New through-neck addition to the family - Electric https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/ Guitar Making Forums en-GB Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:59:24 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1826 Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:17:57 +0000 Thanks guys, was fun to build :) I'm still not sure if I'll ever get to like a Floyd rose but mine is definitely better than some I've picked up and played in shops (totally unbiased of course ? )

]]> Electric ben https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1826 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1805 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 18:25:06 +0000

And then decided to go for an oil finish (mainly because I couldn't hang around waiting for lacquer to dry

Been there!

]]> Electric mark bailey https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1805 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1803 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:03:47 +0000 Looks great 

]]> Electric Deej https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1803 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1802 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:48:39 +0000 I’ve used fine artificial steel wool to apply oil after coat 1.

]]> Electric Bill Flude https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1802 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1801 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:44:45 +0000 Looks lovely - good colour and shine!

]]> Electric Bill Flude https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1801 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1800 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:07:51 +0000 So just a couple more pics here ..

I made the neck raised above the body so I could place a cap on:

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made a template for the cap:

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and then made the cap:

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I ended up having to recess the trem slightly - the plan was to engineer a roughly 2 degree angle into the top but due to the thinness I had to rethink it. There is nearly no neck angle, hence the need to recess:

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I sawed and bookmatched a little bit of leftover from the cap to make a headstock veneer:

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And then decided to go for an oil finish (mainly because I couldn't hang around waiting for lacquer to dry, then sand, then polish etc etc. I've had a good result previously from wet-sanding danish oil in, uo to about 1200 grit, this is it going on:

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And these are a couple of shots:

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Cheers!

Ben

 

 

]]> Electric ben https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1800 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1799 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:21:25 +0000 Very Nice Ben. I like the idea of the Floyd Rose and the wood looks great. ???

]]> Electric Russ https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1799 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1798 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 17:48:05 +0000

@russ Looks like I can attach pictures now, nice one Mark!

This is it - it's a nod to the Peavey Wolfgang EVH but neck-through instead of bolt-on.

Spec-wise it's a cherry-maple-cherry laminate with a wenge fretboard, ambrosia maple cap and something unknown for the sides but which looks nice when oiled ?

I always wanted to have a Floyd rose guitar; now I have one I don't think I want another but fun all the same and gave me something different to build!

The inlay on the 12th and 24th frets are inlaid aluminium tubing filled with dust and epoxy.

It turned out a bit thin and I think the thickness between the bridge pickup and trem cavity is just over 2.5 mm; I had to do some creative pickup wiring too - through the trem cavity and then into the control cavity but hey it works and who looks inside the trem cavity anyway ... ? 

 

1622,1620,1621,1619

]]> Electric ben https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1798 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1701 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 22:02:43 +0000 I was hoping to try an Exotica build for my 2021 visit to the Bailey workshop until the 335 rumours started - would have done a SSH Super Strat pickup config, poss EMGs......

Otherwise I will have to try one here at home ? 

]]> Electric Bill Flude https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1701 RE: New through-neck addition to the family https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1700 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:50:28 +0000 And these 

 

https://youtu.be/1EpULXHQNNE

 

https://youtu.be/T1eeIqCiKeM

]]> Electric Deej https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/new-through-neck-addition-to-the-family/paged/2/#post-1700