roller pot bracket out of some angle aluminium - pics later - and painted a couple of coats of conductive paint into the cavity:
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The gold with that fingerboard. Gorgeous!theworkoffire wrote:
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i can't even deal with this thing it's so perfect
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Shit, I just got my 4th vintage yamaha. But this looks better that the original.
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I would give up my sg-3c to get one.
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I would give up my sg-3c to get one.
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amazing work as always Ben.theworkoffire wrote:
One question. At some point I need to sheild my Baritone JM (I put it together in a hurry and never sheilded it). Any tips? Where do you get that sheilding paint from?
thanks
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I saw this in person the other day & the neck is amazing!!theworkoffire wrote:
By the way, not meaning to diss your work but did you consider domed screws instead of flat-tops?
Each to his own of course but I'm actually heading back over to Clerkenwell Screws to pick up some for my Reverb Unit build.theworkoffire wrote:
I'm not sure what size you'd need but I could grab a few if they stock them. They're stainless steel.
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Thanks loads guys!
Gary, the paint is from Rothko & Frost. Very easy to just paint the cavity. To ground the paint you can either paint up over the lip to a screw hole where it will touch the guard shielding, or you can do it like Yamaha did and run a wire from the back of a pot and screw the other end down into the cavity somewhere.
Gary, the paint is from Rothko & Frost. Very easy to just paint the cavity. To ground the paint you can either paint up over the lip to a screw hole where it will touch the guard shielding, or you can do it like Yamaha did and run a wire from the back of a pot and screw the other end down into the cavity somewhere.
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thanks Ben, can't even count the amount of times you've helped me out!theworkoffire wrote:Thanks loads guys!
Gary, the paint is from Rothko & Frost. Very easy to just paint the cavity. To ground the paint you can either paint up over the lip to a screw hole where it will touch the guard shielding, or you can do it like Yamaha did and run a wire from the back of a pot and screw the other end down into the cavity somewhere.
As for the grounding method, is there much difference between painting over the lip or grounding with wire?
I'm not sure if the guard even has sheilding tape on it anywhere you'd recommend getting that from? seems kinda pricey on WD.
thanks again!
edit: just seen they do sheilding tape on that site also. Thanks!
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fantastic color
as i see you polish by hand like me (need a good arm only )
as i see you polish by hand like me (need a good arm only )
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hubba hubba. what a great paint job!
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wow awesome. looks great
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I buy it in sheets off ebay, which is a lot easier than rolls, I find. I'd always use the wire method with a painted cavity, just because it's more robust than the paint, which could wear away or crack as it goes round the corner. If you get tape with conductive adhesive you can just lip a sliver of that from a screw hole down into the cavity onto the paint - no problems there. That's how I've always done it in the past with taped cavities.garyptaszek wrote: thanks Ben, can't even count the amount of times you've helped me out!
As for the grounding method, is there much difference between painting over the lip or grounding with wire?
I'm not sure if the guard even has sheilding tape on it anywhere you'd recommend getting that from? seems kinda pricey on WD.
thanks again!
edit: just seen they do sheilding tape on that site also. Thanks!
I did now! Thanks for the kick up the arse! I've just ordered a box of 40 from the states...enough to do another 12 tremsBy the way, not meaning to diss your work but did you consider domed screws instead of flat-tops?