fleabag Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Jed Clampett Remember him ? Thats you that is, Andy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) 53 minutes ago, fleabag said: Jed Clampett Remember him ? Thats you that is, Andy Cripes fleabag - how old are you? Used to have the hots for Ellie Mae - now it would be Miss Hathaway (or even grandma ☹️) Edited February 19, 2019 by scrumpymike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Well i was at primary and then junior school when i discovered the Hillbillies Edited February 19, 2019 by fleabag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Which Clampett? Edited February 19, 2019 by SpondonBassed 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Stop watching old TV reruns and trim the headstock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 49 minutes ago, Si600 said: Stop watching old TV reruns and trim the headstock On 18/02/2019 at 23:21, Andyjr1515 said: Anyway, I got bored with the discussion, so I've glued it back on. And in real life, it looks spot on So just wait until tomorrow when no doubt I'll mess something up, then everyone can talk about that instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Headstock needs curves. Deffo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylon Pilson Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Headstock needs holes through the middle of it, like an Ampeg. S.P. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 OK - just to take everyone's mind off the f*****g headstock ( ), I knocked up a quick prototype of the pickup cover the Armstrong custom pickup is going to be built into: The real one will be all purpleheart. It took me a while to understand what Aaron Armstrong and @fleabag had in mind (I'm a bit dense at times) but basically, in the same way as a pickup is often expoxied or waxed into a metal of plastic housing, the pickup innards will be epoxied into this. There will be height adjusting screws in the two end pieces so it should act like a typical soapbar. What I am pleased with is that the purpleheart sliced readily down to 1.5mm for the top and sides and the box seems reassuringly rigid I'll make the final version over the next few days and get it over to Armstrong Pickups for them to build the pickup into it. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Champion, mr Rogers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) 20 hours ago, SpondonBassed said: Which Clampett? Priceless - don't remember that episode! Danelectro? Don't worry fleabag, nobody's going to try and persuade you to have a head-stock like that one... or are they? 😉 Edited February 20, 2019 by scrumpymike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I dont think there ever was a Danelectro Clampett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 20 hours ago, SpondonBassed said: Which Clampett? OK, so maybe this is a trick question from SB. Of course, it looks like Jed in 'rock'n'roll duds' - but did the script call for a visit from some distant cousin of Jed's who'd made the big time? I'm guessing that SB knows the answer - and the name 😊 fleabag, let us know if you're bored with this and we'll stop it immediately (or at least I will). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I never ask for jollyness to stop Mike 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 And the body carve starts. This will be a 'carve a bit, stand back, consider, carve a bit more' and will come together little by little. As a start off, @fleabag wants me to see if we can achieve a bevelled edge - a bit like an SG - so that's where I'm starting and see how it looks as the carve develops 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardH Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 The bevelled edge look is working for me so far.... hope it works out! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Seen this before? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 OK - that's enough for one day. It's a sleep on it and have a look in the morning - especially what best to do with the lower horn and cutaway and the curve of the top horn. Oh - and check with @fleabag that this was what he broadly had in mind Adding a bit of dampness gives a clue to the final depth of colour: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Working for me Andy. I'm now waiting for the motley crew to tell me to radius it instead 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, fleabag said: radius it instead 😄😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I must be claire voyante 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Is that your female impersonator name? 😍😍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 16 minutes ago, fleabag said: Working for me Andy. I'm now waiting for the motley crew to tell me to radius it instead It's perfect dude! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylon Pilson Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 21 minutes ago, fleabag said: Working for me Andy. I'm now waiting for the motley crew to tell me to radius it instead I think it should have holes in it. Like an Ampeg. S.P. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 8 minutes ago, TheGreek said: Is that your female impersonator name? 😍😍 Not till the weekend 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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