X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Fgag.com;a=blobdiff_plain;f=music%2Fguitars%2Fbdale-1%2Findex.mdwn;fp=music%2Fguitars%2Fbdale-1%2Findex.mdwn;h=757f6d03363a03e62bb6263ed4bb3b26b3e9e908;hp=afd9129d7c8b9232ef626a78a69806afbae0ec20;hb=ef7ef5935a78fd70075bd104de2f951ca8d6e89b;hpb=48802d4e385b52484c869579a768b6ee9997b8b0 diff --git a/music/guitars/bdale-1/index.mdwn b/music/guitars/bdale-1/index.mdwn index afd9129..757f6d0 100644 --- a/music/guitars/bdale-1/index.mdwn +++ b/music/guitars/bdale-1/index.mdwn @@ -90,13 +90,22 @@ Erasmus is available on [GrabCAD](https://grabcad.com/library/62-strat-asm) and it appears at least one person has actually built a guitar using these files. -To build the guitar body I want, the existing body design file needs to be +To build the guitar body I want, the existing body design file was modified to eliminate the tremolo cut-out and rear cavity, to add screw holes for the hard-tail bridge, and to shift the electronics cavity from being front-open to being rear-accessible with the front just having 3 holes for the volume and tone control shafts and the slot and mounting screw holes needed for the pickup selector switch. +The first attempt to cut the body on our CNC router failed, because a large +delivery of building materials happened in the middle of the roughing pass, +and I naively thought the router would be ok cutting for a while without +me. Apparently, swarf jammed the bit up enough to cause the machine to lose +steps and shut itself down. Unfortunately, when I attempted to restart the +cut, something went horribly wrong and the roughing cutter put a deep gouge +through much of the body of the guitar. I decided to call this attempt a +bust, and look for more wood to start over with. + ## Wiring ## A standard strat has a volume control, 2 tone controls, and a 5-way pickup