functioning ADHD adult digs deep into various technical subjects/projects, come join me to learn something new every once in awhile, low time, low budget, with limited experience, I'll make it work.
@Drunken_Hamster they make those awesome retrofit kits for certain bikes, it just always felt like too much $$, like you're putting maybe double the new starter money into a kick starter. For that do the shotgun shell starter.
@user-vj4si6wh4p it's called a ridge reamer. It removes the ridge left on the cylinder wall by cutting it away with a carbide tip. This one is a Lisle model 36500. www.lislecorp.com/specialty-tools/ridge-reamer
@WeirderGuitar thanks, it's still holding up and only requires tuning occasionally, I have not needed to drill the nut to expose the truss rod (so far), but overall it's a guitar that plays and sounds ok and fits in my toolbox bottom drawer. Im satisfied
First, nice job. Second, you let me down by not actually putting out the album "reorienting the jack hole." You don't put that idea out into the world and then not follow through. Bad form, sir. 😂
Thanks, and unfortunately I seem to lack the attention span to concentrate on an album, or practice, or playing in general most of the time. Think lame business/family man Marty mcfly in back to the future 2: I pick up the guitar occasionally, make it make a noise, cringe at my hand like it's my hands fault, put it down and continue on my way. I'm hoping for an industrial accident requiring early retirement and disability to concentrate on my hobbies more seriously, like Dick Proenneke or Tony Iommi.
I looked at this car and said let me see would I put $60,000 into a 2024 or would I put $70,000 in this one? That's a no-brainer. I'll take the $70,000 price tag cuz it's going to last longer😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’m not personally a fan of headless guitar but this one is just beautiful I will say, I like it and it’s also even cooler that your a left, keep on rocking brother 🤘
Good video. I wondered about doing such a mod myself, and I came to the conclusion that its probably best to semi detach the headstock and leave a little room for tuners that only act as string lock. I would then go ahead and get those single tuner barrels for the bridge end and mount them on top of a 2 point trem plate, maybe a 6 point. Would probably have to stand them off a litlle and then lower the whole thing to be able to get lower action. Ive seen someone do this here on yt. Pretty crafty. That way you can still use the og trem cavity rout as opposed to the steinberger style trem.
Many have asked about the truss rod, that seems to be the main drawback of my installation. ive been waiting for it to warp before addressing it by drilling an access hole between the 3 and 4 strings at the nut so i may slip in an allen. So far it hasnt warped but i picked this guitar bc it seemed sturdy and i think i put 9s or 10s on it so it wouldnt warp easily. I wanted it small so i did what i did, but the way you mentioned is kind of how my full size with a floyd rose is set up, its definitely easier to tune and keep tuned. This guitar was made for the sake of itself for fun and cheap, if i was going to make an heirloom or something nicer there are several companies that make fantastic headless parts to spec. I used the cheapest china stuff on mine. Thanks for the comment! And good luck!
It was trending at the time and after i put the chyna electronic ignition on, it will actually start after a few kicks cold, never before. Seemed worthy of a short video. also in 1977 i was not even protien!
One thing I noticed, you could have used the wood you cut off the back to make the plug then it would have matched up. Nice work though. P.S. Please polish the frets :)
best of luck with that museum its hard enough to do a music museum let alone a guitar museum let alone a Gibson museum. I cant see it ever making money and im one of the guys that would go
