Ed Elliott, Step-by-Step Building of 4 Mosrite Custom Clones

[MWaldorf]

Incredible! Thank you Ed for sharing the construction process with us.

[sleeperNY]

This is a great Ed. Thanks .

Jim

[Veenture]

... ...sigh...'the end'. Just kidding. It's a shame to think that some belt buckle might soon be rubbing up against that lovely finish.
I'll look after one for you Ed, (I bags the one in the HSC guys)

THANK YOU mister...err...MASTER Ed!

(dear oh dear, perchance to dream... guess I'll have to wait for the publication of Eddy's upcoming book [hint, hint]...)

[gplayer]

Beautiful work, Ed. Personally, I'd like the set neck.

[dubtrub]

Hey Ed,

I have taken all your photo's and broken them down into individual steps of construction and created a special topic in your name for easy access to a specific step of the construction. I then made the topic a sticky post and locked it to keep it from getting cluttered. However, I have made each step it's on individual topic and posted them elsewhere here in the project section under your name so they can be discussed individually if anyone so desires. They are each titled Step #1 through ?. They are all dated in January so they will be found several pages back.

Go ahead and continue posting your photo's to your original topic and I will seperate them and add to your photo essay post that I created. Please be sure to include a segment on your mistake plate guitars and pickup winding.

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1581

[ltdave32]

Ed, can you elaborate on exactly how you get the binding over the fret ends, such as in this photo?



It looks as if there's just a wee bit of binding "skin" over the outside ends of the frets. How this is done has always eluded me, and I can't find any "how-to's" on the net..



Dave

[dubtrub]

Ed, can you elaborate on exactly how you get the binding over the fret ends, such as in this photo?
Dave

Ed, doesn't visit the forum much anymore, so I'll explain. With the binding glued in place it is taller than the side of the fretboard and the frets. Simply use an Exacto knife to shave or file down the binding to fretboard level then shave/file shape the edge of the binding to form the rounded end of the fret which is cut flush with the fretboard. If using a file, it's better to file close to finish dimension then use a scraper to dress the binding down flush, otherwise the file may cut into the fretboard.

[GattonFan]

Eddy's had computer problems - I called him to see about some p'ups, and his computer's down ...

dennis

[ltdave32]

Ed, can you elaborate on exactly how you get the binding over the fret ends, such as in this photo?
Dave

Ed, doesn't visit the forum much anymore, so I'll explain. With the binding glued in place it is taller than the side of the fretboard and the frets. Simply use an Exacto knife to shave or file down the binding to fretboard level then shave/file shape the edge of the binding to form the rounded end of the fret which is cut flush with the fretboard. If using a file, it's better to file close to finish dimension then use a scraper to dress the binding down flush, otherwise the file may cut into the fretboard.

dubtrub, thanks for the tips!

..Another thing, I noticed that the fret end seems buried "into" the binding somewhat. Should I assume that the binding is "melted" over the fret end with acetone? I get the part where the binding is installed taller than the fret side and pushed up against the fret ends, then shaved down between the frets, but as in the above photo (and as well on my Gibson acoustic) it appears that the top of the fret ends are covered with binding, as well as the sides. Any thoughts on this?

Oh, wait a sec...

"shave/file shape the edge of the binding to form the rounded end of the fret which is cut flush with the fretboard."

So, you're saying that the fret end is cut flush with the side of actual fretboard, then the beveled edge that appears to be the beveled edge of the fret end is actually made of binding material, and filed and beveled to appear to be a covered fret end..

AHA!!!! THE LIGHT BULB WENT ON IN ME HEAD!!

That's it, right?

[Mr. Bill]

And it means that you must install the frets before you add the binding to the neck.

I hope Eddy comes back here, as he was going to add photos of the pickup winding and construction to this thread.