Andyjr1515

OK - so why another Dreadnought Acoustic? Couple of reasons. A pro-player I know has been borrowing a number of my bass and guitar builds over the past 5-6 weeks to use in some videos he is recording. I'll post the links when they are done but he is planning to acknowledge me as the maker for...nothing at all! Based on that he has done a number of the demo videos for both Laney amps and Faith acoustic guitars, I class that as a bit of an honour! Secondly, and flattery gets folks everywhere with me , my dreadnought acoustic has caused a bit of a sensation: The tone had been remarked on before, but since then I changed to a mixed set of strings - 1st two are from a 10 gauge set and the other four are from an 11 gauge set. And WOW! Honestly, it sounds stunning. And he thinks so too! And so do his pupils! And he keeps on going on about how good it sounds. So...is it luck? Well, the original one I built for our band's vocalist is still going strong and sounds pretty close. So...hmmm...try for a hat-trick? And then I had a (admittedly) rare bright idea. A bottle of wine doesn't seem to do justice to half a dozen professional videos of my instruments being played. And he is primarily an acoustic player... So if I make this new one to his preferred spec (I know he prefers a slightly narrower neck)? And if it's as good mine, it's his. And if it's not quite, then mine above is his (I can reshape the neck easily enough) and the new one is mine. And "played by pro-players" wouldn't be a bad strap-line Sounds like a plan to me. What could possibly go wrong?

I agree with @Jimothey Reasonable chances of success. While it's not something I would do unless the alternative was a scrapper, given that the alternative is that this WILL be scrapped otherwise, then well worth a try. It is easier to get the right amount of heat if you defret it first - makes getting it hot enough with a household iron more likely to work. Then a kitchen palette knife. It takes a lot of heat and patience, but once you can get the knife in one end, as long as you don't try to rush, it should come off. Medium worst case is that you may need to replace the fretboard (even that is relatively unlikely) Worst worst case is that you are no worse off than at present. There are quite a few videos on YouTube. If you are taking the frets out, don't worry about the fancy Stewmac iron - that's overkill. Andy

Hi I've got a full build on the horizon but have been catching up on a few bits and pieces - some for other folk and some on my own guitars and basses. As part of that, one thing I do periodically, is remind myself what wood or unused components I have taking up space and which generally irritate MrsAndyjr1515. Although that is one of the few great pleasures left in life, actually I do need to clear some space for the next load of mess I have planned And I came across something I'd forgotten about - @TheGreek 's first Psilos neck Some of you might remember that originally the hidden magnetic pickup was going to be a standard humbucker. I did a mockup and it looked fine. Trouble was, because it was going to be inserted from the back, then it basically cut right through the neck core: Now, in reality - because there would be the fretboard at the other side - this isn't actually much different to what a deep pickup rout does to a through-neck in any case. But this shot was, admittedly, a bit stark! And Mick asked me if we could re-think. That's when the idea of custom individual coils came up...which is what we went for in the end: But that meant making another full length neck and left me with the shorter neck number 1. Look familiar? The reasoning for building another Dreadnought acoustic will be explained anon. But that's what I'm going to use the old Psilos neck blank for

Looks beautiful, @honza992 I would never have thought it was possible. Well done

Just caught up. In order: Wow! Beautiful! Blast! How disappointing! Excellent! Full marks to Warwick!

Yes - that bottom picture is wild!

Wow, you are certainly motoring! I like the neck laminations v much

That's a lot of progress in a week!

It's a delight, @Marcoelwray !

Just had a peep at the description and it states it's had a makeover prior to present ownership. Isn't this the work of one of our Basschat members? Seem to remember seeing this and another one being done. Whatever, fabulous makeover!

I think that's right, @Marcoelwray . It's something I've drifted into in the past - where I've changed so many things that I may as well have built something from scratch in the first place! And anyway, it's going to look fabulous with that top whatever the fretboard colour!

That last picture. Wow....

I'm particularly impressed how you added the hologram of a guy holding a camera into the finish Seriously, looks brilliant

Either would look good, but certainly gold wouldn't be too much

That's ma boy! Excellent. Can't wait.

Lovely bass. This one's a particularly nice looking one

Yes, indeed. Great Bash and excellent result

You say the nicest things, Frank

Now then, @ped - building the tuner in too is just plain showing off!

Well - that would have to had to have been the one that I stole off Jez and pretended it was one of mine. Unfortunately, no-one believed I could build something this cool nowadays, in spite of past glories I know when I'm beaten (but like a Phoenix.....maybe, just maybe)

OOOOOOooooooooooooh! Lovely!!

Nice job!

And DiMarzio P's are excellent...

Cool logo! Looks good against the grey

The DiMarzio Model One (DP120) is a WONDERFUL pickup. I've fitted them in two builds, Pete's EB-3ish tribute: And @gelfin 's Mouradian-ish: They sounded epic in both. Power of a mudbucker without the mud